Rested Traveler's Day Trip to Dallas and Fort Worth

[RestedTraveler]

My wife and I drove into Dallas and Fort Worth yesterday. Here are a few of the photos I made while in the area...enjoy them!

(Images are clickable if you want to see larger sizes)

Dallas:

Uptown/Boomtown Dallas seen from the 11th level of the Plaza of the Americas Parking Deck

Plaza of the Americas and J.P. Morgan Chase Tower

The Atrium of the Plaza of the Americas from the 11th level of the Plaza of the Americas Parking Deck

The Plaza of the Americas

The St. Paul Station of the DART Light Rail Blue Line and Red Line

Thanksgiving Square

Elm Street

Stone Place Plaza

Wayfinder Signage - Dallas-Style

Cancer Survivors Plaza

Parting Shot

Fort Worth:

Pier 1 Imports Corporate HQ

Tarrant County Courthouse

Typical Suburban New Home Construction in Keller (North of Fort Worth)

[Mobuchu]

Nice RT.....I think I want to steal your lense

[Lone Ranger]

I think I want to steal Dallas's LRT ... and maybe the wayfinder signage as well, that's pretty sexy too.

[krazeeboi]

Good shots, RT!

[RestedTraveler]

Thanks, y'all!

Lone Ranger: The DART LRT was pretty awesome...and you could ride the red/blue lines down to Union Station and catch the commuter train (Trinity River Express or "TRE") over to Fort Worth, too. For $4.50/person/day (goes up to $5.00 in October), you can ride the DART trains and bus system, the TRE, and the Fort Worth bus system "The T" all day. Discounted fares for younglings and oldings. It's not a bad deal at all...just drive in and park-and-ride or kiss-and-ride and have at it one day.

I'd love to have the LRT here in Greenville. We've already got sexy wayfinder signage, so Dallas can keep theirs.

[ironchapman]

Nice work, Rested Traveller! Pretty tall parking deck you were on!

Quite a day trip!

I wish Atlanta's wayfinder signage looked anything near that good.

The Tarrant County Courthouse looks liek a very attractive old building.

[RestedTraveler]

Nice work, Rested Traveller! Pretty tall parking deck you were on!

Quite a day trip!

I wish Atlanta's wayfinder signage looked anything near that good.

The Tarrant County Courthouse looks liek a very attractive old building.

[RestedTraveler]

Here are a few more from the same day-trip into Downtown Dallas (once again, the photos are clickable):

Cancer Survivors Plaza

Towers above Thanksgiving Square

Thanksgiving Square

Some of the old Downtown Dallas seen from Elm Street near Stone Plaza/Street

The old Dallas High School flanked by parts of the Plaza of the Americas

[Rural King]

Great pics. The second pic in the first set is outstanding!

[Ronald]

Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing!

[krazeeboi]

More excellent pics, RT.

That statue/sculpture at Cancer Survivors' Plaza must be a universal one, because I see the same one at different cancer survivors parks and plazas in different cities.

[RestedTraveler]

More excellent pics, RT.

That statue/sculpture at Cancer Survivors' Plaza must be a universal one, because I see the same one at different cancer survivors parks and plazas in different cities.

[ironchapman]

It wasn't a day-trip from Greenville to Dallas...we were visiting family in Tyler, so it was only like 100 miles or so. :-)

[RestedTraveler]

That sculpture is the last work by Victor Salmones, and is called, "CancerTheres Hope."

I know, I was just giving you a hard time

Anyways, thanks for posting the neew photos. They look great. Some nice perspectives on the skyscrapers in downtown Dallas.

[RestedTraveler]

Here are a few more from Fort Worth from a couple of weeks ago:

Looking North on Main Street toward the Tarrant County Courthouse

Riscky's Barbecue

Christmas Decorations on Main Street with Paul Rudolph's City Center Towers in the background.

The intersection of Fourth and Main

The Bass Performance Hall

The D.R. Horton Tower (one of the two City Center towers designed by Paul Rudolph - the other is the Wells Fargo Tower)

Looking South on 4th Street from the 7th level of one of the Sundance Square Garages

[ZachariahDaMan]

Fort Worth looks great, the courthouse is a beauty!