fidget
Lemon magnet
Hi, I will have a visit to Dallas in a few weeks, being trained during the day, but in the evenings and Sunday, left on my own. My dig P&S and maybe my XA3 or Konica C35 will come along too.
Any advice on good things to see? Is the centre worth a visit? Advice on what not to do/say/buy/go etc will be most gratefully received.
Dave..
(UK)
Any advice on good things to see? Is the centre worth a visit? Advice on what not to do/say/buy/go etc will be most gratefully received.
Dave..
(UK)
lawrence
Veteran
If you like Greyhound Bus stations, they've got a good one...
jmcd
Well-known
Dallas, Texas?
Chuck Albertson
Well-known
The West End (downtown) has a lot of good restaurants, and there's usually decent night-life there. A visit to Dealey Plaza, where JFK was shot, usually works better in the daytime; there's a museum on the floor of the building that Lee Harvey Oswald shot from. Not the most uplifting place to visit, but it's part of the city's and the US' history.
bwidjaja
Warung Photo
While you are in Downtown area, definitely worth to check Nasher Sculpture Museum and Crow Collection (free admission) across from each other.
If you want to venture out a bit, Dallas Arboretum should be nice this time of year (about 15-20 min car ride from downtown)
Another option if you want to get out of Dallas is 45-min away Fort Worth. In my opinion, there are more things to see there like Stockyard, Fort Worth Water Garden, or Kimball Art Museum.
If you want to venture out a bit, Dallas Arboretum should be nice this time of year (about 15-20 min car ride from downtown)
Another option if you want to get out of Dallas is 45-min away Fort Worth. In my opinion, there are more things to see there like Stockyard, Fort Worth Water Garden, or Kimball Art Museum.
scottwallick
ambition ≥ skill
The Kimbell is a beautiful building, designed by Louis Kahn. The Ft Worth Stockyards are definitely snapshot friendly.
Dallas itself, well, there are some nice old facades downtown. There are still some remnants of its heyday. The bus station, actually, is quite a sight.
There's a neighborhood to the east of downtown called Deep Ellum which offers interesting folks, bars, live music, etc.
fidget
Lemon magnet
Thanks for the ideas! It's a great help to have a few targets in hand before I arrive and then try to find good places.
Dave.
Dave.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
If you like Horses...
If you like Horses...
Look this up...
www.irvingtexas.com/about/mustangs/
It's a beautiful statue and well worth a visit...the horses are about 1.5x life size...you can walk right up to them, touch them and as far as I know still photograph them...if you have a tripod you can take advantage of the water moving...
The plaza was empty on the weekend when I was there and looking at the picture on the website early morning or around dusk should provide nice lighting...
If you like Horses...
Look this up...
www.irvingtexas.com/about/mustangs/
It's a beautiful statue and well worth a visit...the horses are about 1.5x life size...you can walk right up to them, touch them and as far as I know still photograph them...if you have a tripod you can take advantage of the water moving...
The plaza was empty on the weekend when I was there and looking at the picture on the website early morning or around dusk should provide nice lighting...
space2k
Member
There's not a lot of street life here, but Dealey Plaza (the site of the JFK assassination) is a unique historical and people-watching opportunity. The Sixth Floor Museum is quite good.
http://www.jfk.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealey_Plaza
Fair Park has some very unique 1930's/Art Deco architecture and there is usually something (antique shows, concerts, etc) happening there on the weekends.
http://www.fairpark.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Park
Photographs Do Not Bend gallery is good: http://www.pdnbgallery.com
and don't miss the Nasher: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
Dallas deserves its reputation as a better place to live than to visit. Still, it's a city of one million plus, and there's usually something worthwhile happening, particularly in the spring, when the weather is often amazing. Also lots of shopping and good restaurants.
Cheers!
http://www.jfk.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealey_Plaza
Fair Park has some very unique 1930's/Art Deco architecture and there is usually something (antique shows, concerts, etc) happening there on the weekends.
http://www.fairpark.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Park
Photographs Do Not Bend gallery is good: http://www.pdnbgallery.com
and don't miss the Nasher: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/
Dallas deserves its reputation as a better place to live than to visit. Still, it's a city of one million plus, and there's usually something worthwhile happening, particularly in the spring, when the weather is often amazing. Also lots of shopping and good restaurants.
Cheers!
Spoks
Well-known
The infamous Grassy Knoll.....
Dwig
Well-known
I'd second both the Nasher in the "arts district" downtown and the Dallas Arboretum and surrounding White Rock Lake.
If you venture to Ft. Worth, the Kimbell is excellent, both for its collection and for its Louis Kahn building. It was featured as one of Sister Wendy's short list of favorite museums in the world. IMHO, its the 3rd best in Ft. Worth, falling in line after its two neighbors, my favorite the Amon Carter (http://www.cartermuseum.org) and the Modern Art Museum of Ft Worth (http://www.themodern.org/). All three house collections that are quite distinct.
The Amon Carter specializes in American art and has one of the world's, if not the world's, greatest collection of Frederick Remington along with a huge and excellent photography collection. The Kimbell's is primarily centered around Wester European art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. The Modern is exactly what its name implies.
Not far from Ft Worth's museums is the Botanical Gardens and the Japanese Garden (http://www.fwbg.org/). The Japanese Garden is one of my old favorites. I lived in Dallas for some 25 years and made regular pilgrimages to "Cowtown", primarily for the Amon Carter, Kimbell, Modern, and Japanese Gardens.
Keep in mind that the Dallas/Ft.Worth Metroplex is huge. Plan your trips well. As a point of perspective, the entrance/exit driveway for the DFW airport is an 8-10 lane limited access tollway. For trips to downtown from north central Dallas and its northern suburbs, I recommend the train/subway. Roundtrip tickets (when last I rode it some 7 years ago they sold all day passes at a good price) are as cheap or cheaper than downtown parking.
If you venture to Ft. Worth, the Kimbell is excellent, both for its collection and for its Louis Kahn building. It was featured as one of Sister Wendy's short list of favorite museums in the world. IMHO, its the 3rd best in Ft. Worth, falling in line after its two neighbors, my favorite the Amon Carter (http://www.cartermuseum.org) and the Modern Art Museum of Ft Worth (http://www.themodern.org/). All three house collections that are quite distinct.
The Amon Carter specializes in American art and has one of the world's, if not the world's, greatest collection of Frederick Remington along with a huge and excellent photography collection. The Kimbell's is primarily centered around Wester European art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. The Modern is exactly what its name implies.
Not far from Ft Worth's museums is the Botanical Gardens and the Japanese Garden (http://www.fwbg.org/). The Japanese Garden is one of my old favorites. I lived in Dallas for some 25 years and made regular pilgrimages to "Cowtown", primarily for the Amon Carter, Kimbell, Modern, and Japanese Gardens.
Keep in mind that the Dallas/Ft.Worth Metroplex is huge. Plan your trips well. As a point of perspective, the entrance/exit driveway for the DFW airport is an 8-10 lane limited access tollway. For trips to downtown from north central Dallas and its northern suburbs, I recommend the train/subway. Roundtrip tickets (when last I rode it some 7 years ago they sold all day passes at a good price) are as cheap or cheaper than downtown parking.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Dallas - Deep Ellum. That's it.
Deeley Plaza is nothing like you would think it would be. I lived in Dallas for a short time back in the early 90s. In mid-week, mid-day, I felt like the only one in town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Ellum,_Dallas,_Texas
Deeley Plaza is nothing like you would think it would be. I lived in Dallas for a short time back in the early 90s. In mid-week, mid-day, I felt like the only one in town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Ellum,_Dallas,_Texas
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I worked in one of the buildings where that statue is. Tourist buses would come all day long. Quite amusing.
Ducky
Well-known
+1 for the mustangs in Irving (Los Calinos).
Try the longhorn sculptures downtown, parking is limited.
+1 for Fort worth.
The grassy knoll is OK if you are interested in JFK but you will take a few shots on move on.
The museums and arts center is a photo op.
Ride the DART train, good people shooting.
+1 for the west end too.
Try the longhorn sculptures downtown, parking is limited.
+1 for Fort worth.
The grassy knoll is OK if you are interested in JFK but you will take a few shots on move on.
The museums and arts center is a photo op.
Ride the DART train, good people shooting.
+1 for the west end too.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Dave, a couple of us here in DFW (that's Dallas-Ft. Worth) area are gearing up to have a meet. If the timing is good, it'd be cool if you can join us.
fidget
Lemon magnet
Thanks all for more great ideas. I like the DART way to get around (not at all sure if I could deal with a 6 or more lane highway, we get confused here when we see 4!).
Thanks, Will for my possible inclusion in your meet, that's very kind of you. It looks like I will be being force fed technical info for the (present plan) week from Sat 17th Apr, but the evenings and Sunday are mine (unless they recognise that I am, er untrainable, and throw me out, that'd work well!)
Dave..
Thanks, Will for my possible inclusion in your meet, that's very kind of you. It looks like I will be being force fed technical info for the (present plan) week from Sat 17th Apr, but the evenings and Sunday are mine (unless they recognise that I am, er untrainable, and throw me out, that'd work well!)
Dave..
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fidget
Lemon magnet
Doh! I'm so sorry, I didn't realise that there could be any other Dallas.
I've just had a real scare when I looked for Dallas on multlmap and it popped up with more than a half dozen possibles.
I was almost panic stricken as I checked on the location of the company I am due to visit!
"La Reunion, Dallas TX", so I'm safe? Phew!
fidget
Lemon magnet
My trip was delayed, courtesy of that volcano. When it was scheduled again, I lost my Sunday. I only had 4 evenings from around 5:30.
My colleagues and I got lost immediately on leaving the airport. Our hotel was near, almost underneath a new and colourful airborn roadway interchange that our sat-nav didn't know about! The thoughts of attempting to drive around sight seeing did not appeal to my colleagues, who thought that hitting the bar early was a better option.
So I got snapshots around Irving.
It's a great place and all the people I met were helpful, friendly and courteous (It was a shame that they had to endure my colleagues!). The food, oh my! Got a couple of new pounds on!
So, thanks for the advice, sadly not taken up this time, but my first visit to the USA was a very pleasant experience. If the authorities don't catch up with the idiot who drove over the airborn interchange six times before getting the correct exit, Ill be back!
My colleagues and I got lost immediately on leaving the airport. Our hotel was near, almost underneath a new and colourful airborn roadway interchange that our sat-nav didn't know about! The thoughts of attempting to drive around sight seeing did not appeal to my colleagues, who thought that hitting the bar early was a better option.
So I got snapshots around Irving.
It's a great place and all the people I met were helpful, friendly and courteous (It was a shame that they had to endure my colleagues!). The food, oh my! Got a couple of new pounds on!
So, thanks for the advice, sadly not taken up this time, but my first visit to the USA was a very pleasant experience. If the authorities don't catch up with the idiot who drove over the airborn interchange six times before getting the correct exit, Ill be back!