Caution - Live Animals & the BIG 'G': I've started driving through areas of old east Dallas on my way to work that I have not explored yet. Here are a few of my 'finds' for today....

asjohnston3 Loc: Irving, TX

I've started driving through areas of old east Dallas on my way to work that I have not explored yet. Here are a few of my 'finds' for today....

Your guess is as good as mine!

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That's a lotta G!!!

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Old architecture.... Note the brickwork details

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And just across the street....

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firtree Loc: Florida, USA

You live in an interesting place. Nice shootin'!

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

ajohnston3 wrote:

I've started driving through areas of old east Dallas on my way to work that I have not explored yet. Here are a few of my 'finds' for today....

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asjohnston3 Loc: Irving, TX

firtree wrote:

You live in an interesting place. Nice shootin'!

Thanks... Old east Dallas was the 1st residential neighborhood development outside of downtown Dallas. The area where my shop is was for the 'working class' with residential hotels and boarding houses. Just a few blocks away was where the doctors and lawyers & such took up residence. http://www.sahd.org/ Much of the earliest arcetecture dates back to the late 1800's.

asjohnston3 Loc: Irving, TX

gemlenz wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks, kindly....

firtree Loc: Florida, USA

ajohnston3 wrote:

Thanks... Old east Dallas was the 1st residential neighborhood development outside of downtown Dallas. The area where my shop is was for the 'working class' with residential hotels and boarding houses. Just a few blocks away was where the doctors and lawyers & such took up residence. http://www.sahd.org/ Much of the earliest arcetecture dates back to the late 1800's.

Very neat! Thanks for the history lesson and posting that link. Gorgeous homes. I particularly like the older ones.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

One of the very first housing developments in Dallas was "Browder St." only 3 blocks long - just a couple blocks west from the Old Town park - the developer was the owner/settler of Browder Springs which is still a major water supply for that part of Dallas.
Yep - a grand parent from waaaayyyy back.

ajohnston3 wrote:

Thanks... Old east Dallas was the 1st residential neighborhood development outside of downtown Dallas. The area where my shop is was for the 'working class' with residential hotels and boarding houses. Just a few blocks away was where the doctors and lawyers & such took up residence. http://www.sahd.org/ Much of the earliest arcetecture dates back to the late 1800's.

asjohnston3 Loc: Irving, TX

Harvey wrote:

One of the very first housing developments in Dallas was "Browder St." only 3 blocks long - just a couple blocks west from the Old Town park - the developer was the owner/settler of Browder Springs which is still a major water supply for that part of Dallas.
Yep - a grand parent from waaaayyyy back.

Very cool... I'm going to google that in a bit. I've lived and worked here for 60 of my 62 years on this earth. (I live in Irving now but have worked for Dallas Area Rapid Transit or their predecessor for 30 years) I kind of have a love - hate relationship with the city. Dallas has a big hart & lots of good people but seems to be all about image. It's not who you are, it's who you look like... That & in Dallas when money talks, nobody walks... Like George Harrison said 'It's all up to what you value as to who you are - is it a motor car?"