It seems like overnight Dallas grew an arts district. What used to be a surface parking field on the northeast corner of downtown is now a pedestrian avenue with three museums, three performance halls, residential condos, retail, and park area. While most of this has been in the works for a number of years, the completion of the Wyle Theater and the Winspear Opera House (and the pedestrian plazas in between) has brought everything together.
Yesterday Laura and I went to a lecture in the Wyle by Rem Koolhaus, then to an exhibition of models by Norman Foster at the Nasher, and then to a symphony/choir rehearsal at the Myerson (all free by the way). Today I went to a lecture by Foster in the Winspear and got lots of good photos. All in all, very much enjoying the new arts district.
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I should have skipped work to go with you. The opera house looks awesome. Here is a link to a video of the Winspear's chandelier in action.
http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/10/09/shooting-stars-at-the-winspear-opera-house/
Jacob -
Such wonderful pictures as usual!
I really liked the monk artist.
Anyway, I may have aleady told you about this. The deadline for the Smithsonian Annual Photo COntest is Dec 1. If you're interested,
check out the rules, etc. at
Smithsonian.com/photocontest
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