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Calatrava Bridge with Downtown Dallas 3, 01-31-11
The Calatrava Bridge bathed in a dark blue light on the night of 1-31-11 to honor the NFC since Dallas is the SuperBowl XLV headquarters for the NFC conference.
A portion of the Downtown Dallas cityscape is seen in the image. I shot this image from the Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff on the west side of Downtown around 7:00pm in a very heavy mist.
The 23 story Omni Convention Hotel, located on the far right side of the image just to the right of Reunion Tower which is bathed in blue light, is swathed in super graphics on the exterior of the hotel also commemorating Dallas' role as a host city for Super Bowl XLV. The $500 million dollar Omni Hotel is still under construction with completion expected in 2012.
The 400 foot tall, $165 million dollar Calatrava Bridge, along with the extension of Woodall Rodgers Expressway from Downtown Dallas into West Dallas/Oak Cliff, are still under construction with completion expected in late 2011. Magnificent suspension wires will stretch in both directions of the arch in a very "Golden Gate Bridge" like manner once completed. The bridge will be permanently illuminated at night.
In retrospect a decade from now, the Calatrava Bridge and its extension of Woodall Rodgers across the Trinity into West Dallas will be viewed as a keystone event that laid the groundwork for the next wave of dense urban development for Downtown Dallas.
Woodall Rodgers is the "golden corridor" for Downtown Dallas and has spawned billions in new development, both in Uptown/Victory Park and the more traditional Financial District. In fact, an argument could be made that Woodall Rodgers is becoming the new 21st century "Main Street" for Downtown Dallas with the explosive growth that has occurred along both the north and south sides of it.
West Dallas is currently essentially a wasteland, much like the land where the American Airlines Center and Victory Park were constructed. With the Woodall extension, West Dallas will become the next Victory Park/Uptown with billions in new dense urban development that will increase both the population and tax base for the City. The growth that will occur there is inevitable, unless the City strangles it through excessive regulation.
While some may like to call it a bridge to nowhere, in fact it is THE bridge to the future.
Plans call for over 30,000,000 square feet of new dense urban highrise and skyscraper development to be built in West Dallas along with the addition of 24,000 residents in the next 17 years ... pretty incredible growth. It is the Calatrava Bridge and the new frontier it will open up that will catapult Dallas into its status as the "Chicago of the South" by 2030.
Here is the planned development guideline developed by the City for the new urban frontier of West Dallas:
www.dallascityhall.com/citydesign_studio/pdf/WD_UrbanStru...
Calatrava Bridge with Downtown Dallas 3, 01-31-11
The Calatrava Bridge bathed in a dark blue light on the night of 1-31-11 to honor the NFC since Dallas is the SuperBowl XLV headquarters for the NFC conference.
A portion of the Downtown Dallas cityscape is seen in the image. I shot this image from the Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff on the west side of Downtown around 7:00pm in a very heavy mist.
The 23 story Omni Convention Hotel, located on the far right side of the image just to the right of Reunion Tower which is bathed in blue light, is swathed in super graphics on the exterior of the hotel also commemorating Dallas' role as a host city for Super Bowl XLV. The $500 million dollar Omni Hotel is still under construction with completion expected in 2012.
The 400 foot tall, $165 million dollar Calatrava Bridge, along with the extension of Woodall Rodgers Expressway from Downtown Dallas into West Dallas/Oak Cliff, are still under construction with completion expected in late 2011. Magnificent suspension wires will stretch in both directions of the arch in a very "Golden Gate Bridge" like manner once completed. The bridge will be permanently illuminated at night.
In retrospect a decade from now, the Calatrava Bridge and its extension of Woodall Rodgers across the Trinity into West Dallas will be viewed as a keystone event that laid the groundwork for the next wave of dense urban development for Downtown Dallas.
Woodall Rodgers is the "golden corridor" for Downtown Dallas and has spawned billions in new development, both in Uptown/Victory Park and the more traditional Financial District. In fact, an argument could be made that Woodall Rodgers is becoming the new 21st century "Main Street" for Downtown Dallas with the explosive growth that has occurred along both the north and south sides of it.
West Dallas is currently essentially a wasteland, much like the land where the American Airlines Center and Victory Park were constructed. With the Woodall extension, West Dallas will become the next Victory Park/Uptown with billions in new dense urban development that will increase both the population and tax base for the City. The growth that will occur there is inevitable, unless the City strangles it through excessive regulation.
While some may like to call it a bridge to nowhere, in fact it is THE bridge to the future.
Plans call for over 30,000,000 square feet of new dense urban highrise and skyscraper development to be built in West Dallas along with the addition of 24,000 residents in the next 17 years ... pretty incredible growth. It is the Calatrava Bridge and the new frontier it will open up that will catapult Dallas into its status as the "Chicago of the South" by 2030.
Here is the planned development guideline developed by the City for the new urban frontier of West Dallas:
www.dallascityhall.com/citydesign_studio/pdf/WD_UrbanStru...