Question for our Dallas DU members...

[Javaman]

I'm down here in Austin and the few times I've been to Dallas, I have noticed these, (hard to describe)concrete "pillars" that look like they were left over from some failed elevated road project.

I think they are located on the west side of Dallas near the movie studios.

Do you know what I'm referring to?

[kjackson227]

1. Sorry, Javaman, but I can't help you. Still I wonder if those...

of remnants from Texas Stadium??? But, I don't think that's considered West Dallas.

[Javaman]

2. You know what I'm referring to?

I had a hard time thinking of a way to describe them LOL

Someone once told me they were the failed remnants of a monorail system.

[white cloud]

3. Raygun fuzzy math economy

I think you are talking about the Los Colinas business park area on HWY 114 about 5miles west of I35. It is the monorail commute system they were going to put in before the economy feel in the mid 80. Along with the canals and boats. Office space became surplus and all the construction sky crane came down and have never come.

Trickle down Raygun fuzzy math economy

[Javaman]

4. That's the area!

So that's what that was.

Now just a piece of urban archeology.

[The Philosopher]

5. ?

Canals and boats?

[white cloud]

6. bust

Yes they had, and may still have water taxi's running around the canals to move people from building to building and parking lot. It main purpose now is tourism and I beleive they quit running probably mid 90s. The water for the canal comes from the elm fork of the trinity river. The concrete pilliar for the monrail is as far as they got. Boom then the oil industry and economy went bust. You could look at it more closely with goggle earth.