Dallas Skyline at Night — ca. 1965
by Paula Bosse
Goodnight, Pegasus…
by Paula Bosse
It might just be because this photo is so grainy, but it’s very dreamy-looking — a sort of soft-focus view of Dallas’ sophisticated nighttime skyline.
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Sources & Notes
The photo is credited to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. I’m pretty sure this came from a high school yearbook, but I’m afraid I neglected to note which one.
See another great photo from the same period in the Flashback Dallas post “Nighttime Skyline — 1965.”
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Beautiful!
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This, I do love! I remember Dallas so well from that era. Every single year on the family summer car vacation, we would drive by, usually at night, and I was all eyes O.O looking at the city. My, how Dallas has grown since then. Absolutely and easily, in my opinion, the prettiest night skyline in the whole country. Definitely a finalist worldwide. It may be just my green roots showing but still, no one can argue that it sparkles like a pirate’s treasure these days.
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Something doesn’t seem right about the position of the buildings in this photo
Is it just me ?
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It’s a little confusing. I had to look at a map because I was turned around, but unless the Dallas Chamber of Commerce was compressing the image to make it seem more “big city,” I think it’s probably right. The view is north from behind the Pegasus-topped Magnolia Building; the LTV Building in the center is on Pacific, between Akard and Ervay; the Southland Life Building is to the right of the Republic Bank Building’s “rocket,”and the green-topped Medical Arts Building is at the far right. Here’s a 1962 map for reference (the LTV Building is circled in blue as it was not built until around 1964): http://bit.ly/1OYLika
EDIT: Per Jeff’s comment below, the Southland Life Building is not in this photo — it is actually the Republic Bank Tower II.
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Using the Google Earth 3D view of downtown and your 1962 map, I did a little triangulating. I think this photo was taken from the top of what is marked on the 1962 map as the “Telephone” building at the corner of Akard and Jackson (which is now 3 AT&T Plaza). Some clues to this are:
1.) You can see the top floors of the Baker Hotel in the foreground in the bottom left corner. This where the Whitacre Tower (1 AT&T Plaza) now stands.
2.) Just to the left of the Magnolia Building and beyond the Baker, you can see the roof of the Adolphus Hotel.
3.) To the right of the Magnolia Building, I think, is the old Dallas National Bank Building (now the Joule Hotel). In between it and the LTV tower is Stone St (Stone Pl).
4.) To the right of the LTV tower is Republic Center 1 and 2 towers. You can’t see the Southland Life Building in this photo.
The streets are as follows, starting at the bottom of the picture: Commerce (between the Baker and the Magnolia), Main (on the other side of the Magnolia), Elm (in front of the LTV tower), Pacific (behind LTV and in front of the two Republic towers).
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Yes! I thought the Southland Life Building seemed too far away! Thanks, Jeff!
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I wondered why 1401 Elm is dark in this photo. Then I saw that it was completed in 1965, so I wonder if it hadn’t yet ever turned on its lights.
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[…] the second image above (but taken from a rotated angle) can be found in the Flashback Dallas post “Dallas Skyline At Night — ca. 1965” — this photo shows the skyline just a few short years later after the new Republic Tower II […]
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