Saturday was the last of the really hot days but I was out playing catch up on my three weeks of Remembrances that I take every year. I had seen the approaching Katy Trail bridge at Mockingbird and made a note that I should follow up before the decking was in place. Saturday was also a very busy traffic day for some reason, too. Finding parking spots has really become a major issue, even for short periods, let alone more than a couple of hours. The problem with the garages is that they are just about as bad and they are never close to where you need them. So, I made a trip down McMillan to McComas to come back toward Mockingbird to see exactly where the Katy crossed NCX and where the bridge ramp actually started its flight over Mockingbird. I knew that it was going to be in the neighborhood of the park south of Mockingbird.
Long story short, I never did find the bridge's genesis. But, I do need to get the shots of the deck from a higher elevation at Mockingbird Station before that deck is laid. In the mean while I was left stunned to find a whole new neighborhood at the park of new homes. This construction thing in the Dallas market is totally mind blowing. Every available lot, piece of vacant land or 40 acre field is under construction. In Plano, they are eating up 100 acre tracks at a single bite---like Toyota's new North American Head Quarters Campus. Now, it's a game to see what type of house will be built on the smallest piece of land. And that, is and of itself an amazing story.
Today, I discovered yet another area where homes have been wiped out by the "we buy ugly homes" campaign and they are finally not putting totally "Ronnie" houses on those lots. Although there are still enough of those being squeezed on a lot as it is for better or for worse.
The bridge over Mockingbird is the third cable-stayed bridge in Dallas in the last 4 years. This one, however is totally for hike and bike use and the joining of two of the main trails in the Metroplex---The Katy Trail and The White Rock Trail. With those two coming together at Mockingbird Station, all the others are now available in the network.
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| The joining of the Katy and The White Rock Trails at Mockingbird Station. |
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| There are just south of Mockingbird at NCX at the SMU main campus and the new East Campus on this side of NCX at the George Bush Presidential Library which is on the main campus of SMU. |
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| This one comes from Richardson across from the Eisemann Center at Galatyn Plaza |
