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| From the lower walk looking upward |
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| Free Wheelin by LaPaso |
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| The lawn amphitheater. |
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| The City of Dallas has three sculptures in the park. These signs from the Office of Cultural Affairs identifies the work and the artist. |
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| From the bridge at the Lake Highland Dart Station looking south. The walk connects both sections. The visible bridge is Walnut Hill Lane |
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| A Dart Rail Train can be seen in the background. Next stop: White Rock Lake Station. |
But it's true in this case. "if you build it, they will come."
About three years ago,maybe four, the bulldozers arrived and started tearing down a large apartment complex that had been built sometime in the late 60's or early 70's. Then the heavy equipment arrived and started digging down and down and down along a creek that ran through the property. Slowly,the site was transformed into an amazing walkway along the creek with high stone walls, beautifully crafted steel ornamental fence work, lights,water fountains, drinking fountains, benches,overlooks,a split-level lake with individual fountains and a rock-boulder dam separating the two.
There are two stairways that take you upward to a more grade level-street level that is also landscaped with fountains, and a lawn amphitheater.
Least anyone forget, this is a residential and retail development. What has made this so different is that the park setting was created first, then allowed to sit and settle before the first builders showed up. But, as was said in a movie filmed in an Iowa corn field: "If you build it, they will come." These are a few shots of the new Lake Highland Center.
