Report to Dallas (1955) 

My grandfather had a '34 Ford V-8 that he didn't sell until '63. He said he hated the weird look of the newer cars.

Nothing really new. You're bound to see cars that were produced 20-30 years in the past even today. I still see a decent amount of 90s and especially 2000s cars even now.

@@thetexanhusky In the early mid 60s my fathers friend had an early midn30s car he drove over to our house. I don't think it was his only car though. He was older than my father was and very well may have bought it new. He was probably in his 50s or pushing 60 at the time which would have made him in his 20s in the 1930s.

My commuter beater is a 2003. So I'm driving the equivalent of a 34 Chevy in 1955.

Yes we have come so far in 65 years. NOT! I am a little bit younger and so grateful that I am the age that I am. I don’t have children or grandchildren but I don’t envy the subsequent generations one bit.

Unless u were colored

Liberalism has destroyed education.

Salute the flag?? 😂 Idols.

@@mariselamendiola Ask them that. How would you know? Also, who cares? This woman can have her good memories. Look around at what the colored people did with all their freedoms and look at how nice the schools are now that they are overrun with monkeys.

Thank You, more to come!

Bc we don’t care about Houston

And to think, Dallas brought back some vintage electric streetcars.

Electric street cars ran from Dallas to Waco.

@@steveh.3370 where are they now?

Hey, at least now you have huge congested roads and highways and massive lifeless parking lots!

​@@michaelmedina8304 "The Texas Electric Railway is a historic interurban railroad that operated from Dallas, Texas, to Denison, Corsicana, and Waco. It began operation in 1908 and through the merger of several companies became the largest interurban railway operator in the South before its demise in 1948." ...They weren't streetcars, but did use streetcar tracks to reach the company's terminal in downtown Dallas. "Today several pieces of infrastructure still remain. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail system utilizes the right-of-way of the Texas Electric Railway for several of its lines, including the Red Line. The original Plano Station still serves as Downtown Plano station on the DART Red Line. The wood frame passenger depot in downtown Plano and its attached brick electric transformer section remained in use until December 31, 1948. The Plano Station building now hosts the Interurban Railway Museum where a restored Texas Electric Railway car may be seen, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Monroe Shops (1914), once the maintenance facility for Texas Electric's vehicles, was restored in 2011 and now serves as headquarters to the DART Police Department. The Dallas Interurban Building (1916), once serving as the main Dallas depot, now houses residents and retail. The Texas Electric Railway Allen Station still stands at 105 South Butler Drive."

Has there ever been a time without some kind idealism and those that would see that same idealism brought down? In late 1950’s Dallas there where almost the same political dynamics I see today and probably the same we will see in the future.

Bombs what was all that about? Are you sure?

Still there to this day.

@@Chevy4x4dawg Seriously? Holy crap!

@@bobt5778 Yup signal controled

No it's not. Commerce and Elm are each one way. Main is still 2 way, but blends with the roads on either side.

@@paulbrancato8262 Still a interesting and unique traffic flow.

To be fair there were to be flying cars in 2000. That was 21 years ago ... 😑

@@Chevy4x4dawg Nobody needs flying cars. Cars should stay FAR away from city centers.

It’s way better than the other metros I have lived in. Dallasites complain about it but most haven’t lived anywhere else. SF, LA, Seattle, Sacramento… you should see what it’s like there.

What do you expect when everyone has to own a car because American cities are designed so badly

We need to bring the "T" Men back !!!!

Ha!!

There is still a red Pegasus atop the hotel. And the original is by the convention center hotel. D Magazine: "It’s not every Dallas City Council meeting that you hear that a giant red horse might fall from the sky, but it’s Wednesday and it’s 2022, so sure, it tracks. Except, technically, it’s two giant red horses. In the last agenda item the Dallas City Council tackled before taking a lunch break today, the Office of Arts and Culture informed the members that the Pegasus derrick atop the Magnolia Hotel downtown was in danger of potentially, uh, toppling down - all 30 tons of it. An hour and a half later, all but one council member approved spending about $358,000 to secure and repair the piece of public art that the city has had in its charge since 1934. Now, for those of you playing along at home, this is not the original 1934 Pegasus. This is the new sign that was installed in 1999 in time for the hotel’s New Year’s Eve unveiling. ...When the Omni Hotel was built, the restored original 1934 Pegasus was installed in front of it - safely on the ground. Both structures are part of the city’s public art catalog." Austin Chronicle: "The original Pegasus sign was lost for 15 years before being discovered in a warehouse and renovated with new red neon lights. The 35-by-40-foot flying horse slowly turns (once every five minutes) on a short oil derrick at 555 S. Lamar St. in a park near the entrance to the Omni Hotel, still welcoming visitors and selfie photographers to Dallas."

Back in the 1950s police officers violating Citizen's rights was acceptable and considered normal... nowadays citizens will not accept that behavior from police officers. Check out James Freeman Channel. James likes police officers that uphold their oath but also feels corrupt police officers are not above the law

as crimes have increased in Dallas downtown, people keep moving up north towards Carrollton, Plano and now ever further to Prosper/Celina.

@@amynguy covid and the 2020 riots really did a number on downtown.. in 2015-19, downtown was getting consistantly better and cooler. when I attended Eastfield, I would always go have a few drinks downtown before I caught the last train home to garland. went downtown last year, it wasnt NEAR what it had been, it reminded me of downtown when I was a teen in the 90s

So Very True, when people listen to others, When people knew their place in the community.

😢😢😢

First exit i35e north of oak cliff, also a ramp now connecting to woodall rodgers freeway

Me to

​@@sweezlesquee😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you still absolutely need a car.

@@sweezlesqueeI wouldn’t say DART is sick. Still need a car to get to the stations.

It’s ass Nigga shut the f up am gonna go to yo destroy yo Nigga tomorrow Nigga this is what 😮 you expect niggga

Maybe it is before intered politics

@gabe The choices made within cities though were atrocious

Thanks LBJ !!!

@@HardRockMaster7577 It was a decision made by city planners

Chrysler 300 packed a 331 cid hemi. It was the CTS-V of it's day

There is a long history of crosswalks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_crossing#History

1955 TMan. 2021 Karen.

Yea I was really surprised, this looked like newyork.

The Arlington Frisco Tx Boys suck! #2022

@@amynguy I think the vibe in Dallas was like that at one point in time.

Well that's the city the CIA picked to assassinate JFK

@@Spillers72 , a communist killed JFK, not the C.I.A.

Isn't that where the CIA murdered JFK?

lol, yeah. sure thing.

lmao yeah ok