Comments on: Another Landmark Demolished. Good.

By: Trey Garrison

Trey Garrison — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:32:05 +0000

In the words of the owner/developer:

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/jan/20/historic-hard-rock-cafe-building-dallas-gets-axe/#c20302

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:38:42 +0000

Trey, your bearings are admirable, but your specific extrapolations are risibly misguided by any reasonable standard. You’ve already got your dream come true: Dallas is as close as one can get to a city that defines “city” as “a population zone comprised of contiguous private parcels.” True, the communists prevented cheap apartment complexes that would now be crack dens from covering the length of Swiss Avenue. But by and large, Dallas fulfills your vision of utopia.

And oh, what a beauty she is.

By: gwyon

gwyon — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:10:10 +0000

You’re next, Historic Lakewood!

By: Historic Lakewood

Historic Lakewood — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:17:09 +0000

What would you expect from “The Magazine to the Park Cities”? Nothing of any value is left there except facetious facades the rest of us can laugh at…

By: Topham

Topham — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:58:22 +0000

Depends on whether what replaces it is better. “Better,” of course, is a loaded term. Better entails lots of considerations, including aesthetics, economics, and function. Only time will tell if a replacement is better. Often it’s not, because of the attributes of the destroyed building, which again are multiple, and also include historical and sentimental factors, were more valuable than the attributes of the replacement. But sometimes the new one is, on the whole, better than what it replaced.

By: bbb

bbb — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:48:52 +0000

Jack: Actually, it does make them antique. Go look up the definition of antique. Then, go to the Adidas store at Northpark Mall, where they have proudly displayed some antique shoes in their window. Historical value is not an oxymoron.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:26 +0000

There is a difference between old and historical. I have shoes that are over 25 years old, that doesn’t make them an antique.

By: dave little

dave little — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:33:50 +0000

Hey, can we tear down the book depository so we can get that monkey off our back?

By: merritt

merritt — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:33 +0000

Trey, I’d hate to hear your advice about how to care for parents, grandparents or any other slow-moving, “dust collecting” elder that might offer a bit of historical insight.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:42:47 +0000

they don’t recycle because you can’t fit “a 15-story luxury apartment building once the rubble of the Hard Rock has been hauled away” in a 100-year-old church turned restaurant… and let’s face it; who needs the memory of a wedding, funeral or other event that occurred there when you can tear it down to build a monstrosity that won’t last 30 years. Oh well Dallas, you still have shopping