Watching Dallas Grow, Slowly

While we await some return phone calls: Twice today I've had occasion to dial up various local projects' construction webcams, including our old favorite the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge -- and this was before Mary Suhm acknowledged that, yup, you can cross that October opening off your to-do list, making...

By Robert Wilonsky

May 6, 2011

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While we await some return phone calls: Twice today I've had occasion to dial up various local projects' construction webcams, including our old favorite the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge -- and this was before Mary Suhm acknowledged that, yup, you can cross that October opening off your to-do list, making her November '10 tah-dah a big 0-for-2. Which comes as no surprise to Schutze, who most days can be seen standing at the window staring to the west, muttering to himself about high winds and broken promises.

Anyway.

With a few minutes to kill I took the virtual tour of the other construction cams 'round town, three of which are aimed at the Arts District. (I miss some? I missed some.) Let's run 'em down on the other side.

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