Water Still to Fall on Stemmons

Photo courtesy Debra Jane Seltzer The old Pearl Beer billboard, in a 2006 photo Everything you need to know about the old Pearl Beer "waterfall billboard" on Stemmons Freeway, construction of which was completed in 1962, you'll find here and here; the landmark's past has been well documented. But what...

By Robert Wilonsky

October 3, 2008

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Photo courtesy Debra Jane Seltzer

The old Pearl Beer billboard, in a 2006 photo

Everything you need to know about the old Pearl Beer "waterfall billboard" on Stemmons Freeway, construction of which was completed in 1962, you'll find here and here; the landmark's past has been well documented. But what of its future, as the water had evaporated in recent weeks? KXAS-Channel 5 has the update: Baby Doe's Matchless Mine may be gone, but the billboard is staying -- it's just being repaired, before the construction of apartments begins. --Robert Wilonsky

Robert Wilonsky

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