Where's Fee Waybill When You Need Him? Presenting the Arts District's "Wyly Tubes."

Over the weekend, I drove by the under-construction Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and the 5-year-old in the backseat was fascinated by the hundreds of tubes running along the exterior. Also fascinated by the aluminum siding: The folks behind the DCPA, who,...

By Robert Wilonsky

February 12, 2009

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Over the weekend, I drove by the under-construction Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and the 5-year-old in the backseat was fascinated by the hundreds of tubes running along the exterior. Also fascinated by the aluminum siding: The folks behind the DCPA, who, in their ongoing effort to document every second of the Arts District's construction, just posted this making-of. Fascinating.

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