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As continued from Part V...
Day #5 - This day was spent on the other side of the Metroplex in Forth Worth, Texas. It is often said that Dallas is where the east ends and Fort Worth is where the west begins and in many ways this is true. The cities really are quite different. Much like like Dallas though, Fort Worth also has an astounding amount of art galleries and museums. Unfortunately, they are located about 10 minutes outside of the downtown near North Texas University. This is the famous Kimbell Art Museum...
The museum building was commissioned in 1966 and opened in 1972. Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the building takes the form of a series of spaces defined by parallel barrel vaults. The Kimbell Art Foundation recently announced that the Renzo Piano Building Workshop has been selected as the architect for an addition to the museum.
Works by Picasso, Caravaggio, El Greco, Rembrandt, Monet, Gainsborough, Vigée-Lebrun, and Rubens are included among many others in the European collection.
Inside the Kimbell Art Museum.
Kimbell Art Museum (cont.)...
The grounds of the museum are well worth a walk and can help one to build an appreciation for what many consider to be one of Louis Khan's greatest works.
I thought this might be another Henry Moore, but couldn't find any information at the site nor on the internet.
Kimbell Art Museum (cont.)...
Just down the street from the Kimbell Art Museum sits the Amon Carter Museum which houses a renknowned collection of American Art.
The collection includes masterworks by such artists as Alexander Calder, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Charles Demuth, Martin Johnson Heade and Alfred Stieglitz. The museum also possesses one of the premier collections of American photography in the nation, comprising more than 30,000 exhibition prints by some 400 photographers. The photography collection also includes the work and archives of several notable American photographers, including Laura Gilpin, Eliot Porter, and Karl Struss.
Amon Carter through Henry Moore.
Philip Johnson, the museum’s original architect, designed and completed the building’s most recent expansion in 2001 and was one of his last completed projects.
Amon Carter Museum (cont.)...
The Fort Worth skyline from the Amon Carter Museum. You can see here how the "cultural district" is actually quite removed from the downtown.
Stuart Davis' "Blips and Ifs" (1964)
Amon Carter Museum (cont.)
Then it was off to the Stockyards National Historic District also in Fort Worth. This is certainly where "the west begins..."
Much like the "cultural district" in Fort Worth, this district is also removed from the downtown and is about 10 minutes north of the CBD.
Basically, the arrival of railroads in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1960s. Even today, ceremonial cattle runs are done through the district twice a day to give people a sense of what the area was like in the 1800s.
The cattle exchange here was featured in the TV series "Dallas" when Bobby, Ray and Jock went to Fort Worth to purchase livestock in one of the early seasons.
Stockyards (cont.)...
Some of you may remember that this "cattle maze" was featured in The Amazing Race a few seasons back.
Stockyards (cont.)...
A restored 1896 steam train provides for a tourist route between downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards.
Stockyards (cont.)
Not in keeping with the cowboy motif, but there was just something about this massive branch that made me click the shutter release on my camera.
Stockyards (cont.)...
Billy Bob's Texas (also known as the "World's Biggest Honky Tonk") is a famous country & western nightclub. It features 12,000m² of space and was opened April 1, 1981 to national attention with Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers as the first performers.
Billy Bob's was also featured in the TV series "Dallas" as Jenna Wade played a waitress here and some scenes were shot here between her (Priscilla Beaulieu Presley) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).
It tends to be very quiet in the afternoon (when I was there), but gets insanely busy in the evening.
In addition to several dance floors, musical stages, arcade games, and billiards tables, Billy Bob's is the home to a small indoor rodeo arena, in which they have weekend bullriding events.
Billy Bob's (cont.)....
Continued in the (final) Part VII...
Day #5 - This day was spent on the other side of the Metroplex in Forth Worth, Texas. It is often said that Dallas is where the east ends and Fort Worth is where the west begins and in many ways this is true. The cities really are quite different. Much like like Dallas though, Fort Worth also has an astounding amount of art galleries and museums. Unfortunately, they are located about 10 minutes outside of the downtown near North Texas University. This is the famous Kimbell Art Museum...
The museum building was commissioned in 1966 and opened in 1972. Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the building takes the form of a series of spaces defined by parallel barrel vaults. The Kimbell Art Foundation recently announced that the Renzo Piano Building Workshop has been selected as the architect for an addition to the museum.
Works by Picasso, Caravaggio, El Greco, Rembrandt, Monet, Gainsborough, Vigée-Lebrun, and Rubens are included among many others in the European collection.
Inside the Kimbell Art Museum.
Kimbell Art Museum (cont.)...
The grounds of the museum are well worth a walk and can help one to build an appreciation for what many consider to be one of Louis Khan's greatest works.
I thought this might be another Henry Moore, but couldn't find any information at the site nor on the internet.
Kimbell Art Museum (cont.)...
Just down the street from the Kimbell Art Museum sits the Amon Carter Museum which houses a renknowned collection of American Art.
The collection includes masterworks by such artists as Alexander Calder, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Charles Demuth, Martin Johnson Heade and Alfred Stieglitz. The museum also possesses one of the premier collections of American photography in the nation, comprising more than 30,000 exhibition prints by some 400 photographers. The photography collection also includes the work and archives of several notable American photographers, including Laura Gilpin, Eliot Porter, and Karl Struss.
Amon Carter through Henry Moore.
Philip Johnson, the museum’s original architect, designed and completed the building’s most recent expansion in 2001 and was one of his last completed projects.
Amon Carter Museum (cont.)...
The Fort Worth skyline from the Amon Carter Museum. You can see here how the "cultural district" is actually quite removed from the downtown.
Stuart Davis' "Blips and Ifs" (1964)
Amon Carter Museum (cont.)
Then it was off to the Stockyards National Historic District also in Fort Worth. This is certainly where "the west begins..."
Much like the "cultural district" in Fort Worth, this district is also removed from the downtown and is about 10 minutes north of the CBD.
Basically, the arrival of railroads in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1960s. Even today, ceremonial cattle runs are done through the district twice a day to give people a sense of what the area was like in the 1800s.
The cattle exchange here was featured in the TV series "Dallas" when Bobby, Ray and Jock went to Fort Worth to purchase livestock in one of the early seasons.
Stockyards (cont.)...
Some of you may remember that this "cattle maze" was featured in The Amazing Race a few seasons back.
Stockyards (cont.)...
A restored 1896 steam train provides for a tourist route between downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards.
Stockyards (cont.)
Not in keeping with the cowboy motif, but there was just something about this massive branch that made me click the shutter release on my camera.
Stockyards (cont.)...
Billy Bob's Texas (also known as the "World's Biggest Honky Tonk") is a famous country & western nightclub. It features 12,000m² of space and was opened April 1, 1981 to national attention with Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers as the first performers.
Billy Bob's was also featured in the TV series "Dallas" as Jenna Wade played a waitress here and some scenes were shot here between her (Priscilla Beaulieu Presley) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).
It tends to be very quiet in the afternoon (when I was there), but gets insanely busy in the evening.
In addition to several dance floors, musical stages, arcade games, and billiards tables, Billy Bob's is the home to a small indoor rodeo arena, in which they have weekend bullriding events.
Billy Bob's (cont.)....
Continued in the (final) Part VII...
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