Deep Ellum

Ahop lives right near an area known as Deep Ellum in Dallas.  I thought this area of town was pretty cool.  There was a ton of interesting art in the area as well as bars, restaurants, night clubs, and art galleries.  The night life scene has unlimited potential in the area but needed a lot of work in my opinion.  It was like UT's 'strip' except about threes times bigger.  Imagine putting three of the strip back to back to back.

There is a lot of history in the area which leads to a pretty eclectic vibe.  The crowd of people that hang out down there currently is a little different.  Lots of the 'goth', 'emo' kind of people.  Also a lot of the biker type of folk.  I felt a little out of place but everyone there was cool, even when Ahop and I were the only non-bikers at a biker bar.  Was there an episode of 'Gangland' that was about a biker gang in Dallas??  If so, that's who we were hanging with, kinda scary.

I should have taken my own photos, but check out some of the art.  Good Stuff:

Pretty sweet sculpture park under the I-45 overpass near Deep Ellum

Wall Murals/Graffiti

 

My personal favorite:  THE TRAVELING MAN SCULPTURES

From what I have read about Deep Ellum, it seems that they are currently trying to revive it back to the urban hotspot that it was in the early-to-mid 90's.  It looked like there were a lot of bars and restaurants that had recently closed in the area (I assume they were closed.  The signage was still up but they were closed on a Friday night?).  There appears to be a lot of newer apartment/condo complexes in the area that could easily utilize the area but currently don't.  Hops and I had the brilliant idea to open up a few places down there that would attract the people living close by that currently go out socially in 'Uptown'.  Its a genius plan.  We just need someone to finance our ideas. A fail-proof plan guarenteed.  Who's down?