D Magazine September 2024

Special 50th Anniversary Issue

To Dallas with Love

As an expression of our ardor, we bought a 5-foot balloon and shot it tethered to flora in the green space encircled by the North Hampton Road on-ramp to I-30, in Oak Cliff. Moments after the image was captured, did that balloon break free and float away? Let’s just say that our love for the city sometimes looks like sky litter.