Dallas Approves Rainbow Crosswalks to Honor LGBT in Oak Lawn Area

[Vic Mackey 47,039]

Dallas council approves rainbow crosswalks honoring LGBT in Oak Lawn

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved the installation of rainbow crosswalks in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood

The rainbow crosswalks will be installed on Cedar Springs Road at intersections from Douglas Avenue to Oak Lawn Avenue, the heart of Dallas’ gay community.

Officials said the rainbows will be a visible symbol of the importance of Oak Lawn in the struggle for gay rights in Texas. Other Texas cities, like Houston and San Antonio, have installed similar crosswalks in recent years.

The GLBT Chamber of Commerce Foundation has raised a large part of the $128,000 to get the project moving.

The rainbow crosswalks were approved by the council as part of a larger street improvement package for the area. Construction should begin in September with completion by early 2020.

[Your Mom 4,806]

Good. Cool. 

[mdmost 43,002]

[immortal13 4,059]

Yay?

[Guest]

Fabulous!!!

[RoundRobin 828]

$128k to paint a crosswalk?  

[TexArcher 37,776]

2 minutes ago, RoundRobin said:

$128k to paint a crosswalk?  

It's Dallas.  They paid $400 and told everybody they paid $128k.

Edited June 27, 2019 by TexArcher

[conVINCEd 21,469]

2 minutes ago, RoundRobin said:

$128k to paint a crosswalk?  

I think it’s more like 10 crosswalks, and considering what the city of Dallas charged me for knocking over a DART bus sign back in the 90s, it’s not that out of line.

[RoundRobin 828]

I just looked it up and the Houston crosswalk cost $15k

[ImissWallyPryor 9,046]

Looks fake. 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3,816]

Imagine all the homosapiens that are going to use those. 

[Dewey 3,286]

What's the big deal?

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,817]

Throckmorton? more like cockmountain

[po elvis 2,070]

has google always been rainbow or am i just now noticing it?

[RoundRobin 828]

29 minutes ago, po elvis said:

has google always been rainbow or am i just now noticing it?

It's based on your search history.  

[immortal13 4,059]

2 minutes ago, RoundRobin said:

It's based on your search history.  

Lulz

[elfenix 34,243]

 

[Mojo Hand 4,580]

Cool idea

[Bobby_Batronic 1,994]

Dude, Asgard’s had that for millennia. Why do you think thy call it the Bi-frost?

Edited June 27, 2019 by Bobby_Batronic

[Guest Lobo]

8 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

$128k to paint a crosswalk?  

It's a lease.  

[Post Oak 20,214]

WHen ARE the StraiGhts GOnna gEt theiR oWn croSSWalk?

 

[Dennis Taylor 18,828]

8 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

It's based on your search history.  

 

[gecko 1,104]

so empowering....

[achooloco 1,072]

8 hours ago, po elvis said:

has google always been rainbow or am i just now noticing it?

 

8 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

It's based on your search history.  

“Yag si op”?

was it an HF poster that had that sig line? Lulz, think I remember po’s comment to when he saw it eventually (not sure if it was real but damn I’ve been on these boards a long time), “what?! Why do y’ll think I’m gay?!”

[Underdog 28,654]

Congrats, op. 

[po elvis 2,070]

9 hours ago, RoundRobin said:

It's based on your search history.  

i did a cavity search of your dad last night. i mean your mom.

[RDCanecutter 26,446]

One step closer to the soil.

[Chad Fuck 17,683]

They did something similar in Uptown a couple years ago.  I pass by it nearly every day.  Breaks up the monotony of city life:

http://www.uptowndallas.net/news-press/crosswalk-art-dazzles-uptown-district/

[El Diablo 4,232]

For a 128K seems like they could just paint a highway brown.

[CHEF DIESEL 126]

3 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

Yeah, while I am good with and actually support such a choice by a city, how much is THAT gonna cost was my first question.

That's some Chicago level pricing on something rathers simple.

Next question, how long before these 128k crosswalks are no longer rainbows and the color fades?

A utility contractor will likely saw them up long before the concrete fades. Carts before horses are standard practice in Dallas.

In Downtown Dallas, intersections are sawed up yearly for infrastructure work. Same will apply in the gayborhood.

[Post Oak 20,214]

53 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

They did something similar in Uptown a couple years ago.  I pass by it nearly every day.  Breaks up the monotony of city life:

http://www.uptowndallas.net/news-press/crosswalk-art-dazzles-uptown-district/

I love it.  I'd  be for all crosswalks getting dressed up. Let local artists do it for free. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,500]

Those people are so fun and festive. 

[smwhorn 482]

Wait just a cotton pickin' (no racist) minute.  There's gay people in Dallas?

[RDCanecutter 26,446]

55 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I love it.  I'd  be for all crosswalks getting dressed up. Let local artists do it for free. 

uh-huh. Get your own ass out there and do it for free.

[MissingInAction 25,081]

Looking forward to the self loathing closeted gay baptist protests any day now.

[atomheartbevo 89,675]

1 hour ago, smwhorn said:

Wait just a cotton pickin' (no racist) minute.  There's gay people in Dallas?

They elected a lesbian sheriff. 

[Underdog 28,654]

2 hours ago, smwhorn said:

Wait just a cotton pickin' (no racist) minute.  There's gay people in Dallas?

One of them even quarterbacked the Cowboys to 3 SB wins. 

[Zepol87 9,186]

Pretty cool however I am pretty some jackasses will go down there and fuck it up 

[Trey3216 15,346]

12 minutes ago, Underdog said:

One of them even quarterbacked the Cowboys to 3 SB wins. 

[workswithseed 2,109]

7 hours ago, Post Oak said:

WHen ARE the StraiGhts GOnna gEt theiR oWn croSSWalk?

 

August 31

[MissingInAction 25,081]

20 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Only because you know they are big pegging fans behind closed closet doors.

Your obsession has been noted, again.

My pegging obsession is with Helga, the Nazi midget dominatrix.

[atomheartbevo 89,675]

33 minutes ago, Underdog said:

One of them even quarterbacked the Cowboys to 3 SB wins. 

[Jiggy-Z 3,432]

More like cross dressing walk, am I right?

[Underdog 28,654]

Take a walk on the wild side...

[SA-KC_Horn 1,295]

How dare they not approve this on Kiest Blvd.

[Post Oak 20,214]

3 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

uh-huh. Get your own ass out there and do it for free.

I wasn't referring to you.  I was more talking about real artists

[Zepol87 9,186]

11 minutes ago, SA-KC_Horn said:

How dare they not approve this on Kiest Blvd.

Not sure I get the joke

[ChickenSandwich 9,836]

19 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Dallas council approves rainbow crosswalks honoring LGBT in Oak Lawn

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved the installation of rainbow crosswalks in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood

The rainbow crosswalks will be installed on Cedar Springs Road at intersections from Douglas Avenue to Oak Lawn Avenue, the heart of Dallas’ gay community.

Officials said the rainbows will be a visible symbol of the importance of Oak Lawn in the struggle for gay rights in Texas. Other Texas cities, like Houston and San Antonio, have installed similar crosswalks in recent years.

The GLBT Chamber of Commerce Foundation has raised a large part of the $128,000 to get the project moving.

The rainbow crosswalks were approved by the council as part of a larger street improvement package for the area. Construction should begin in September with completion by early 2020.

City should not paint a damn thing until 

1. They need it

2.  Every dollar over the cost of the basic paint set up should be covered by the private groups. 

Dont waste an extra tax payer dollar on paining the fucking street. 

They do that, paint whatever the fuck you want. 

Dont be like the assholes who want to change the street name Manchaca. 

“We’ve raised $26k. Let’s do it!”

Edited June 27, 2019 by ChickenSandwich

[workswithseed 2,109]

It would have been cheaper to fly the flag.