Ferris Plaza — Attraction in Dallas

This plaza is a block away from DART streetcars last station. It's the perfect place to end after a ride through the arts district. I give it 4 stars because it only has one wheelchair accessible ramp on the Houston St entrance. The fountain was not running during my visit and there was a bit of trash floating in it. Otherwise the plaza was well maintained. The plaza is on a number of bus routes and is across the street from the DART Blueline. It's also a short walk from Dealey plaza. The old newspaper building is on one side of the plaza while a newer hotel is on the other. It's a nice place for a walk or a photo shoot. It would be especially beautiful if the trees had lights on them and the fountain...

This park and part of White Rock was given to my great great grand father. For surveying the city of Dallas. Warren Angus W.A. Ferris. W.A. also surveyed with Lewis And Clark on the Rockie Mountains. W.A. kept a journal and wrote Life In The Rockies. In the 80s a Dallas Historian Susanne Starling wrote Land Is The Cry. About W.A. Ferris. My Grand Father was named after The city of Dallas. Carl Dallas Ferris. As the years passed W.A. lost the deeds to the land in a house fire.. Barely able to take care of his family. Would have not been able to take care of the land. So it was Just...

This little nook of a park has beautiful flowers, a high spurting fountain and offers outdoor seating if one wants to sit for a spell and smell the roses. The flowers are perennial and can be seen year round. As I stood there admiring its glory, I wondered how spectacular it will look come spring.

The spurting fountain has approximately 6 threads appearing to shoot from underneath the ground. It's a wonderful site to see and get pictures.

I sit for a spell sometimes to...