Port of Dallas
99% Invisible
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The Trinity River in Dallas
The Audubon Society has built a center at the edge of the forest and it leads canoe and kayak rides for urban river explorers. The Trinity River resumes its natural winding course south of downtown Dallas, flows to a dense hardwood forest. This part of the river bottom was left alone for decades because the plan was to someday bulldoze all this into a big turning basin and loading area for barges. Making that easily accessible for public use is the huge urban planning challenge that Dallas now has to contend with.
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