ALL ITEMS: 'Landmark-Adventures


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79991991 Greeville Avenue Dallas Texas Pictorial MapDetailsLandmark Adventures1992
Greeville Avenue Dallas Texas Pictorial Map
Landmark Adventures
1992
LOC:130
$500.00Landmark-AdventuresGreeville-Avenue-Dallas-Texas-Pictorial-MapThis illustrated pictorial promotional poster map titled “Greenville Avenue: A Landmark Adventure – Dallas, Texas” depicts the full commercial corridor of Greenville Avenue using dense line-art drawings of individual businesses, landmarks, and street features. Drawn by Jack B. Weidner. Copyright Landmark Adventures, 1992-1993. <br><br>The artwork organizes the avenue vertically, with north at the top, and identifies a large number of local establishments including restaurants, bars, boutiques, clubs, real-estate offices, and service businesses. Notable sites shown include the Doubletree Hotel, Old Town Shopping Center, Ada Art Gallery, Rollins, Corinthian Sailing Club, Pepe’s & Mito’s, The Diner, John’s Café, Flip’s, Nick’s Café, and many others. Corporate sponsors such as the Dallas Cowboys, Pepsi, Coors, RE/MAX, American Airlines, 94.5 The Edge, and Landmark Adventures appear within the composition, indicating commercial support at the time of publication. The map also includes playful vignettes—cars, pedestrians, musicians, hot-air balloons, aircraft, and neighborhood scenes—presented in a visually busy style meant to capture the character of the district. <br><br> Directional labels (Deep Ellum, McKinney Avenue), street names (Ross Avenue), and inset business directories help orient the viewer, while the border incorporates a decorative pattern consistent with late-20th-century pictorial map design. The poster functions as both a promotional guide and a snapshot of Greenville Avenue’s retail environment at the time it was created, documenting a concentration of independent businesses alongside well-known local institutions. As ephemera, it records the commercial identity of one of Dallas’s most recognizable streets and provides a detailed reference to storefronts and neighborhood culture that may no longer exist in the same form today.