Downtown, close
Skyline views
Downtown, Uptown and Love Field sit a short drive away, and Stemmons runs right past.
Where the river ran
A neighborhood the river left behind
The Trinity Strand Trail follows the river's original channel through the Design District. The Strand sits on the inside of its bend, where rail lines and warehouses grew up once the water moved on.
- Early 1900s
The river runs here
The Trinity winds through this ground, and its floods push Dallas to act.
- 1920s
The river moves
The levee project straightens the Trinity and leaves the old channel behind. Rail and warehousing follow.
- 2014
The trail arrives
The first 2.5 miles of the Trinity Strand Trail open along the old channel.
- Today
The Strand
The warehouses hold showrooms, studios and makers, with the trail at the back door.