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Growing up in Dallas, Texas proved to be a varying experience with unique places. Only when I came away to other places, did I appreciate the specialty of the places I had grown up with. The West End Marketplace remains a legend amongst all these in my childhood.

Many school field trips centered on this historic place that support a variety of shops and places to occupy the attention deficit minds of school children. Shops that stand out in my mind even now are the Purple Shop, the fudge factory, the gallery of 3-D art and holograms. Then of course there was the joke shop where we dared each other to purchase a sucker with the tequila worm inside. The bottom floor of the Marketplace consisted of an arcade that seemed to expanse eternity to my younger self.

Many of us got our caricatures painted on the street outside the Marketplace, called Dallas Alley. Specialty artists also span the street areas outside, particularly at night. I particularly recall a man who would blast his techno music while he quickly spray painted a neon canvas to create a very modern abstract piece that he would finish off by setting it on fire. The act of painting was just as much of a show as the art canvas itself.

Witty street vendors would approach a group of us young people and offer me a flower on the condition that a young man in the group would give me a hug. After I received my hug, the vendor would turn to the boy and inform him that now he must purchase the flower for me. To this day, I have failed to retain possession of a flower from the West End, owning to the frugality of youthful boys.

The atmosphere is only complimented by the local cuisine at very close vicinity. The most worthwhile would be the Spaghetti Warehouse. The environment created at each individual table is enough to set it apart as a fascinating experience.

As far as cuisine is concerned, it ranks far superior to any Italian restaurant I have even eaten. My many visits there have brought me mouthwatering dishes like chicken alfredo, lasagna, and of course classic spaghetti with a very spectacular homemade sauce. It is easily said that eating at this historic Dallas landmark is a legendary experience.

Great sadness rested upon me during my last visit to my home in Dallas. I took my fiance, like many family members who visited with us before to the West End. Most of the shops and places were boarded up and closed. I couldn't understand what would cause such desolation to the place of such great enjoyment and excitement in the past.

I can't help but wonder what would get people to lose interest in the West End. I have recently got news from my father that the West End is undergoing intense renovation to ensure that is magical environment may be rejuvenated. I am hopefully not alone in my excitement to return to the renewed Marketplace to further enjoy what lay waiting there to please the locals and visitors alike.

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Haylee Landford has been an guest author for Land For Sale. She and her family are avid travelers to help write her articles.

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