Visiting the Dallas Mayor at City Hall

Riding the elevator up to the fifth floor office to visit Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, I realized he was the tenth mayor that I had personally met with, most of them at some point at their Mayor’s Office at City Hall. When I arrived on the fifth floor, there was a row of photographs of every past Dallas mayor. These images brought back memories of my first visit to Mayor Robert Folsom’s office and my visit to the mayor’s office when Starke Taylor was mayor. It was fun to see in Mayor Taylor’s office a 12-inch walnut spool of copper wire with two tin cans at the respective end of the wire that had been presented to him when he presided over a Restoration House of the Year Award on his first day in office. This was given to him as a hotline to the neighborhoods of East Dallas. Looking at the pictures on the wall made me recall many of the conversations I had with each of these mayors in their office. It was a treat to meet Mayor Eric Johnson in his office, as I so admire how he has continued to build on the success of the previous mayors. Under his leadership, Dallas has never been stronger. There has also been much written recently about the I.M. Pei designed-City Hall building. It was fun to see the city from the balcony that I.M. Pei designed for the Dallas Mayor.

Douglas Newby on Dallas City Hall elevator going to see Mayor Eric Johnson in his fifth floor office.
A photograph of Douglas Newby on his way up to the fifth floor to see the Mayor of Dallas Eric Johnson in his office. It is interesting that often architects place the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall.
Former Dallas mayors' photographs at City Hall in downtown Dallas.
In chronological order, one enjoys on the fifth floor of Dallas City Hall viewing photographs of all the former mayors who led and nurtured Dallas to its current place of prominence. I have privately met with the last ten mayors of Dallas. I recount all my interactions with past Dallas mayors with great admiration and fondness.
Mayor Eric Johnson is standing on the balcony of his fifth floor office in Dallas City Hall designed by architect I.M. Pei. The Dallas City Hall Plaza and Dallas skyline is seen behind the mayor.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has much to smile about as his successful leadership has made Dallas the strongest city in the country.
Mayor Eric Johnson in his office at City Hall in downtown Dallas designed by architect I.M. Pei.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is shown pointing at pictures of him and his mother when he first arrived as a freshman at his Ivy League college and then again with his mother years later at the same place on campus. The M Award that he was given by SMU is also seen in the photograph at his Dallas City Hall office.
Evening view of downtown Dallas skyline from the fifth floor balcony of the mayor's office of Mayor Eric Johnson at Dallas City Hall.
From the balcony of the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of Dallas City Hall, one takes in the breathtaking view of downtown Dallas in the evening. It is remarkable that the locally owned businesses and buildings downtown have now become international towers of commerce.