view gallery W0.5 km | Gale Fields Rec Center -- Garland TX in Municipal Community Centers The Gale Fields Recreation Center is a hub of activity in East Garland. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/05/2012 last visited: 11/04/2012 |
view gallery NW0.5 km | LEGACY Dairy Rd -- Garland TX in Painted Mailboxes Original text: This particular mailbox along Dairy Rd in Garland TX has two hand-painted sides to add a bit of whimsy to a utilitarian object. 2017 update: The paint has flaked off and the box art has not been maintained. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/09/2012 last visited: 05/21/2022 |
view gallery W0.6 km | Gale Fields Rec Center -- Garland TX in Outdoor Basketball Courts The outdoor basketball court behind the Gale Fields Recreation Center in Embree Park in east Garland. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/05/2012 last visited: 11/04/2012 |
view gallery SW0.8 km | Marshall's Car Wash -- Garland TX in Coin Operated Self Service Car Washes A humble neighborhood car wash in at 2115 Dairy Rd in Garland TX posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 03/05/2013 last visited: 03/04/2013 |
view gallery NE1 km | Donna TX - Garland TX - Site 2 in International Space Station Sightings 8Nuts Mother Goose and the Benchmark Blasterz saw the International Space Station in one pass over the great state of Texas on 12 Mar 2014 at 0629 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 03/12/2014 last visited: 07/26/2016 |
view gallery NE1 km | 2022 - Blaster Base - Garland TX USA in Chronograms The third chronogram in North America (that we know of) is at Blaster Base in Garland TX. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 03/20/2022 last visited: 04/16/2023 |
view gallery NE1 km | Garland TX USA - Bowmanville ON CAN (2nd attempt) -- Site 1 in International Space Station Sightings On 26 May 2017 the Benchmark Blasterz and TriciaG again exchanged information and tried to see the ISS in one pass between Garland TX and Bowmanville, Ontario after the first attempt was clouded out in Ontario. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 05/27/2017 last visited: 05/26/2017 |
view gallery NE1 km | Garland TX USA - Bowmanville ON CAN -- Site 1 in International Space Station Sightings On 23 May 2017 the Benchmark Blasterz and TriciaG exchanged information and tried to see the ISS in one pass between Garland TX and Bowmanville, Ontario. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 05/24/2017 last visited: 05/23/2017 |
view gallery W1.3 km | Thrift City -- Garland TX in Thrift Stores This family-owned thrift store on South First Street in Garland is a great place to shop for sparkly dress-up dresses and shiny shoes for the little dress-up diva in your home. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 03/06/2013 last visited: 03/07/2013 |
view gallery S1.3 km | Texas Bluebonnets -- Homer Johnson Stadium, Garland TX in Flower Fields One of the best places in Garland to take springtime pictures of your kids (or your pets or yourself) in a big field of beautiful Texas Bluebonnets. Mama Blaster has been photographing the Younger Blasterz here every year since they were born. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2012 last visited: 04/07/2012 |
view gallery NW1.4 km | George Washington Carver Center -- Garland TX in Former Schools The G.W. Carver School opened in 1948 to teach black children in Garland. It closed in 1970 when Garland schools finally desegregated. Today the old school buildings are used as a neighborhood service center, city offices, and a senior center. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/01/2012 last visited: 10/29/2012 |
view gallery NE1.4 km | DO -- Solid Waste Transfer Center, Garland TX in Places for Recycling The busy City of Garland Recycling Center is located in east Garland at the city's Solid Waste Transfer Station. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/09/2013 last visited: 12/30/2012 |
view gallery NW1.8 km | Meshack's Bar-Be-Que Shack - Garland, TX in Classic BBQ and Sandwich Joints Meshack's Bar-Be-Que Shack really -is- a shack, serving up terrific barbecue since 2009. They're located at 240 E. Avenue B, Garland, TX. Phone is 214-227-4748. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 03/03/2014 last visited: 03/27/2015 |
view gallery NW1.8 km | Mary Padian and Moe Prigoff -- Meshack's BBQ Shack, Garland TX in Celebrity Hangouts Mary Padian and Moe Prigoff came to Meshack's famous BBQ Shack in East Garland TX to shoot a bit for the A&E TV show "Storage Wars Texas." Both will be back for more BBQ! posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 11/27/2012 last visited: 11/15/2012 |
view gallery NE1.8 km | Rowlett Creek Water Recycling Plant -- Garland TX in Wastewater Treatment Facilities This euphemistically-named sewage treatment plant in east Garland TX is permitted to treat up to 24 million gallons of wastewater a day. It also concentrates sludge from the Duck Creek Sewage Treatment plant for disposal in the city's landfill. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/02/2012 last visited: 12/01/2012 |
view gallery S1.9 km | Cash America Pawn Pay Phone -- Garland TX in Payphones The working pay phone outside of American Pawn Shop on Dairy Rd in Garland TX. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 10/11/2012 last visited: 10/01/2012 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | James E. Cheek -- Garland Cemetery, Garland TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments A uniquely decorative WoW grave marker in Garland Cemetery, just 1/2 block south of Commerce Street (Old SH 66, older Bankhead Highway) in east Garland TX. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/04/2012 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | Roy Groves & Clifford Hall -- Garland Cem., Garland TX in Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death The headstone of two childhood friends who tragically drowned together while fishing at White Rock Lake in Dallas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 05/10/2015 last visited: 10/15/2018 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | FIRST -- burial in Mills Cemetery, Garland TX in First of its Kind The grave of Elizabeth Mills (1820-1854), the first burial in Mills Cemetery in Garland TX. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/08/2012 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | Kevin Wayne -- Mills Cemetery, Garland TX in Homemade Tombstones The homemade engraved bronze tombstome marker for Kevin Wayne, who is buried in Garland's historic Mills Cemetery. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/09/2012 last visited: 12/08/2012 |
view gallery NW1.9 km | Palmas Ultras Computers & Internet Cafe -- Garland TX in Internet Cafes A busy internet cafe catering primarily to a hispanic clientele at a major intersection in Garland offers competitively priced internet usage for those needing it. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/29/2012 last visited: 05/29/2016 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | Jackson W. Roan - Garland Cemetery - Garland, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Woodmen of the World headstone for Jackson W. Roan, in Garland Cemetery, Garland, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 02/28/2014 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | Lizzie Knight - Garland Cemetery - Garland, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Weathered Woodmen Circle headstone for Lizzie Knight, in Garland Cemetery, Garland, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 03/12/2014 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
view gallery NE1.9 km | Chas. E. Earnest - Garland Cemetery - Garland, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Woodmen of the World monument for Charles E. Earnest, in Garland Cemetery, Garland, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 02/27/2014 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
view gallery NE2.1 km | James A. and Ethalinda Brackett -- Garland Cemetery, Garland TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments The WoW tombstones of James and Ethalinda Brackett stand together forever (but face opposite directions) in Garland Cemetery, just off Commerce Street (the old Bankhead Highway) in Garland. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/05/2012 last visited: 02/20/2014 |
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