They updated the iconic billboard???

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Chronosshotgun@reddit

The waterfall stays, the advertisement changes. It's been a few different things over the years.

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WhiteTrashIdiotFuck@reddit

It looks like trash when they don’t make the ad for the waterfall tbh. What a waste of seriously prime ad space.

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BeachStrandBiker@reddit

What's even the point with this ad?

COORs makese sense because it's the water from the rockies. This is just "hey look it's the billboard waterfall.... sponsored by Blue Moon?"

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MephistoHamProducts@reddit

I mean, if you factor in all the Whalers on the Moon, the water makes sense. Sort of. Except there's no whales on the moon.

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vtharley@reddit

A rat done bit my sister Nell With whalers on the moon…

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plastic_jungle@reddit

I, for one, was unaware of these additional drinks they are now selling. So it worked

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Obi_wan_pleb@reddit

It still made you think about it. That's the whole point of ads

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Chronosshotgun@reddit

It's an ad. The waterfall is unique and actually makes people look at, and discuss, the content. That's literally it.

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IAmTurdFerguson@reddit

Blue Moon IS brewed in Denver, even if they don't make it their Identity

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OutlawSundown@reddit

The waterfall is the only reason anyone really bothers to look at the sign anyway.

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ELECTRICMACHINE13@reddit

It's literally supposed to be "a waterfall made of beer" that's the whole point.

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Ganjarannasaurus-Rex@reddit

Does anyone know where one could purchase Pearl Light in a can here in Dallas??

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ChicagoRay312@reddit

Back in the day, it was Goody Goody. Not sure now.

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

I think it was a Coors sign when I snuck up there on prom night. Crawled through a hole cut in a fence at the back of a restaurant parking lot.

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Icy_Mistake3234@reddit

Now that brought back a memory...Baby Doe's Matchless Mine.

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CranberryDebby@reddit

My husband and I had our first brunch date at Baby Does in 1985 right after we got married. They had the best amaretto coffee

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djjoshuad@reddit

My mother was a waitress there as a teen. Now, condos. Ugh.

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First_Ad2766@reddit

If I remember correctly, it was Coors when I was a kid in the 80s

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

Things one could never get away with these days

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Chexty2600@reddit

You said the R-word and smoked in a restaurant?

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

Funniest thing I’ve read in a minute! While I can assure you, we weren’t doing that, all I’ll say is that the world became a completely different place after smart phones and mass surveillance.

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Murky-Goal7201@reddit

On another note, could you imagine living in the apartment that’s blocked by the ad?

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luwi12@reddit

wait what the hell there is a building behind it now? i’ve been gone too long

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

The building behind it will never look right to me.

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ShopEmpress@reddit

Are there apartments directly behind the billboard? I've always wondered lol

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TheWumboAgenda@reddit

Yeah, there’s a mural on the other side I believe

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I live in this building, there is no Mural, it’s a literal empty frame. The apartment complex just finished put a tarp over it to make it more appealing. There is a small dog park behind it though ( think turf and fire hydrant.)

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Middle-Blueberry6958@reddit

Do they charge less for the apartments that look out at the back of a billboard/waterfall or does the company (predictably) shrug their shoulders and say you’re SOL?

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eelynek@reddit

You get charged a premium for privacy /s

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parzival0012@reddit

I lived in a studio behind this sign for $1000 base in 2023 the apartments are called “The Alexan”. Directly behind the sign is a premium garage that I think residents pay a monthly upcharge for and a mail room so it doesn’t really hide the view for a lot of units

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Wellthen3@reddit

Pricing is “Dynamic” based on many factors, but typically things like being closer to the garage are going to be more of a premium than the view, anyway, the difference is at most 100$ between units of the same formats so I wouldn’t say the view being blocked lowers pricing

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

“Charge less”

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What does “charge less” mean?

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Middle-Blueberry6958@reddit

Rent costs less? The tenants don’t pay as much? The price is lower? lol

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

I just mean I don’t think the concept of charging less even exists anymore.

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ShopEmpress@reddit

That's disappointing. Need one? I've done lots over the years 🤣

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waitstaph@reddit

Miller and Blue Moon are both brands owned by Molson Coors

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ziggy269@reddit

Thank you for saying this

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JelloProud6180@reddit

it will forever be the billboard for Baby Doe’s Mine Shaft restaurant long gone just glad they have kept it all these years!

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PoshNoshThenMosh@reddit

I bet they still charge a premium for the apartments with a view of the back of the waterfall

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playballer@reddit

West shade is an asset

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TheElPistolero@reddit

I imagine you live there for the Katy trail vs a view of a highway.

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PlanktonsEvilTwin@reddit

That’s what I always wonder when looking at it now. Who lives there? What’s the view? Is there a 20% discount for terrible view?

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dropinbombz@reddit

Nope pay extra for water feature sounds

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JCinDC@reddit

I used to live at the Alexan [not sure if that’s still the name]. The apartment pool is directly below the sign and it has a waterfall like feature as well. Sun wasn’t an issue surprisingly.

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spaghetti_industries@reddit

I mean the alternative to the view of the back of the billboard is the highway… maybe at least the billboard blocks some of the highway noise

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PlanktonsEvilTwin@reddit

The 20 minutes of natural light a day would be perfect for a vampire.

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Ill_Pineapple_450@reddit

How did I know this was the exact billboard I was gonna see when I opened this post. And I haven’t lived full time in Texas in almost 13 years. Lol love that thing. And idk if it has ever said anything but coors light my whole life? I’m all for blue moon taking it over as long as it continues existing lol

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Complete-Pen-9358@reddit

Once at a bar, my buddy said “do you have anything like Blue moon?” The waitress looked at him and said. “We have Blue Moon.” He said “Ok, I’ll take one.”

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Duo007@reddit

Still miss baby does behind that waterfall

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flaming_bob@reddit

It's so weird seeing the building in back. Even now.

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AEW_SuperFan@reddit

RIP Baby Does

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

We need more themed restaurants. We need more fun places to go in general

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Stepjam@reddit

I'm shocked that Magic Time Machine is still kickin all these years.

Wonder if it's any good now

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

I still adore it. I love their cheese sticks, and it feels like the food has gotten a quality upgrade over the past few years. Long may it reign

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CommunicationOwn2775@reddit

Like a Casa Bonita ?

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

I went to the Fort Worth Casa Bonita as a kid & it was a lifelong obsession ever since. South Park totally nailed it.

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

Yes yes

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Atomichawk@reddit

I miss purple cow :(

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pigeonsinthepark@reddit

They still exist in Arkansas if you’re ever up that way

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Atomichawk@reddit

I go out that way for work occasionally so it is on my radar!

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kitkat214281@reddit

Hope this helps

https://directory.dmagazine.com/recipes/purple-cows-purple-vanilla-milkshake/

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

Raaa, they were so good :(

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spkr4thedead17@reddit

Holy shit thank you! For the life of me I couldn’t remember what was there years ago

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tengris22@reddit

Don't forget the mule! Or was it a donkey? (I know they aren't the same.)

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eventualist@reddit

A restaurant and a cave mine!

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Facchino-PJJ@reddit

Yes RIP Baby Doe

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Corgisarethebest123@reddit

Why?

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Status-Injury5747@reddit

https://www.babydoe.org/restaurant.htm

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DensePersonality1@reddit

It was a restaurant where those apartments are now

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HEFTYFee70@reddit

Miller must have bought Blue Moon…

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PlentyDouble3449@reddit

'Member when it had titties?

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ChezussCrust@reddit

It used to be a Coors advertisement when I moved to DFW around 2016

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crewsctrl@reddit

It's older than me!

Dedication of the Pearl Beer Waterfall Billboard - May 1962

Am I having a Mandela Effect moment, or was there an incident in the 70's where the waterfall was producing soap suds? Either an advertising stunt or a cleaning mishap?

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BethanyHipsEnjoyer@reddit

Woah, this is neat, thanks for sharing!

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johntheactuator@reddit

TX/OU weekend, back when it was a real thing, kids would always dump soap in it as a prank.

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crewsctrl@reddit

That was it. Memory unlocked. 👍

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shwampchicken@reddit

Should be the Banquet

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Recent_Pack_1585@reddit

SG

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lowfiswish@reddit

I kinda wish some late-night host would rent this and put someone’s face on there

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speedy550@reddit

Sign of the times. Texas losing its identity unfortunately.

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Chronosshotgun@reddit

Ah yes, the deeply represtentative Texas beer, COORS LIGHT. The one famous for, what's the slogan, Brewed in the Rockies? The famous texas rockies.

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

Chill bro, lest we pine for advertisements.

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Gullible-Style6710@reddit

The water doesn’t fall has heavy as it used to before the building. Takes away from the nostalgia

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32RH@reddit

It’s been rotating for Molson-Coors brands for as long as I can remember.

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TravelTheWorldDan@reddit

I used to work at the restaurant that used to be behind that billboard called Baby Does Matchless Mine back in the 90s. Used to be the billboard specifically for that restaurant

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PresidentBaileyb@reddit

I live there, it changes all the time. Literally went Bud -> Coors -> Miller in one week one time.

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johntheactuator@reddit

never went bud.

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PresidentBaileyb@reddit

I mean bud light, but it definitely was

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callous13@reddit

Anyone got an og pic from like 2000 ?

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

I got one from up on it in 96

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Regular-Sorbet9513@reddit

Just do not mess with the water fall 💦

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FunkmasterFo@reddit

As Rumor Has It teenagers used to sneak up there and bang one out real quick in the waterfall before the cops were called.

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The_Name_Is_Slick@reddit

Why are you downvoted? While nobody would likely get in the water, many many kids snuck up there and did thangs.

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No_Drama2424@reddit

I heard homeless people sneak and bathe in this fountain, is this true?

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scaryscarygrl@reddit

Probably bc if not there then a gas station restroom

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deepdarksea@reddit

Sucks for the apartments behind the billboard. I knew some of the architects that worked on the design for the building and they told me that originally the developers were trying to come up with ideas for what to do for the back side. The best one they came up with was a big banner sign that showed what was behind the sign if it wasn’t there. In the end they ended up doing nothing, of course. I doubt those apartments even get a discount.

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ehandren@reddit

They actually do get a discount. And there is a large banner of some weird abstract art that looks like Picasso's take on the human centipede

Source: I lived in one of those shitty apartments

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deepdarksea@reddit

Fascinating! I’ll have to check it out. Glad to hear they are cheaper at least

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sadkorb@reddit

Niagara Falls looks beautiful this time of year

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VallettaAwoo@reddit

am i crazy but wasnt there a resturant behind the waterfall eons ago?

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toodleroo@reddit

My dad says that 40-50 years ago, someone put soap flakes in the water as a prank.

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ehandren@reddit

I used to live in an apartment directly behind it. They changed the ad about 2x/year

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Ok-Goal-8767@reddit

Now bring back the zoo and happy meal themed McDonalds

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esotika@reddit

remember when it used to look like a can of bud light was pouring over the waterfall?

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jarden_knuhtsan@reddit

Blue moon is owned by coors so not much has changed really

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Accomplished-Union10@reddit

It was Coors for the longest time when I was growing up, then they changed it to some seltzer bullshit. Glad it’s back to beer at least lol

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ice-eight@reddit

Last time I ordered a Blue Moon I was at a bar watching game 6 of the 2011 World Series

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SpaceBoJangles@reddit

Does anyone remember when it was Coors light?

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Hour-Detail4510@reddit

When u first moved to Dallas in 2012

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JPowellbois@reddit

I currently live in those apartments. I actually toured a unit right behind the billboard and you have a pretty shitty view so I'm guessing you'd receive some kind of discount. Not a bad place to live except for the terrible restaurant attached to the building...

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TheRealBadGate@reddit

wow. when i was a teenager the drive from carrollton to downtown felt so long, and this was always the visual marker for me of how close i was or not 😂

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GalaxyHoppin@reddit

It’s historically been a miller Coors product on that billboard and Blue Moon is owned by that group, so it makes sense.

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sunburntsalem@reddit

Blue moon supremacyyy 🍊

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The_Firing_Line@reddit

Not the desired effect.

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SgtAspertame@reddit

My uncle told me that the waterfall was made of beer when I was a kid. This was in the '90s on a trip to the Spaghetti Warehouse. Personally I think it would be a much bigger hit if it was made out of beer.

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