Does anybody know the story on this?

Posted by derplindo@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 29 comments

It’s like a little city made from all types of materials. Located around Buckner Rd and Garland Rd (Casa Linda)

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Lucyinthskyy@reddit

Pretty cool. I drive past it almost everyday but have never seen it up close .

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CatteNappe@reddit

It’s not just cardboard and it’s not debris, it’s a mini-village, Salvador Ruiz, village designer and Torchy’s employee said.

The tiny town started last year after Ruiz’s manager asked him if he could build a terrace-like boundary to keep dirt from moving into the dumpster.....Each night after his shift for two weeks straight, Ruiz went home to build miniature skyscrapers, residential towers, Google and Walmart headquarters, Amazon and a soon-to-be Torchy’s.

“This is just something I enjoy doing … no one’s asking me to do it, and once I start a project, if it doesn’t have an end, I will keep going and going and going till I can’t go anymore,” he said. “If it’s something positive that makes people smile I’ll keep doing that because what harm is that going to do?”
https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/mini-village-in-casa-linda/

Substantial-Quit-151@reddit

Homeboy sounds like good people.

We should send him some paint or something

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BackAlleyButtWaxer@reddit

https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/how-a-mini-village-was-built-behind-torchys-in-casa-linda/

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beardlesswonder@reddit

That Torchy's is right next to a waxing place, and the village is in the alley. Hmmm

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Anxious-Economist-53@reddit

https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/how-a-mini-village-was-built-behind-torchys-in-casa-linda/

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blacksystembbq@reddit

This looks different than the ones in OP. Maybe he just got better at the art and made completely new buildings with better detail

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Anxious-Economist-53@reddit

The article was in 2024. It’s the same spot though

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It's been steadily growing for over 2 years and some of the pieces have been removed and replaced since 2024. In 2025 there was a fake fountain that was pretty cool, I'll check and see if I can find some pics of it.

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serrotesi@reddit

Thank you!!!

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Competitive_Cheek607@reddit

Man I totally forgot I drove by this once while I was lost and was like “wtf?”

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bats2cats@reddit

It’s just behind the Post Office and no one there has any information about it. Please post if you find out anything about it.

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derplindo@reddit (OP)

story here

User CatteNappe posted a good link with a story about it

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Ricard728@reddit

What happens when it rains? Does he keep remaking them?

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derplindo@reddit (OP)

Based on what I saw/see, looks like the materials he chooses are rain proof. It’s soo cool. It definitely looked different years ago.

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