The Sorry Tale of the Most Neglected Public Artwork in Dallas All too often, Dallas is quick to demolish or cast aside objects that it has neglected. By Doyle Rader Published in Arts & Entertainment July 9, 2015 2:28 pm On a hot summer afternoon, the sound of a lone cicada pierces the air, briefly masking the drone of the flanking traffic. Above cars rattle on IH-345, and to the west traffic snakes through a maze of construction barriers on Pearl Street. Between these roadways runs a sculpture, broken into three sections, from Live Oak to Pacific Avenue. The work, whose surface is marred from graffiti, exists as an afterthought from a vision of downtown that was never realized. Robert Irwin’s