Landmark · Downtown / Main Street District
The Eye (Giant Eyeball)
Weird, free-to-see-from-the-street art that proves downtown is not only banks and memorials.
The story
Weird, free-to-see-from-the-street art that proves downtown is not only banks and memorials.
A 30-foot hyper-realistic eyeball — veins and all — by Chicago artist Tony Tasset sits in the garden of The Joule hotel. It is a replica of the artist's own eye, scaled up into roadside-attraction surrealism on one of downtown's swankiest blocks. The garden itself is private, but you can photograph the Eye from the Main Street sidewalk.
Sources: Visit Dallas — Public art selfie guide (The Eye) · City of Dallas — Iconic Landmarks (Joule Eye Park)
Visitor tips
Show up ready.
- Hours: View from sidewalk anytime; garden is hotel-controlled
- Parking: Downtown garages
- Best photo: From the sidewalk on Main looking into the garden
- Best time: Daylight for detail; night for lit drama
- Free: Yes
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Standing here?
10 points for this landmark. Points live on this phone for now.
Address
1601 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201
Photo credit: Existing site asset; no Wikimedia Eye file found in search.