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City Center District, Dallas, Texas
The City Center District is an area in north-central downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). It lies south of the Arts District, north of the Main Street District, northwest of Deep Ellum, southwest of Bryan Place and east of the West End Historic District. The district contains a large concentration of downtown commercial space which prior to 1950 had been concentrated along Main Street. The district also contains remnants of Theatre Row, the historical entertainment area along Elm Street which contained theatres such as the Majestic Theatre. Notable structures and parks * 2100 Ross Avenue * Sheraton Dallas Hotel * Bryan Tower * The Drever * Energy Plaza * Fidelity Union Tower * Republic Center * Harwood Center * JPMorgan Chase Tower * KPMG Centre * Majestic Theatre * Patriot Tower * Plaza of the Americas * Renaissance Tower * Ross Tower * Thanksgiving Tower * U.S. Post Office * Corrigan Tower * 211 North Ervay * 505 North Ervay * Hartford Building * Thanks-Giving Square * Ast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. The cities of Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
The Sheraton Dallas Hotel, formerly the Adam's Mark Hotel and originally the Southland Center, is a complex of International Style (architecture), International Style skyscrapers located in the City Center District, Dallas, City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas. The hotel is the largest and second tallest hotel in Dallas and Texas with 1,840 guest rooms and of meeting space. It has been host to pop culture conventions such as Project A-Kon and TwiCon. History The complex was originally designed by Welton Becket, Welton Becket & Associates from Los Angeles for the Southland Life Insurance Company.Adam's Mark Hotel . ''Dallas Architecture''. Retrieved 2010-10-21. When groundbreaking for the buildings took place in 1955 it was compared to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, as Southland Center was the first mixed-use pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanksgiving Tower
Santander Tower is a 50-story, skyscraper at 1601 Elm Street adjacent to Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas Texas. At its completion in 1982, it was the second tallest building in Dallas, surpassing Elm Place. One year later, with the completion of 1700 Pacific, it became the third tallest, and it is currently the 8th-tallest building in the city. The building is connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network and the Bullington Truck Terminal. Santander Tower is owned and managed by Woods Capital, and it was designed by the architecture firm HKS Architects. Formerly known as the Thanks-Giving Tower, it was renamed in 2020 after Banco Santander. In mid-2022 it was announced that 12 of the 50 floors will be converted into 228 residential units with building ownership citing post-pandemic housing demand and a weakened office market as the catalysts for the adaptive reuse project. See also * List of tallest buildings in Dallas References External links Thanksgiving T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Tower
Ross Tower is a 45-story high-rise in Downtown Dallas, Texas. Originally named Lincoln Plaza, the building was renamed to Ross Tower in September 2013. The building rises to a height of 579 feet (176 m) and was completed in 1984. Currently, it is the 14th-tallest building in the city. Major tenants At one time Halliburton had its headquarters in Lincoln Plaza.Brown, Steve.HALLIBURTON WILL MOVE HEADQUARTERS TO LINCOLN PLAZA" '' The Dallas Morning News''. October 23, 1985. Retrieved on December 16, 2009. As of 2002 20 employees worked in the building.Bivins, Ralph.Halliburton headquarters moving here / 5 Houston Center lease brings firm from Dallas" '' Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday July 16, 2002. Business 1. Retrieved on January 23, 2010. The company moved its headquarters from the Southland Life Building to of space in Lincoln Plaza in 1985. Halliburton planned to move its headquarters to Houston in 2002. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Tower (Dallas)
Renaissance Tower is a , 56-story modernist skyscraper at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, in the U.S. state of Texas. The tower is the second-tallest in the city, the fifth-tallest in Texas, and the 47th-tallest in the United States. Renaissance Tower was designed by the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, completed in 1974, and renovated by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1986. Major tenants include Neiman Marcus Group, Hilltop Securities and Godwin Lewis PC. History At the time of completion in 1974, it was the tallest building in Dallas at and was originally known as the First International Bancshares Tower (First International Bancshares, Inc. was the new holding company parent of First National Bank in Dallas). In 1985, it was surpassed by Fountain Place and Bank of America Plaza, which became Dallas's tallest building by far. It was also clear that Renaissance Tower would be overtaken by Comerica Bank Tower and Chase Tower then under cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Of The Americas (Dallas)
Plaza of the Americas is a major commercial complex in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA). It is adjacent to DART's Pearl Station and connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network. The complex features several amenities connected by an enclosed . skylighted atrium which rises 13 stories above the lowest level: * Plaza of the Americas I-South Tower (25-story office tower) * Plaza of the Americas II-North Tower (25-story office tower) * Univision Center (26-story office tower) * 416-room Dallas Marriott City Center (originally the Plaza of the Americas Hotel until 1995, then Le Meridien Dallas until 2003, then The Westin Dallas City Center until 2010) * of meeting space * 2 levels of retail surrounding an indoor park * 1,000 space parking garage * 2010 Energy Star History The $100 million Plaza of the Americas, announced in 1977, was one of the first mixed-use developments in Dallas designed around an enclosed atrium.Brown, Steve. "Plaza of the Americas so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriot Tower
One Dallas Center (formerly Patriot Tower) is a modernist skyscraper located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas, completed in 1979. The building has 30 floors and rises 448 feet (137 meters). One Dallas Center is currently tied with the Sheraton Dallas Hotel North Tower as the 25th-tallest building in the city. The building was originally planned as part of a three-building complex designed by I.M. Pei & Partners, but only one tower was constructed. One Dallas Center is now owned by Todd Interests and houses the headquarters of HKS Inc., Greyhound, and Apex Clearing Corporation. The first 15 floors of the high rise are renovated office space, while the top 15 floors are luxury apartment homes constructed and delivered in October 2014. One Dallas Center is professionally managed by Lincoln Property Company. History One Dallas Center was announced by developer Vince Carrozza in 1977 as the first phase of a US$200 million mixed-use development. Phase One incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPMG Centre
717 Harwood is a skyscraper in Downtown Dallas, Texas. The building rises . It contains 34 floors, and was completed in 1980. 717 Harwood currently stands as the 22nd-tallest building in the city. The building is well known for its sloping exterior glass walls, which slant inward from the building's top floor to ground level. 717 Harwood is owned by SKW Funding, a New York-based real estate investment firm. The building formerly housed the Dallas offices of KPMG, until their move in 2015 to the new KPMG Plaza tower. 717 Harwood is home to the headquarters of HilltopSecurities, which is a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc Hilltop or Hill Top is the top of a hill and may refer to: Place names England * Hill Top, Cumbria, a house in England * Hill Top, Stanley, County Durham, England * Hill Top, Teesdale, County Durham, England * Hilltop, Buckinghamshire United S .... Other tenants include Active Network, Lanyon and Omnitracs, and HOK. See also * List of tallest building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Tower (Dallas)
Chase Tower is a , 55-story postmodern skyscraper at 2200 Ross Avenue in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Although it is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the city, if one were to exclude antennas and spires, it would be the third. It is also the 12th tallest building in Texas. The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was completed in 1987. The building also houses the Dallas Petroleum Club, a business and social club located on the 39th and 40th floors. This building is known for its unique architecture which includes a curved glass top and a 6-story hole in the center of the building near the top and is nicknamed the "Keyhole Building" by some people. The Jack Mitchell, Inc., Edsel automobile dealership was located on this building's site in 1957. When Ion Storm existed, its corporate headquarters were in Suite 4500, of space in a penthouse suite on the 54th floor, the top floor, of the tower. Lisa Chadderdon of ''Fast Company'' said tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harwood Center
The Harwood Center is an American skyscraper at 1999 Bryan Street in Dallas, Texas. The building rises 483 feet (147 m). It contains 36 floors, and was completed in 1982. Harwood Center currently stands as the 21st-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was WZMH Architects, the firm who designed the CN Tower in Toronto. History Originally named the Olympia & York Tower after its Toronto-based developer Olympia & York Developments Ltd., the skyscraper is fronted with gray-white granite and single-pane black windows. Two of the corners are serrated to provide more corner offices. The building design features what looks like two separate connected towers. One is 34 stories and the other 36, with a vertical indention separating them, and a parking garage is built into the lower levels. Notably, the building was built over Federal Street which runs through a tunnel on the lower floors. The tower was built adjacent to the historic Dalla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Center
Republic Center is a mixed-use complex at 300 N. Ervay Street and 325 N. St. Paul Street in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA), adjacent to Thanks-giving Square. The complex is located diagonally across the street from DART's St. Paul Station, which serves its , , , and light rail lines. It also contains part of the Dallas Pedestrian Network, with shops and restaurants in the lower levels of the building and is connected to the Bullington Truck Terminal. History The Republic National Bank Building (later known as Republic Center Tower I and now Gables Republic Tower) was constructed as a 36-story skyscraper for the headquarters of Republic National Bank, which had previously been located at the Davis Building. Seeking to build higher than their rival's Mercantile National Bank Building, the Republic National Bank Building became the tallest building in Dallas and west of the Mississippi River at its completion in 1954. The skyscraper included an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelity Union Tower
Mosaic Dallas, formerly Fidelity Union Life Insurance Building, is a residential development in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States, adjacent to Thanks-giving Square. The complex is located at 300 North Akard Street, across the street from DART's Akard Station, which serves its , and light rail lines. History The building was originally home to the Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company is an insurance company based in Dallas, Texas. In 2012, it had assets in excess of $19 billion. The high-rise residential building known as Mosaic Dallas originally served as its corporate offices. It wa .... The first tower was built in 1952 and is 21 stories tall while the second, 21-story addition was constructed between 1959 and 1960. Fidelity Union vacated the complex in 1985 and Texas Power & Light (TXU), the other major tenant, moved out in 1992. The complex remained vacant until Hamilton Properties Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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