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Dallas (pronounced /ˈdæləs/) is the third-largest (as estimated by the United States Census Bureau on 1 July 2006) city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The city covers 385 square miles (997 km²) and is the county seat of Dallas County.[3] As of July 1, 2006, U.S. Census estimates put central Dallas at a population of over 1.2 million[4] Dallas most commonly refers to Dallas, Texas in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2200x1100, 550 KB) The downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) skyline from a levee along the Trinity River. ...
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Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
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Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
Collin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
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Tom Leppert is the mayor-elect of Dallas, Texas. ...
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North American area codes 214, 469 and 972 are state of Texas telephone area codes for numbers in the Dallas area. ...
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North American area codes 214, 469 and 972 are state of Texas telephone area codes for numbers in the Dallas area. ...
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Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of the City of Dallas, in Dallas County, Texas, USA. The airport covers 1,300 acres and has three runways. ...
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Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
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The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area—at over 6.1 million people, it is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
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Dallas is also listed as a gamma world city by the Loughborough University Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.[5] “World city†redirects here. ...
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Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city on 2 February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on the petroleum industry, telecommunications, computer technology, banking, and transportation. It is the core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States and lacks any navigable link to the sea[6]—Dallas's prominence despite this comes from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, its position along numerous railroad lines, and a strong industrial and financial sector.[7] For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ...
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Dallas is currently the third most popular destination for business travel, and the Dallas Convention Center, in downtown Dallas, is one of the largest and busiest convention centers in the country, at over 1 million square feet, and the world's largest singular column-free exhibit hall. [2] The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
History -
- See also: Historical events of Dallas, Texas
Before Texas was claimed in the 16th century as a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain by the Spanish Empire, the Dallas area was inhabited by the Caddo Native Americans. Later, France also claimed the area, but in 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty made the Red River the northern boundary of New Spain, officially placing Dallas well within Spanish territory.[8] The area remained under Spanish rule until 1821, when Mexico declared independence from Spain and the area became part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. In 1836, the Republic of Texas broke off from Mexico to become an independent nation.[9] In 1839, four years into the Republic's existence, Warren Angus Ferris surveyed the area around present-day Dallas. He shot the bears, poisoned the wolves, chased off the natives, and made the area safe for John N. Bryan to "found" the city of Dallas in 1841. In 1846 the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States and Dallas County was established. It is strongly debated that the City of Dallas, Texas is named after the U.S. Vice President, George Mifflin Dallas. This article traces the history of Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Law and government Culture Climate Demographics Education Transportation Dallas Portal This article contains a timeline of major events in the history of Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
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Coahuila y Tejas (or Coahuila and Texas) was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution. ...
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Warren Angus Ferris (December 25, 1810 - February 8, 1873) was born in Glen Falls, New York. ...
John Neely Bryan (December 24, 1810 – September 8, 1877) was a presbyterian farmer, laywer, and tradesman in the United States and founder of the city of Dallas, Texas. ...
Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792—December 31, 1864) was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President, serving under James K. Polk. ...
Geography Dallas is the county seat of Dallas County Portions of the city extend into neighboring Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
Collin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
The (old) Denton County Courthouse, resting place of the countys namesake. ...
WHERES HECKMAN? Kaufman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Rockwall County, a county located in the state of Texas, is Texas smallest county in area. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 385 square miles (997.1 km²)—342.5 square miles (887.1 km²) of it is land and 42.5 square miles (110.1 km²) of it (11.03%) is water. Dallas makes up one-fifth of the much larger urbanized area known as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex—about a quarter of all Texans live in the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington metropolitan area.[10] The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Dallas shares the same latitude with Nagasaki, Nagasaki. Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki listen? (長崎市; -shi, literally long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...
Topography -
 The DFW Metroplex at night, photographed from the International Space Station in early 2003. Dallas is the larger nexus of light on the right (east), Fort Worth the smaller on the left (west). Dallas, and its surrounding area, is mostly flat and lies at an elevation ranging from 450 feet (137 m) to 550 feet (168 m). The western edge of the Austin chalk formation, a limestone escarpment, rises 200 feet (61 m) and runs roughly north-south through Dallas County The uplift is particularly noticeable in the neighborhood of Oak Cliff and the adjacent cities of Cockrell Hill, Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, and Irving. Marked variations in terrain are also found in cities immediately to the west in Tarrant County surrounding Fort Worth SeaWIFS (2003) satellite image looking east over the southern USA, showing the location of Dallas and Fort Worth A simulated-color satellite image of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, taken by NASAs Landsat 7 satellite. ...
Image File history File links Dallas-Fort Worth area at night, from the International Space Station. ...
Image File history File links Dallas-Fort Worth area at night, from the International Space Station. ...
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Oak Cliff was a town located in Dallas County, Texas (USA), that was annexed by the neighboring city of Dallas in 1903. ...
Cockrell Hill is a city located in Dallas County, Texas. ...
Cedar Hill water tower Cedar Hill is a city located sixteen miles from downtown Dallas in the southwest corner of Dallas County in Texas and adjoined by Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park to its west. ...
This article is about the city in Texas. ...
Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ...
Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tarrant, Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ...
The Trinity River is a major Texas waterway that passes from the city of Irving into west Dallas, where it is paralleled by Interstate 35E along the Stemmons Corridor, then flows alongside western downtown, and through and alongside south Dallas and Pleasant Grove, paralleled by Interstate 45, where it exits into unincorporated Dallas County and heads southeast to Houston. The river is flanked on both sides by 50 feet (15 m) tall earthen levees to protect the city from floods.[11] The river has been treated much like a drainage ditch throughout Dallas's history, but as Dallas began shifting towards a postindustrial society, public outcry about a lack of aesthetic and recreational use for the river ultimately gave way to the Trinity River Project. The project, which began in the early 2000s and is scheduled to reach completion in the 2010s, will result in lakes, new park facilities and trails, and transportation improvements. The Trinity River is a river in the state of Texas in the United States. ...
Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ...
West Dallas is a district in Dallas, Texas, USA. Transportation Trains Light rail DART: Future Purple Line and Future Orange Line Categories: | ...
Interstate 35E (abbreviated I-35E), an interstate highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. ...
A portion of the Stemmons Corridor, at the bottom of the image, below downtown Dallas. ...
Pedestrians along Stone Street. ...
South Dallas is a district in Dallas, Texas, USA. // Neighborhoods Cedars Expo Park Fair Park Pleasant Grove Wheatley Place Transportation Trains Light rail DART: Blue Line + Red Line Cedars Station Categories: | ...
Pleasant Grove is an area in southeastern Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Interstate 45 (I-45) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Dallas County is a county located in the state of Texas within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). ...
Houston redirects here. ...
A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, to raise), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen and often parallels the course of a river. ...
The Trinity River Project is a public works project undertaken in the early 2000s in the city of Dallas, Texas. ...
As a result, the Trinity River project area will reach for over 20 miles in length within the city and the overall geographical land area addressed by the Trinity River Land Use Plan is approximately 44,000 acres in size – about 20% of the land area in Dallas. Parks and the natural Great Trinity Forest will together encompass approximately 10,000 acres, making it one of the largest and diverse urban parks in the world.
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White Rock Lake is Dallas's other significant water feature. The lake and surrounding park is a popular destination among boaters, rowers, joggers, and bikers in the Lakewood/Casa Linda Estates neighborhoods of east Dallas. The 66-acre (267,000 m²) Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden lies on the lake's eastern shore.[13] Bachman Lake, just northwest of Love Field, is a smaller lake and park also used for recreation. Lake Ray Hubbard, a 22,745-acre (92 km²) lake, is a vast and popular recreational lake located in an extension of Dallas surrounded by Garland, Rowlett, Rockwall, and Sunnyvale.[14] Mountain Creek Lake is a small lake along Dallas's border with Grand Prairie and is home to the (defunct as of September 1998) Naval Air Station Dallas (Hensley Field).[15] North Lake, a small lake in an extension of Dallas surrounded by Irving and Coppell, served primarily as a water source for a nearby power plant, but the surrounding area is now being targeted for redevelopment due to its proximity to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (a plan that the neighboring cities oppose).[16] White Rock Lake is an artificial freshwater lake located in east Dallas, Texas (USA) used for a small portion of Dallas drinking water and for condenser cooling at a steam-electric generating plant. ...
Lakewood is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Casa Linda Estates is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
East Dallas comprises many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, (USA). ...
The Dallas Arboretum is a botanical garden located in Dallas, Texas near White Rock Lake. ...
Bachman Lake is a small freshwater lake located in Dallas, Texas. ...
Dallas Love Field (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL, FAA LID: DAL) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of the City of Dallas, in Dallas County, Texas, USA. The airport covers 1,300 acres and has three runways. ...
Lake Ray Hubbard is a freshwater lake located in Dallas and Rockwall County, Texas. ...
Garland is a city in Dallas County, Texas, (USA). ...
Rowlett is a city in Dallas County and Rockwall County, Texas, United States. ...
Rockwall is a city in Rockwall County, Texas, United States. ...
Sunnyvale is a town located in Dallas County, Texas. ...
Mountain Creek Lake is a reservoir 8 miles (13 km) southwest of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) in the Mountain Creek area of the city. ...
This article is about the city in Texas. ...
Naval Air Station Dallas (also Hensley Field) is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located on Mountain Creek Lake in the Mountain Creek neighborhood of southwest Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Naval Air Station Dallas (also Hensley Field) is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located on Mountain Creek Lake in the Mountain Creek neighborhood of southwest Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
North Lake is a reservoir in an northwestern extension of Dallas, Texas (USA) 2 miles (3. ...
Mustangs at Las Colinas Streetscape along Las Colinas Blvd in North Irving Aerial shot of Irving/Las Colinass Urban Center. ...
Coppell is a city in extreme northwest Dallas and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, a suburb and bedroom community of the DFW Metroplex. ...
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Climate -
| Weather averages for Dallas, Texas | | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | Average high °F (°C) | 55 (13) | 61 (16) | 69 (21) | 77 (25) | 84 (29) | 92 (33) | 96 (36) | 96 (36) | 89 (32) | 79 (26) | 66 (19) | 57 (14) | | Average low °F (°C) | 36 (2) | 41 (5) | 49 (9) | 56 (13) | 65 (18) | 73 (23) | 77 (25) | 76 (24) | 69 (21) | 58 (14) | 47 (8) | 39 (4) | | Precipitation inches (mm) | 1.89 (48) | 2.31 (58.7) | 3.13 (79.5) | 3.46 (87.9) | 5.30 (134.6) | 3.92 (99.6) | 2.43 (61.7) | 2.17 (55.1) | 2.65 (67.3) | 4.65 (118.1) | 2.61 (66.3) | 2.53 (64.3) | | Source: weather.com [17] 10 Jan 2008 |
 The spring and fall seasons are pleasant in Dallas, as seen in this March photograph from an Oak Cliff park Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, yet this part of Texas also tends to receive warm, dry winds from the north and west in the summer. Winters are generally mild, with typical daytime highs between 50 °F (10 °C) and 65 °F (18 °C) and nighttime lows between 30 °F (−1 °C) and 50 °F (10 °C). However, strong cold fronts known as "Blue Northers" sometimes pass through Dallas, plummeting nightly lows below 30 °F (−1 °C). Snowfall is seen on average 2-4.5 days out of the year and snow accumulation is typically seen at least once every winter.[18] A couple of times each year, warm and humid air from the south overrides cold, dry air, leading to freezing rain, which often causes major disruptions in the city if the roads and highways become dangerously slick. On the other hand, daytime highs above 65 °F (18 °C) are also not unusual during the winter season. In sum, extremes in weather are more readily seen in Dallas and Texas as a whole than along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, due to the state's location in the middle of the U.S. Law and government Culture Climate Demographics Education Transportation Dallas Portal The spring and fall seasons are pleasant in Dallas, as seen in this March photograph from an Oak Cliff park The city of Dallas, Texas (USA) has a humid subtropical climate, yet the city and the surrounding part of Texas...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1246x935, 1649 KB) Kidd Springs Park in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA) Date captured: March 18, 2005 This photograph is the work of drumguy8800 gallery | contributions | xvisionx. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1246x935, 1649 KB) Kidd Springs Park in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA) Date captured: March 18, 2005 This photograph is the work of drumguy8800 gallery | contributions | xvisionx. ...
The humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly to mild winters. ...
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Humidity is the quantity of moisture in the air. ...
Freezing Rain is a type of precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at lower level to become supercooled. ...
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Spring and autumn bring pleasant weather to the area. Vibrant wildflowers (such as the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush and other flora) bloom in spring and are planted around the highways throughout Texas.[19] Springtime weather can be quite volatile, but temperatures themselves are generally mild. The weather in Dallas is also pleasant between late September and early November, and unlike springtime, major storms rarely form in the area. For other uses, see Wildflower (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the flower Bluebonnet. ...
Species About 200 species, including: Castilleja chromosa Castilleja coccinea Castilleja exserta Castilleja indivisa Castilleja miniata Castilleja mutis Castilleja neglecta Castilleja pallida lies i tell u lies! Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south...
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In the spring, cool fronts moving from Canada collide with warm, humid air streaming in from the Gulf Coast. When these fronts meet over northern and central Texas, severe thunder storms are generated with spectacular lightning shows, occasional torrents of rain, hail, and at times, tornadoes. Over time, tornadoes are perhaps the biggest threat to the city. Dallas was hit by a powerful tornado on 2 April 1957, The tornado would have likely been an F3.[20] On March 28, 2000, the “Fort Worth Tornado” had an impact upon Dallas's neighbor Fort Worth's downtown, and a tornado in Arlington, Texas also happened that day damaging some homes. Even though Dallas lies at the lower end of the "Tornado Alley", that day had the worst tornadoes to happen to the metroplex in the last 50 years. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (813x600, 309 KB) The Laura Lee Blanton building on the Southern Methodist University campus during a rare snow in University Park, Texas (USA) Date captured: 22 December 2004 This photograph is the work of drumguy8800 gallery | contributions | xvisionx. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (813x600, 309 KB) The Laura Lee Blanton building on the Southern Methodist University campus during a rare snow in University Park, Texas (USA) Date captured: 22 December 2004 This photograph is the work of drumguy8800 gallery | contributions | xvisionx. ...
Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow storm Southern Methodist University (commonly SMU) is a nationally recognized, private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas (an enclave of Dallas). ...
The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. ...
Different air masses which affect North America, as well as other continents, tend to be separated by frontal boundaries A weather front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of significant weather. ...
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is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Aerial view of the tornado damage in downtown Fort Worth (NWS Fort Worth) The Fort Worth Tornado tornado occurred on March 28, 2000, moving eastward through the downtown area of Fort Worth, Texas (USA). ...
Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas Coordinates: , Country State Counties Tarrant, Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ...
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. ...
An outline of Significant Tornado Alley in the United States, where the highest percentage of violent tornadoes occur Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture places the city of Dallas in Plant Hardiness Zone 8a.[21] Dallas has the 12th worst ozone air pollution in the nation according to the American Lung Association, ranking it behind Los Angeles and Houston.[22] Much of the air pollution in Dallas, and the DFW Metroplex in general, comes from a hazardous materials incineration plant in the southern-most suburb of Midlothian, as well as concrete installations in neighboring Ellis County.[23] Another major contributor to air pollution is exhaust from automobiles. Due to Dallas's spread out nature and high amount of urban sprawl, automobiles are the only available mode of transportation for many. All time recorded high is 113 °F, and all time recorded low is -2 °F. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. ...
Plant Hardiness Zone Map Temperature scale of hardiness zones, showing the average annual minimum temperature boundaries for the zones USDA Plant Hardiness Zones are areas in North America categorized according to their lowest winter temperatures. ...
The American Lung Association is a non-profit organization which fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. It was founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. ...
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Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. ...
Bardwell Dam and Lake in Ellis County near the town of Ennis Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...
Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. ...
The average daily low in Dallas is 57 °F (14 °C) and the average daily high in Dallas is 77 °F (25 °C).[17] Dallas receives approximately 37.1 inches (942.3 mm) of rain per year, much of which is delivered in the spring or summer. An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...
Cityscape
 Dallas skyline from the Trinity River floodplain Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3156x1644, 3869 KB) The downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) skyline from the Trinity River floodplain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3156x1644, 3869 KB) The downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) skyline from the Trinity River floodplain. ...
Architecture - See also: List of tallest buildings in Dallas
Dallas's skyline contains several buildings over 700 feet (210 m) in height and the city is considered the fifteenth-tallest city on earth.[24] Skyline of Dallas This list of tallest buildings in Dallas ranks skyscrapers and in the city of Dallas, Texas by height. ...
The state of Texas is home to many of the tallest skyscrapers in the United States. ...
Most of the notable architecture in Dallas is modernist and postmodernist. Iconic examples of modernist architecture include I. M. Pei's Fountain Place, the Bank of America Plaza, Renaissance Tower, and Reunion Tower. Examples of postmodernist architecture include the JPMorgan Chase Tower and Comerica Bank Tower. Several smaller structures are fashioned in the Gothic Revival (Kirby Building) and neoclassical (Davis and Wilson Buildings) styles. One architectural “hotbed” in the city is a stretch of homes along Swiss Avenue, which contains all shades and variants of architecture from Victorian to neoclassical.[25] Modern architecture, not to be confused with contemporary architecture, is a term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament. ...
1000 de La Gauchetière, with ornamented and strongly defined top, middle and bottom. ...
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The prismatic Fountain Place Building Fountain Place, located at 1445 Ross Avenue in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is a 62-story modern-styled skyscraper. ...
The Bank of America Plaza, located at 901 Main Street in downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) is a 72-story modern-styled skyscraper. ...
The top of Renaissance Tower from the west Renaissance Tower, located at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas is a 56-story modern-styled skyscraper. ...
Reunion Tower , Reunion Tower, known locally as The Ball, The Big Ball, The Dandelion, The Circle Tower, or The Microphone, is a 560 foot (171 m) observation tower and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
The JPMorgan Chase Tower, located at 2200 Ross Avenue in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) is a 55-story postmodern skyscraper. ...
For other buildings formerly known as Chase Center, see Chase Center. ...
Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin San Sebastian Church in Manila, Philippines made entirely of steel. ...
The Kirby Building is a 16 story high-rise in downtown Dallas completed in 1913. ...
The Cathedral of Vilnius (1783), by Laurynas GuceviÄius. ...
The Davis Building is a 20 story high-rise in downtown Dallas. ...
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Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ...
As a result of the Trinity River Project, Dallas is also seeing construction of a series of bridges designed by Santiago Calatrava. The first one being built the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge will reach a height of over 40 stories above the river basin. Santiago Calatrava Valls (born July 28, 1951) is an internationally recognized and award-winning Spanish architect and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zurich, Switzerland. ...
Neighborhoods Major areas in the city include:
 Near the Farmers Market in downtown Central Dallas is anchored by Downtown, the center of the city and the epicenter of urban revival, coupled with Oak Lawn and Uptown Dallas, new urbanist areas anchored by dense retail, restaurants, and nightlife. Downtown Dallas has a variety of neighborhoods, including the West End Historic District, the Arts District, the Main Street District, Farmers Market District, the City Center business district, the Convention Center District, the Reunion District and Victory Park. North of downtown is Oak Lawn, a densely-populated area that contains parks along Turtle Creek and the popular Uptown area with LoMac, Cityplace and the West Village. Image File history File linksMetadata Dallas,_Texas_Harwood_Street. ...
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Pedestrians along Stone Street. ...
Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas (USA), defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as Planned Development District No. ...
Cityplace Tower, the tallest structure in Uptown. ...
The New urbanism is an American urban design movement that arose in the early 1980s. ...
The West End is a historic district in northwest Downtown Dallas, Texas, north of Commerce, east of US-35, west of Lamar and south of Woodall Rodgers Freeway. ...
The Nasher Sculpture Center. ...
A long exposure of Main Street. ...
View of skyline from market Dallas Farmers Market The Farmers Market District in an area in southeastern downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
The City Center District is an area in north-central downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
The Convention Center District is an area in southern downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Reunion Arena Reunion Tower The Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) is an area in western downtown anchored by the Hyatt Regency Dallas, Reunion Arena and Reunion Tower named for the early mid-nineteenth century commune, La Reunion. ...
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Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas (USA), defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as Planned Development District No. ...
Turtle Creek is a neighborhood running along Turtle Creek and adjacent Turtle Creek Boulevard in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Cityplace Tower, the tallest structure in Uptown. ...
Lomac (From Lo M[a]ckinney Avenue) is the local name for the two-way stretch of McKinney Avenue south of Oak Grove and north of Woodall Rodgers in the Uptown area of Dallas, Texas. ...
Cityplace Tower Cityplace is a neighborhood in Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas (USA) around the intersection of U.S. Route 75 (Central Expressway) and Haskell Avenue/Blackburn Street. ...
The West Village. ...
The east side of Dallas contains the community of East Dallas, home to Deep Ellum, a trendy arts area close to downtown, homey Lakewood, the historic Vickery Place, Bryan Place, and historically and architecturally significant homes on Swiss Avenue. Above the Park Cities is north Dallas, home to mansions as palatial as Versailles in Preston Hollow, strong middle and upper-class communities north into Bent Tree and Far North Dallas, and high-powered shopping at Galleria Dallas, NorthPark Center, and Preston Center. East of north Dallas and north of east Dallas is Lake Highlands, one of the most unified middle-class areas in the city, with the strongest definition—it is in the northeastern part of the city above White Rock Lake and east Dallas.[26] East Dallas comprises many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, (USA). ...
The Gypsy Tea Room in Deep Ellum Deep Ellum is an arts and entertainment district near downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Lakewood is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
Vickery Place is a neighborhood in north Dallas, Texas (USA), bounded on the north by Goodwin Avenue, on the west by U.S. Route 75 and Henderson, on the south by Belmont, and on the east by Greenville Avenue. ...
Bryan Place is a neighborhood in East Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
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Park Cities is the collective term usually applied to the two Texas cities of Highland Park and University Park. ...
North Dallas is a group of neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, USA. It can also include three island cities of Dallas. ...
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Preston Hollow is a wealthy & prestigious neighborhood in North Dallas, Texas. ...
The Galleria Dallas is an upscale shopping mall located in North Dallas, Texas. ...
NorthPark Center is an upscale shopping mall located in north Dallas, Texas (USA) with over 120 stores and anchors. ...
A building in Preston Center. ...
Lake Highlands is an area in Dallas, Texas (USA). ...
White Rock Lake is an artificial freshwater lake located in east Dallas, Texas (USA) used for a small portion of Dallas drinking water and for condenser cooling at a steam-electric generating plant. ...
 Kidd Springs Park in Oak Cliff
 The West Village in Oak Lawn The southern portion of Dallas is home to Oak Cliff, a hilly area in southwest Dallas that is predominantly Hispanic and includes entertainment districts such as the Bishop Arts District. South Oak Cliff became a predominantly African American district after the early 1970s and has struggled with high rates of poverty and crime.[27] To the east, south Dallas lays claim to the Cedars, an eclectic artist hotbed south of downtown, Fair Park, and areas west of the Trinity River and east of Interstate 35E. The University of North Texas at Dallas, currently located south of Oak Cliff along Interstate 20,[28] is being built in the area along Houston School Road.[29] Further east, above (north and east of) the Trinity River, is Pleasant Grove—once an independent city, it is a predominantly black collection of neighborhoods stretching to Seagoville to the southeast. Image File history File linksMetadata Kidd_Springs_Park. ...
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