Dallas Pedestrian Network
Pedestrian walkways in Dallas, US
The Dallas Pedestrian Network or Dallas Pedway is a system of grade-separated walkways covering thirty-six city blocks of Downtown Dallas, Texas, United States.[1] The system connects buildings, garages and parks through tunnels and above-ground skybridges. The network contains an underground city of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday business hours.
The underground network was the idea of Montreal urban planner Vincent Ponte, who was also responsible for Montreal's Underground City.[2]
Connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network
Hotels:
- Sheraton Dallas Hotel
- Fairmont Hotel
- Dallas Marriott Downtown
- Hotel Indigo
- Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown
- Westin
- Cambria Dallas Downtown (Tower Petroleum Building)
Office Buildings:
- Comerica Bank Tower
- Chase Tower
- 1700 Pacific
- Bank of America Plaza
- Renaissance Tower
- Fountain Place
- Plaza of the Americas
- Bryan Tower
- KPMG Centre
- Patriot Tower
- Energy Plaza
- Ross Tower
- One Main Place
- Republic Center
- Pacific Place
- 1600 Pacific Tower
- The Drever
Parks
- Cancer Survivors Plaza
- Thanks-Giving Square
Residential Buildings
- Titche-Goettinger Building
- Gables Republic
- 1900 Pacific Residences (Corrigan Tower)
- 1505 Elm
Other
- First Baptist Church
- Universities Center at Dallas
- Majestic Garage
- Elm Street Garage
- Metropolitan Garage
Changing attitudes
In 2005, then-mayor Laura Miller told the New York Times the system of tunnels was "the worst urban planning decision that Dallas has ever made ... if I could take a cement mixer and pour cement in and clog up the tunnels, I would do it today".[3]
The Dallas Pedestrian Network is targeted for de-emphasis by the Downtown Dallas 360 initiative, in an effort to bring more focus on street-level activity. While initial plans had called for a more direct shutdown, a report in April 2012 concluded that a series of measures discouraging further growth or unnecessary maintenance of the system were all that were called for; Downtown Dallas Inc. CEO John Crawford concluded, "[The underground tunnels] aren't much of an issue anymore."
References
- ^ "Ultramodern underground Dallas: Vincent Ponte's pedestrian-way as systematic solution to the declining downtown". Goliath. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
- ^ Wilonsky, Robert. "Forty Years Ago, A Man Had a Plan for Downtown Dallas". The Dallas Observer. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ Healy, Patrick O'Gilfoil. "Rethinking Skyways and Tunnels". The New York Times. August 3, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
External links
- Official Website
- Map of Pedestrian System on Google Maps
- Photos of Pedestrian Network
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110818073906/http://id.erudit.org/revue/uhr/2009/v37/n2/029574ar.pdf "Ultramodern Underground Dallas: Vincent Ponte’s Pedestrian-Way as Systematic Solution to the Declining Downtown" by Charissa N. Terranova
- The Dallas Morning News, "Walking the Underground Tunnel"
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Only items within the "Loop" are listed.
| Primary and secondary schools |
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| Other education |
and complexes
- 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn)
- 1700 Pacific
- 2100 Ross Avenue
- Adolphus Hotel
- Bank of America Plaza
- Bryan Tower
- Chase Tower
- Comerica Bank Tower
- Corrigan Tower
- Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo)
- Davis Building
- Energy Plaza
- First National Bank Tower
- Fountain Place
- Hyatt Regency Dallas
- The Joule Hotel
- Kirby Building
- KPMG Centre
- Magnolia Hotel
- Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn)
- Mercantile Continental Building
- Mercantile National Bank Building
- Museum Tower
- Omni Dallas Hotel
- One Arts Plaza
- One Dallas Center
- One Main Place (Westin Hotel)
- Pacific Place
- Plaza of the Americas
- Renaissance Tower
- Republic Center
- Reunion Tower
- Ross Tower
- Salazar Center
- Santa Fe Terminal Complex
- Sheraton Dallas Hotel
- Statler Hotel & Residences
- Thanksgiving Tower
- Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas)
- Trammell Crow Center
- Whitacre Tower
buildings
- Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe
- Fellowship Church
- First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
- First United Methodist Church
- St. Jude Chapel
- St. Paul United Methodist Church
landmarks
- AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Butler Brothers Building
- Citywalk@Akard
- Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse
- Dallas City Hall
- Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red)
- Dawson State Jail (closed)
- Dallas Farmers Market
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
- Dallas Municipal Building
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Dallas Pedestrian Network
- Dallas Scottish Rite Temple
- Dallas World Aquarium
- Dal-Tex Building
- Dealey Plaza
- Fairmont Hotel Dallas
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial
- Majestic Theatre
- Manor House Apartments
- Mayflower Building
- Moody Performance Hall
- Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
- Nasher Sculpture Center
- Neiman Marcus Building
- Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News)
- Pioneer Plaza
- Pioneer Park Cemetery
- Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
- Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building)
- Thanks-Giving Square
- Titche–Goettinger Building
- Wilson Building
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First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas
