Dallas Pedestrian Network
The Dallas Pedestrian Network or Dallas Pedway is a system of grade-separated walkways covering thirty-six city blocks of
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 (3 August 2005). "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"