Victory Park, Dallas
Victory Park | |
---|---|
972 | |
Website | http://www.victorypark.com/ |
Victory Park is a master planned development northwest of
The
History
Victory Park was developed by
The development has been criticized as being a "collection of imposing hyper-modern monumental structures, high-end chain stores, enormous video screens, expensive restaurants, a sports arena and tons of parking, completely isolated from the rest of the city by a pair of freeways . . . like the schizophrenic dream of some power-hungry capitalist technocrat."[1] However, other journalists have countered this criticism of New Urbanist principles, citing that developments like Victory Park build on a classic, centuries old formula and "are not a quick fix but the slow weaving together of smart, sometimes big, often small, urban solutions" to create viable and enduring community destinations.[2]
Tenants
Current tenants
The American Airlines Center: Home of the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars, was the first tenant located in Victory Park. The facility opened in July 2001.
Plaza Towers : office towers bordering AT&T Plaza. In 2012, Cumulus Media relocated their local radio stations (KLIF, KLIF-FM, KPLX, KSCS, KTCK AM/FM, and WBAP) here.
One Victory Park: A large office building across the street from the American Airlines Center and the W Hotel; houses the Dallas office of Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young, corporate headquarters for PlainsCapital Bank, and the Dallas offices of Haynes and Boone. The buildings ground level features a 9,600 sq ft (890 m2). Balducci's, a luxury gourmet grocer, Lucy Boutique and a Starbucks. This building features an environmentally friendly underfloor air system. Conditioned air for the occupants is provided by raised floor custom air handling units located in the tenant space that delivers 62 degree air into a raised access floor plenum. This underfloor air system provides users with the ability to control their own space temperature as well as improving the ventilation effectiveness. When building churn occurs, workstation moves can be performed easier with lower cost and less product waste.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science: Thom Mayne-designed museum dedicated to science, nature and the environment.
Former tenants
WFAA-TV, which had occupied a "window-on-the-world" studio in the Plaza Towers since 2007, left Victory Park in 2021 for an updated studio at the station's headquarters on Young Street.[3]
Transportation
Commuter rail
- Trinity Railway Express
- Victory Station
Light rail
- DART: Green Line and Orange Line
- Victory Station
Education
The district is zoned to schools in the Dallas Independent School District.
Residents of the neighborhood are zoned to Hope Medrano Elementary School, Thomas J. Rusk Middle School and North Dallas High School.[4]
References
- ^ a b Will Doig, Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun, Salon.com, May 19, 2012, accessed May 19, 2012.
- ^ Nancy Egan, [1], Urban Land, July 18, 2011, accessed May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Bye, Victory Park! WFAA is moving to an innovative, new studio". wfaa.com. December 17, 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ Dallas ISD - 2006 School Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine - North Dallas High School Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. (Maps: ES: Medrano Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine; MS: Rusk Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine; HS: North Dallas Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine.) Retrieved 1 January 2007.