Dallas Pedestrian Network

2009 Map of the Dallas Pedestrian Network

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 underground tunnels and above-ground skybridges. The network contains an underground city of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday business hours.

Connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network

A Dallas Pedestrian Network tunnel runs beneath Thanks-Giving Square

Hotels:

Office Buildings:

Parks

Residential Buildings

Other

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".[2]

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

  1. ↑ http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10494416/Ultramodern-underground-Dallas-Vincent-Ponte.html
  2. ↑ Healy, Patrick OGilfoil. "Rethinking Skyways and Tunnels". The New York Times. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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