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Dallas is not an opinion but a perspective. If one doesn't put the city in the proper perspective, then one will be left puzzled by it. To best compare and contrast it to the cities of Atlanta and Houston, one must first divide up the city of Dallas into corridors. As Atlanta and Houston are both impressive with their numbers and heights of office buildings, Dallas is more impressive with its numbers of corridors. When marketing a city, one must first start off with its heart and soul. As it was once said that the city of Dallas had more shopping centers per citizen than any other city in the World, according to Wiki, the area is still quite impressive, List of shopping malls in the Dallas
So, in Dallas, one must begin with shopping and the Preston Corridor.
If the Preston Corridor is golden, then the corridor right next to it must be platinum. Wiki: Platinum Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Platinum Corridor begins south at the LBJ freeway and ends 14 miles north at Highway 121. Beginning at the Dallas Galleria Commerical Shopping District, it travels through the city of Addison. Addison is unique in that it is a town with a night time population of 15,000, as well as a city with a booming daytime population that is estimated over 100,000. This is because Addison is headquarters to many corporate headquarters, has over 170 restaurants, as well as it has over 4000 hotel rooms.
Right next to the towncity of Addison is Addison Airport.
Traveling north of Addison along the Platinum corridor, one shouldn't and wouldn't expect to find any more to dazzle the senses. But, one would soon arrive at the business district of Legacy. As it is with Addison, Legacy in Plano, Texas is home to many corporate headquarters. From the city of Frisco to the north, many joke that the North Dallas Tollway will one day stretch all the way to the border of Oklahoma.
If the Platinum corridor is precious, there really isn't much falling off when considering Central Expressway. Central Expressway, as it should be considered in this case, begins at Mockingbird Station Mockingbird Station
Southern Methodist University, SMU, is located in this area Together, this area represents the southern portion of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District. I say "commercial shopping district" because Dallas is unique in that the D-FW market is large enough to spawn such stand alone anamolies. With Northpark and Park Lane anchoring it, the district will spread south along Central Expressway to Mockingbird station, east along Loop 12 to Skillman, and north along Central Expressway to the southern portion of the Telecom corridor: - Richardson, TX
Wiki: Telecom Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District are two medical centers, Presbyterian Medical Center: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and further north to the Medical City Dallas medical center Medical City - Home Page
Medical City of Dallas is located at the southern portion of the Park Central office development.
Once again, to make a point, the business districts in Houston tend to take precedence and prominence over the shopping districts with perhaps "The Galleria" in Houston being the lone exception.
Interesting to note, during the early 70's, both the Greenway Plaza development in Houston and the Park Central development in Dallas were being built at about the same time. Since then, Greenway Plaza has managed to keep its noteriety while Park Central has disappeared somewhat losing its distinctiveness into the surrounding neighborhood. The reason why is mainly because Dallas thinks of itself not in terms of office districts, but of shopping districts.
I have more to comment on this interpretation of the Dallas area and I will do so by resubmitting this in future threads.
Last edited by Mister Nifty; 08-11-2010 at 02:48 PM..
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This is a continuation of my "What is Dallas?" thread
Dallas is not an opinion but a perspective. If one doesn't put the city in the proper perspective, then one will be left puzzled by it. To best compare and contrast it to the cities of Atlanta and Houston, one must first divide up the city of Dallas into corridors. As Atlanta and Houston are both impressive with their numbers and heights of office buildings, Dallas is more impressive with its numbers of corridors. When marketing a city, one must first start off with its heart and soul. As it was once said that the city of Dallas had more shopping centers per citizen than any other city in the World, according to Wiki, the area is still quite impressive, List of shopping malls in the Dallas
So, in Dallas, one must begin with shopping and the Preston Corridor.
If the Preston Corridor is golden, then the corridor right next to it must be platinum. Wiki: Platinum Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Platinum Corridor begins south at the LBJ freeway and ends 14 miles north at Highway 121. Beginning at the Dallas Galleria Commerical Shopping District, it travels through the city of Addison. Addison is unique in that it is a town with a night time population of 15,000, as well as a city with a booming daytime population that is estimated over 100,000. This is because Addison is headquarters to many corporate headquarters, has over 170 restaurants, as well as it has over 4000 hotel rooms.
Right next to the towncity of Addison is Addison Airport.
Traveling north of Addison along the Platinum corridor, one shouldn't and wouldn't expect to find any more to dazzle the senses. But, one would soon arrive at the business district of Legacy. As it is with Addison, Legacy in Plano, Texas is home to many corporate headquarters. From the city of Frisco to the north, many joke that the North Dallas Tollway will one day stretch all the way to the border of Oklahoma.
If the Platinum corridor is precious, there really isn't much falling off when considering Central Expressway. Central Expressway, as it should be considered in this case, begins at Mockingbird Station Mockingbird Station
Southern Methodist University, SMU, is located in this area Together, this area represents the southern portion of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District. I say "commercial shopping district" because Dallas is unique in that the D-FW market is large enough to spawn such stand alone anamolies. With Northpark and Park Lane anchoring it, the district will spread south along Central Expressway to Mockingbird station, east along Loop 12 to Skillman, and north along Central Expressway to the southern portion of the Telecom corridor: - Richardson, TX
Wiki: Telecom Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District are two medical centers, Presbyterian Medical Center: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and further north to the Medical City Dallas medical center Medical City - Home Page
Medical City of Dallas is located at the southern portion of the Park Central office development.
Once again, to make a point, the business districts in Houston tend to take precedence and prominence over the shopping districts with perhaps "The Galleria" in Houston being the lone exception.
Interesting to note, during the early 70's, both the Greenway Plaza development in Houston and the Park Central development in Dallas were being built at about the same time. Since then, Greenway Plaza has managed to keep its noteriety while Park Central has disappeared somewhat losing its distinctiveness into the surrounding neighborhood. The reason why is mainly because Dallas thinks of itself not in terms of office districts, but of shopping districts. Most of what is Houston is contained within a nine square mile area while the parts that make up Dallas is more spread out.
As Central Expressway has become more than just a freeway, as the corridor has grown in depth the way it has a DART light rail line running along next to it to the east as well as Skillman, the Stemmons corridor will also have a lot of depth to it as it has Harry Hines running along the side of it in a similar fashion as well as it will soon have a DART light rail line running along much of its length.
Along the Stemmons corridor is the Dallas Market Center Dallas Market Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Intimately located to serve this area is Love Field airport Dallas, Texas Love Field Airport while located further out in Irving is the business district of Las Colinas Las Colinas | Texas while located out a little further is DFW airport dfwairport.com - Home
Anchoring these four corridors is central Dallas. One can best consider this area by beginning with the Fair Park in Dallas which holds the State Fair of Texas State Fair Of Texas - Fair Park in Dallas - Sept 24- Oct 17, 2010 then moving on to the Dallas Convention Center Dallas Convention Center the Dallas Arts District Dallas Arts District the neighborhood of Uptown Uptown Dallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and, finally, Turtle Creek Turtle Creek, Dallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There is so much more to this area.
Indeed, Dallas does have a downtown which has numerous skyscrapers. But what is golden about Dallas and what is its heart and soul begins with its Commercial Shopping Districts.
Dallas is not an opinion but a perspective. If one is not careful when putting the city in proper perspective, then visitors will be left puzzled. To best compare and contrast it to other southern major cities like Atlanta and Houston, one must divide up the city of Dallas into corridors. As Atlanta and Houston are both impressive with their many tall office buildings, Dallas is more impressive with its numbers of corridors. When marketing a city, one must begin with its heart and soul. As it was once said that the city of Dallas had more shopping centers per capita than any other city in the world, the area is still quite impressive according to Wiki: List of shopping malls in the Dallas
Therefore, when showing off Dallas, one must begin with its Commercial Shopping Districts along and off to the side of the Preston Corridor.
Platinum Corridor
If the Preston Corridor is golden, then the corridor right next to it must be platinum. Wiki: Platinum Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Platinum Corridor begins south at the LBJ freeway and ends 14 miles north at Highway 121. Beginning at the Dallas Galleria Commerical Shopping District, it travels north through the city of Addison. Addison is unique in that it is a town with a night time population of just 15,000, as well as it is a city with a booming daytime population estimated to be over 100,000. This is because Addison is headquarters to many corporate headquarters, has over 170 restaurants, as well as it has over 4000 hotel rooms.
Right next to the town-city of Addison is Addison Airport.
Traveling north of Addison along the Platinum corridor, one wouldn't and shouldn't expect to find anything else to dazzle the senses. But, one would be surprised as one would soon arrive at the business district of Legacy. As it is with Addison, Legacy office park in Plano, Texas is home to many corporate headquarters. From the city of Frisco to the north of it, many joke that the North Dallas Tollway will one day stretch all the way to the border of Oklahoma.
Central Expressway
If the Platinum corridor is precious, there really isn't that much falling off when considering Central Expressway. Central Expressway, as it should be considered in this case, begins at Mockingbird Station Mockingbird Station
Southern Methodist University, SMU, is located in this area. Together, this area represents the southern portion of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District. I say "commercial shopping district" because Dallas is unique in that the market of D-FW is large enough to spawn such stand alone anamolies. With Northpark and Park Lane anchoring it, the district will spread south along Central Expressway to Mockingbird station, east along Loop 12 to Skillman, and north along Central Expressway to the southern portion of the Telecom corridor: - Richardson, TX
Wiki: Telecom Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the north of the Northpark Commercial Shopping District are two medical centers, Presbyterian Medical Center: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and further north of it is the Medical City Dallas medical center Medical City - Home Page
Medical City of Dallas is located at the southern portion of the Park Central office development.
Once again, to make a point, the tall buildings in the business districts in Houston tend to take precedence and prominence over its shopping districts with perhaps "The Galleria" in Houston being the lone exception.
Interesting to note, during the early 70's, both the Greenway Plaza development in Houston and the Park Central development in Dallas were built at about the same time. Since then, Greenway Plaza has managed to distinguish itself keeping its noteriety while Park Central has disappeared into the neighborhood losing its distinctiveness in the process. The reason why is mainly because the city of Dallas divides itself not in office districts, but in shopping districts. In contrast to Dallas, most of what Houston has become is contained within a nine square mile area while the parts that make up Dallas are more spread out in comparison. For example, as there is about four miles seperating downtown Houston from the Texas Medical Center, and five miles seperating it from uptown Houston, respectively, there is about ten miles seperating downtown Dallas from the Telecom Corridor, eleven miles seperating it from Las Colinas, and thirty miles seperating it from downtown Fort Worth.
Stemmons Corridor
As Central Expressway has become more than just a freeway, as the depth of the corridor has grown in width because of the way a DART light rail line runs parallel east of it as does the street of Skillman, the Stemmons corridor will also have a lot of depth to it as well as it has Harry Hines running along the northern side of it in a similar fashion as it will also soon have a DART light rail line running along much of its length.
Along the Stemmons corridor is the Dallas Market Center Dallas Market Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Intimately located to serve this area is Love Field airport Dallas, Texas Love Field Airport while located further out in Irving is the business district of Las Colinas Las Colinas | Texas while located out a little further is DFW airport dfwairport.com - Home
Entertainment Corridor
The I-30 corridor leading directly west out of downtown Dallas connects the three largest cities in the metroplex, with these being Fort Worth (736,200), Arlington (370,650), and Dallas (1,316,350), with these being figures estimated by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The city of Arlington Arlington, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is the major entertainment district in the Metroplex with the themeparks of Six Flags over Texas Six Flags Over Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Hurricane Harbor located right across the freeway from it, with it also being the home of the Dallas Cowboy's stadium Home and the Texas Ranger's Ballpark Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | texasrangers.com: Ballpark.
Indeed, Dallas does have a downtown which has numerous skyscrapers. But what is golden about Dallas, what is its heart and soul, begins with its Commercial Shopping Districts.
Sorry, I can't interpret your post.
It isn't the content of this thread that is significant, it looks like something out of Wiki, but the way it is laid out that alters the perspective of the Dallas area. See, I don't think Dallas - Fort Worth is just business districts, but its market is large enough to support individual shopping, business, medical, and entertainment districts. In the case of Dallas, the most important aspect of what it is should always be focused on its shopping districts.
People always think of the markets of Dallas - Fort Worth and Houston as equal, but that is not the case. Not only is the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area slightly larger than Houston's, but it takes in much of the Southwest region as well. Travel 120 miles north of Dallas - Fort Worth and one will find themselves in Oklahoma City; whereas, traveling 120 miles south of the Houston metropolitan area puts one in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, there are about 3 stores and hotel rooms in DFW to every 2 in Houston. As these metropolitan areas continue to expand, the disparity should increase between them.
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