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Neighborhoods in South Dallas, Texas: Fair Park, Cedars, Dallas, Texas, South Dallas, Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas, Wheatley Place, Dallas
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781157051381
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Chapters: Fair Park, Cedars, Dallas, Texas, South Dallas, Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas, Wheatley Place, Dallas, Texas, Bonton, Dallas, Texas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dallas Fair Park is a 277-acre (1.12 km) recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas (USA). The complex is registered as a Dallas Landmark, National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America. Many of the buildings on the complex were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 which drew over six million visitors. Most of the buildings built for the exposition still survive and Fair Park is recognized as a significant example of Art Deco architecture. The site was established as an eighty acre fairground on the outskirts of East Dallas for the Dallas State Fair in 1886. In 1904 after a fire and financial loss by the fair association, voters approved the "Reardon Plan, " which strove to keep the site out of the hands of real-estate developers. It became Dallas' second public park and became known as "Fair Park." A milestone year in the history of Fair Park was 1936, when the Texas Centennial Exposition was held on the site. In preparation for the six-month long event, the appearance of the park was dramatically altered by architect George Dahl and consulting architect Paul Cret. The park was transformed from an early twentieth century fairground into the Art Deco showcase it is today. While many of the exposition's buildings were meant to be temporary, several have survived and are now restored. Over the years the park was expanded to its current 277 acres. Fair Park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986 and in 1988 administration of the park wa...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=453773
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