Dallas County Landmarks
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The district is 68 acres (0.28 km˛) and is home to some of Dallas’ most significant cultural landmarks including the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dallas Museum of Art, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Nasher Sculpture Center.
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The plaza contains several of the city's landmarks including the John Neely Bryan Cabin, the JFK Memorial and the Old Red Courthouse.
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Dallas Heritage Village is a living history museum portraying life in North Texas from 1840-1910. The museum is composed of 38 historic structures and a working Civil War era farm.
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The site is considered the place where city founder John Neely Bryan first established a trading post. It is also the location of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.
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Fair Park is a 277-acre (1.12 km˛) recreational and educational complex. It is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest ferris wheel in North America. Many of the buildings were build for the 1936 Texas Centennial.
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Funded by private donations and designed by Philip Johnson in 1970, the open-roofed square room of four solemn walls contains a black marble slab, engraved with the words "John Fitzgerald Kennedy."
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Bryan is credited with the founding of the city of Dallas. This cabin is a reconstruction which was moved to this location in 1971.
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This center was designed by Mexican architect and AIA gold medal winner, Ricardo Legorreta. It supports the preservation, development, and promotion of Latino and Hispanic arts and culture.
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The 'Mort' was designed by world-renowned architect IM. Pei and is home to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The Center was opened in September of 1989.
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Formerly the Dallas Museum of Natural History, founded in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial, the organization merged with The Science Place in 2006.
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Temple Emanu-El, the first Jewish congregation in North Texas, was founded in 1875. The current synagogue opened in 1957.
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The Texas Star is the largest Ferris wheel in North America. The structure has 44 gondolas that hold 264 riders. It can go 1.5 revolutions a minute with an average ride between 12–15 minutes. It debuted at the 1985 State Fair of Texas.
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Based on Paris' Grand Opera House, the 12-story, E-shaped building was constructed in 1904 to provide office and retail space. It was considered one of the premier commercial structures west of the Mississippi. Today, it is a residential building.
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