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Dallas was 'born' in 1841 when John Neely Bryan, a Tennessee Lawyer, stumbled on a piece of land
close to the Trinity River, which he thought would be a fine place to built a cabin and sketch out a town.
Dallas County was created in 1846 and named after George Mifflin Dallas,
a Pennsylvanian vice-president under President James Polk.
Through commerce (first cotton, then oil and after WWII high-tech instruments)
Dallas boomed and grew to the city it is today,
a city of almost 1,2 million people and the 8th largest of the United States.
Dallas' low point in history is November 22, 1963, the day when
President John. F. Kennedy was assassinated in the streets of downtown Dallas.


Above: day and night views of the downtown Dallas skyline taken from Reunion Tower.


Above: Dallas' tallest building, the Bank Of America Plaza (281m/921f), 72 stories, 1985).
Next to it on the second picture is the Renaissance Tower (270m/886f), Dallas 2nd tallest building.


Above left and middle: another impressive Dallas building, Bank One Center (aka: Bank One Tower),
the city's third tallest building (240m/787f, 60 stories, 1987).
Above right: JPMorgan Chase Tower (aka: Texas Commerce Tower, (225m/738f, 55 stories, 1987),
the 4th tallest building of Dallas.


Above: perhaps the most beautiful building of Dallas: Fountain Place (220m/720f, 62 stories, 1986),
the city's 5th tallest building. On the second picture, you can see the Trammell Crow Center
(209m/686f, 50 stories, 1984) in the background.


Above: three different angles of Reunion Tower (Theme Tower, 171m/560f, 1978),
with next to it the distinctive looking, all glass, Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel.
Reunion Tower has a public observatory which gives great views over the city.


Above left and middle left: Trammell Crow Center (209m/686f, 50 stories, 1984).
Above middle right: Renaissance Tower (270m /886f, 56 stories, 1974, including 53m/176f ornamental
communications tower). 2nd tallest building of Dallas. In the reflection: Bank of America Plaza.
This tower was used as the office building of the Ewing family in the Dallas TV series.
Above right: One Bell Plaza (171m/562f, 36 stories, 1984).


Above left: skyline view from the north side of Dallas, with from left to right: Chase Tower (225m/738f),
San Jacinto Tower (139m/456f), Trammell Crow Center (209m/686f), Lincoln Plaza (176m/579f),
Renaissance Tower (270m/886f) and Fountain Place (220m/721f).
Above right: skyline view from the west side: Trammell Crow Center (209m/686f), Fountain Place (220m/721f),
Chase Tower (225m, 738f), Lincoln Plaza (176m/579f), Energy Plaza (192m/629f),
Renaissance Tower (270m/886f), Bank Of America Plaza (281m/921f), Bank One Center (240m/787f)
and One Bell Plaza (171m/562f).


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Dallas' 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 281m/921f, 72 stories, 1985
2. RENAISSANCE TOWER 270m/886f, 56 stories, 1974
3. BANK ONE CENTER 240m/787f, 60 stories, 1987
4. JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER 225m/738f, 55 stories, 1987
5. FOUNTAIN PLACE 219m/720f, 62 stories, 1985
6. TRAMMEL CROW TOWER 209m/686f, 50 stories, 1985
7. 1700 PACIFIC AVENUE 200m/655f, 50 stories, 1983
8. THANKSGIVING TOWER 197m/645f, 50 stories, 1982
9. ENERGY PLAZA 192m/629f, 49 stories, 1983
10. ELM PLACE 191m/625f, 52 stories, 1965

The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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