A New Dallas

A new Dallas.  A city known for action and world class ambition, constantly changing itself and its image.  What does the next Dallas look like?  Is it built for the needs of future generations?

World class cities are platforms for social and economic exchange. They enhance opportunity through interconnectivity. Our highways through our city divide more than they unite. Now is the time to envision a new future for the city.

What if we could have 4 parks just as successful as Klyde Warren Deck Park for the same cost PLUS $4 billion in new private investment and 25,000 new residents living in downtown Dallas?

It's Possible

IH345 is the official name for the stretch of elevated highway defining the eastern boundary of downtown Dallas between Woodall Rodgers to the north and RL Thornton (I-30) to the south. It was built 40 years ago and currently divides downtown from Deep Ellum and Near East Dallas.

This independent study began 2 years ago to explore the economic, environmental, and traffic impacts of removing the freeway as it approached the end of its structural life span.

President Eisenhower went on to say that the matter of running Interstate routes through the congested parts of the cities was entirely against his original concept and wishes;

that he never anticipated that the program would turn out this way . . . and that he was certainly not aware of any concept of using the program to build up an extensive intra-city route network as part of the program he sponsored. He added that those who had not advised him that such was being done, and those who steered the program in such a direction, had not followed his wishes.”

Downtown Dallas, 1939