Main Street District, Dallas

The Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas (United States) runs along Main Street and is bounded by Lamar Street, Elm Street, the US 75/I-45 (I-345) elevated highway and Commerce Street. The district is the spine of downtown Dallas, and connects many of the adjoining business and entertainment districts.

Main Street District
A long exposure of Main Street, from east of Akard
Location in Dallas
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesDallas
CityDallas
AreaDowntown
Elevation
430 ft (130 m)
ZIP code
75201, 75202
Area code(s)214, 469, 972
Websitedowntowndallas.org/
downtown_partner

About
Looking down Main Street from Elks Building, Dallas, Texas (postcard, circa 1911)

Main Street has historically been the center of the city of Dallas. Many of Dallas' major retailers, hotels and banks once located here, and the district includes the city's early skyscrapers. Subsequent development of downtown moved north and east to the City Center District in following years, leaving many of the historic buildings inefficient for modern offices.

The Main Street District was the first district of downtown Dallas to experience extensive urban revival. Many of the grand historic buildings that had been neglected have been restored and adapted for new use. Pegasus Plaza, an urban plaza bounded by the Magnolia Hotel, Iron Cactus Restaurant, Adolphus Tower and the Kirby Building, is a gathering place for visitors and residents at the heart of the district. The narrow tree-lined street is a major pedestrian route through downtown. The district contains many sidewalk restaurants, basement night clubs and retail stores (most notably Neiman Marcus). While several of the buildings have found new life, there are many still awaiting restoration. Main Street Garden Park is a new focal park of the district's east end.

Commerce and Elm Streets, major east-west thoroughfares, form the boundaries of the district and also contain many additional landmark structures.

Completed projects
  • Titche-Goettinger Building, the former Titche-Goettinger Department Store, featuring 129 apartments (1997) and the Universities Center at Dallas.
  • The Wilson Building, 135 apartments (1999).
  • Main Street lofts, 8 apartments (1999).
  • The Kirby Building, 156 apartments (1999).
  • Magnolia Hotel, 300 room hotel (1999).
  • The Davis Building, 183 apartments (2003).
  • Dallas Power and Light Complex, 158 apartments 2004.
  • Mercantile Bank Building + Renovation into 225 rental units with a new 15 story 150 rental units.
  • Dallas National Bank Building into the Joule Hotel.
  • The Metropolitan, 283 condo units.
  • Third Rail Lofts
    • Gulf States Building – 68 apartments.
    • 1407 Main – 84 apartments.
    • 1414 Elm – 14 apartments.
  • Pegasus Plaza
  • Main Street Garden Park
  • 100 North Central Expressway
  • UNT Dallas College of Law
  • Belo Garden Park

Current and future projects

Landmark Structures of the Main Street District
The flagship Neiman Marcus at Main and Ervay
AddressBuilding
801El Centro College
901Bank of America Plaza
1200The Metropolitan
1201One Main Place
1309Davis Building
14071407 Main
1412Center City Plaza
1415 ElmChase Bank Building
1415 MainGulf States Building
1509 MainKirby Building
1530 MainDallas National Bank Building
1607 MainPraetorian Building
1623 MainWilson Building
1700 MainMercantile National Bank Building
1717 MainComerica Bank Tower
1900 ElmTitche-Goettinger Building
1933 MainDallas Hotel Indigo
106 S HarwoodDallas Municipal Building
1810 CommerceMercantile Continental Building
1618 MainNeiman Marcus Building

Education

The district is zoned to schools in the Dallas Independent School District.

Residents of the district west of Central are zoned to City Park Elementary School, Billy Earl Dade Middle School, and Madison High School.[1] Residents east of Central are zoned to Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School, Alex W. Spence Middle School, and North Dallas High School.[2]

In the fall of 2014, the University of North Texas System opened the UNT College of Law in the Titche-Goettinger Building at 1900 Elm St. / 1901 Main St. After the completion of a $70 million dollar renovation in 2019, the law school moved to the former Dallas city hall on South Harwood Street next to Main Street Garden Park.[3] the Beaux Arts style structure opened in 1914 and once held Lee Harvey Oswald but had slowly deteriorated iover the decades. As of 2020, the UNT College of Law is the only public law school in the City of Dallas.

References
  1. Dallas ISD – 2006 School Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – James Madison High School Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. (Maps: ES: City Park Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine; MS: Dade Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine; HS: Madison Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine.) Retrieved on 31 December 2006.
  2. Dallas ISD – 2006 School Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – North Dallas High School Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. (Maps: ES: Zaragoza; MS: Spence Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine; HS: North Dallas Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine.) Retrieved on 31 December 2006.
  3. "Dallas' old City Hall has been transformed inside for UNT Dallas' law school". Dallas News. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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