Dealey Plaza / John H. Slate and Willis C. Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slate, John H., Author.

Winters, Willis C., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Texas--Dallas--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Historic districts--Texas--Dallas--Pictorial works.

Historic districts.

Dallas (Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Dallas (Tex.).

Dallas (Tex.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Dealey Plaza Historic District (Dallas, Tex.)--Pictorial works.

Dealey Plaza Historic District (Dallas, Tex.).

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.

Kennedy, John F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Dealey Plaza is famous for many things, both locally and nationally. Considered "the front door of Dallas," the park rests on a bluff near the Trinity River, where Dallas’s founder, John Neely Bryan, identified a natural low-water crossing in 1841. This ford was the site of Bryan’s cabin and was also the site of the first ferry and bridge over the Trinity River. Home to several Dallas County buildings and other historic structures, Dealey is not just the birthplace of Dallas; it is also the site of Dallas’s first large-scale city planning solution, a traffic diverting triple underpass, and a beautiful downtown park built in the 1930s. The park was launched into national history when Pres. John F. Kennedy was assassinated here on November 22, 1963. Today, the site is visited by over two million annually. To preserve Dealey Plaza and its surrounding buildings, the federal government designated it a National Historic Landmark District in 1993.

Contents:

Before Dealey Plaza

The gateway to Dallas

The buildings of Dealey Plaza

The Texas School Book Depository

Dealey Plaza and John F. Kennedy.

OCLC:

881625250