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Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown. The 277- acre (112 ha ) area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark ; many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.
Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, the mother of Jesus.Below is a list of alleged events concerning notable Marian apparitions, which have either been approved by a major Christian church, or which retain a significant following despite the absence of official approval or despite an official determination of inauthenticity.
"Visitation" with donor portrait, from Altarpiece of the Virgin (St Vaast Altarpiece) by Jacques Daret, c. 1435 (Staatliche Museen, Berlin). In Christianity, the Visitation, also known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 1:39–56.
The Parry Avenue entrance of Fair Park was historically a stop on Dallas's streetcar network. At its height, the line contained four sets of tracks. [10] In 1997, DART began preliminary studies for light rail service to the South Dallas area, including Fair Park, which would be opened between 2003 and 2008. [11]
The National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Catedral Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) or just simply Cathedral Guadalupe is the cathedral church of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas. The structure dates from the late 19th century [1] and is located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas.
Envisioned as a demonstration project for transit solutions, Monorail, Inc. erected a short test system in Houston's Arrowhead Park as the Skyway Line in 1956. During the year, the company contracted with the State Fair of Texas for an expanded project at Fair Park in Dallas. Originally envisioned to be 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long with terminals ...
Exposition Park (or Expo Park) is a neighborhood in south Dallas, Texas . Centered along tree-lined Exposition Avenue, the small enclave stretches from the eastern edge of Deep Ellum to the entrance of Fair Park. The area includes Exposition Plaza, a one acre special use park established in 1984 that features an amphitheater and sculpture areas.
During the 1980s, there was a movement to restore streetcar service in Dallas's Uptown neighborhood after some of the original rails were uncovered on McKinney Avenue. At 2:08 a.m. on January 14, 1986, 30 years exactly after the last scheduled service of Dallas streetcars, MATA signed a lease for the Bowen Avenue car barn. [10]