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Dallas, the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas, is the site of 42 completed high-rise buildings over 350 feet (107 m), 20 of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [1] [2] [3] The tallest building in the city is the Bank of America Plaza, which rises 921 feet (281 m) in Downtown Dallas and was completed in 1985.
As of May 2011, there are 1,217 completed high-rises in the state. [1] Texas's history of skyscrapers began with the completion in 1909 of the 14-story Praetorian Building in Dallas, which is considered to be the state's first high-rise. [2] [3] The building rose 190 feet (58 m) above ground.
Ross Tower is a 45-story high-rise in Downtown Dallas, Texas. Originally named Lincoln Plaza, the building was renamed to Ross Tower in September 2013. [3] The building rises to a height of 579 feet (176 m) and was completed in 1984. Currently, it is the 14th-tallest building in the city. [1]
Construction started on the structure in 2003 and the building was completed in 2005, The building is located at the corner of McKinney Avenue and Blackburn Street. A central high-rise tower 20 stories high containing 146 dwelling units anchors the structure's postmodern architectural theme. The tower is flanked by 72 two-story urban loft units.
The High Five Interchange, north of downtown in Dallas, Texas, is a massive five-level freeway interchange.It is the junction of two major highways carrying heavy rush-hour traffic, the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway and the Central Expressway (), and is the first five-level stack interchange to be built in the city.
Dallas-Fort Worth felt the fury of a hot summer last year as it endured 55 straight days with highs at or above 100 degrees, coming in as the fifth warmest in the region’s history. By mid July ...
A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s.
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