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HIghland Park Shopping Village |
As the city began to shift its dependence on transportation from rail to vehicular modes, strong east-west transportation routes followed. The Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike to the west dominated the east-west links and left the north-south ones relatively weak (including the links to the recently established suburb of Highland Park). In 1908 city leaders hired landscape architect George Kessler to improve the cityís appearance and provide guidance for future development. Among Kessler's most important recommendations, and ones actually implemented, were to enhance the north-south routes with boulevards after removing the north rail lines along Pacific Avenue and allowing substantial north-south routes from downtown. By the end of this period, the morphological development of Dallas seemed on target with Kessler's recommendations constituting a concentrated gridiron central business district with radiating arterials.
Highland Park Shopping Village National Historic Landmark Nomination
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