Dallas - Uptown and Victory Park

[geomorph]

Dallas is the 9th largest city in the United States by population (1,258,000) and is the largest city of the Dallas-Fort Worth Combined Statistical Area in North Texas (the 7th largest in the United States).

Uptown and Victory Park are adjacent neighborhoods that are located North of downtown, across a freeway; Victory Park connects to downtown's West End by several freeway underpasses while Uptown connects to downtown's Arts District with several freeway overpasses and the new Klyde Warren Park. Both neighborhoods act as extensions of downtown in their considerable density and development, and both contain mid and highrise offices and hotels and residential buildings, as well as several cultural facilities. While Uptown has grown organically and is a large area, Victory Park is a master-planned development that is much smaller. I should clarify that this thread will focus on the Southern part of Uptown, not its entirety; the thread will begin there and then transition to Victory Park a few blocks away from Uptown's edge.

Klyde Warren Park, 2012:
This occupies 3 blocks that were built over the freeway, between several existing street overpasses, to create a solid bridge between downtown's Arts District and the Southern part of Uptown. It helps create pedestrian connectivity between the two where before there was little.























Southern part of Uptown Skyline:





Federal Reserve Bank, 1992:









Crescent, 1985:
This complex includes offices and a hotel in two crescent-shaped highrises and a midrise complex of restaurants and shops. Its aspirational elegance and postmodern style predates the other buildings featured in this thread.







Rosewood Court, 2008:









1900 McKinney, 2008:





Texas Capital Bank, 2008:
I'm not sure if the residential component of this block is considered the same development, but they are certainly connected.







Glass House Dallas, 2009:







Azure, 2007:





Saint Ann Court, 2009:





17Seventeen McKinney and Gables Park 17, 2010:
These two towers share a full block podium; the glassy tower contains offices while the other contains residences.








The rest of this thread will focus on Victory Park.

The House, 2008:





Cirque, 2007:







W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences, 2006:















The Terrace:
Beyond this residential building is a similar one called The Vista.



One Victory Park, 2009:













AT&T Plaza:
This hardscape is on axis with the American Airlines Center and flanked by buildings known as East Plaza and West Plaza that house restaurants and radio stations.













American Airlines Center, 2001:
This is the home of the Mavericks (basketball) and Stars (hockey) as well as hosting special events such as concerts.









Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2012:
This challenging edifice was designed by Morphosis Architects and straddles the boundary between Victory Park and Uptown.





















































































All photographs taken in 2013 by geomorph.

For my other Dallas threads, see:

Downtown - Part 1: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211580

Downtown - Part 2: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211586

Fair Park: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=206422

[mhays]

I like the tops of most buildings, but oh the parking podiums! The museum looks good once you get away from the stark plazas and opressive sun.

[KevinFromTexas]

Good stuff. Dallas has a pretty impressive collection of modern architecture. I'm struck by how different Dallas appears from the rest of the state. It really does have its own style.

[geomorph]

mhays, yes I noticed that too, there are quite a few parking podiums for the towers in these areas, several of which are street-friendliness killers no matter how attractive they may or may not look!

[detroitmetro101]

awesome city, no limits on architecture...

[R1070]

Were you able to make it into the heart of Uptown with the urban residential/retail areas?
That part of the neighborhood is more impressive.

[marcus]

Just awesome!

I was struck by these



and



Love it!

[geomorph]

R1070, I did not go to the main part of Uptown on this trip, but I did go there in 2009 on my first trip there, I rode the trolley and walked around the area of its terminal loop, which was a nice area. It looks like development there is going gangbusters now!