{{Short description|Pedestrian walkways in Dallas, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} [[Image:DallasPedestrianNetwork.jpg|thumb|right|260px|2009 Map of the Dallas Pedestrian Network]]
The '''Dallas Pedestrian Network''' or '''Dallas Pedway''' is a system of grade-separated walkways covering thirty-six city blocks of [[Downtown Dallas]], [[Texas (U.S. state)|Texas]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10494416/Ultramodern-underground-Dallas-Vincent-Ponte.html|title=Ultramodern underground Dallas: Vincent Ponte's pedestrian-way as systematic solution to the declining downtown|work=Goliath|access-date=August 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208110326/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10494416/Ultramodern-underground-Dallas-Vincent-Ponte.html|archive-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The system connects buildings, garages and parks through [[tunnels]] and above-ground [[skybridges]]. The network contains an [[underground city]] of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday [[business hours]].
The underground network was the idea of [[Montreal]] urban planner [[Vincent Ponte]], who was also responsible for [[Underground City, Montreal | Montreal's Underground City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/forty-years-ago-a-man-had-a-plan-for-downtown-dallas-7127397|title=Forty Years Ago, A Man Had a Plan for Downtown Dallas|work=The Dallas Observer|access-date=December 19, 2016|author=Wilonsky, Robert}}</ref>
==Connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network== [[Image:ThansgivingSquareTunnel.jpeg|thumb|right|260px|A Dallas Pedestrian Network tunnel runs beneath [[Thanks-Giving Square]]]]
'''Hotels:''' * [[Sheraton Dallas Hotel]] * [[Fairmont Hotels and Resorts|Fairmont Hotel]] * Dallas Marriott Downtown * [[Dallas Hilton|Hotel Indigo]] * Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown * Westin * Cambria Dallas Downtown ([[Tower Petroleum Building]])
'''Office Buildings:''' * [[Comerica Bank Tower]] * [[Chase Tower (Dallas)|Chase Tower]] * [[1700 Pacific]] * [[Bank of America Plaza (Dallas)|Bank of America Plaza]] * [[Renaissance Tower (Dallas)|Renaissance Tower]] * [[Fountain Place]] * [[Plaza of the Americas (Dallas)|Plaza of the Americas]] * [[Bryan Tower]] * [[KPMG Centre]] * [[Patriot Tower]] * [[Energy Plaza]] * [[Ross Tower]] * [[One Main Place (Dallas)|One Main Place]] * [[Republic Center]] * [[Pacific Place (Dallas)|Pacific Place]] * [[1600 Pacific Tower]] * [[The Drever]]
'''Parks''' * Cancer Survivors Plaza * [[Thanks-Giving Square]]
'''Residential Buildings''' * [[Titche-Goettinger Building]] * [[Republic Center|Gables Republic]] * [https://www.1900pacific.com/ 1900 Pacific Residences] ([[Corrigan Tower]]) * [http://www.1505elmstreet.com/ 1505 Elm]
'''Other''' * [[First Baptist Church (Dallas, Texas)|First Baptist Church]] * [[Universities Center at Dallas]] * Majestic Garage * Elm Street Garage * Metropolitan Garage
==Changing attitudes== In 2005, then-mayor [[Laura Miller (politician)|Laura Miller]] told the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' the system of tunnels was "the worst urban planning decision that Dallas has ever made{{nbsp}}... if I could take a cement mixer and pour cement in and clog up the tunnels, I would do it today".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/03/realestate/rethinking-skyways-and-tunnels.html|title=Rethinking Skyways and Tunnels|work=The New York Times|agency=August 3, 2005|access-date=November 8, 2015|author=Healy, Patrick O'Gilfoil|date=3 August 2005 }}</ref>
The Dallas Pedestrian Network is targeted for de-emphasis by the Downtown Dallas 360 initiative, in an effort to bring more focus on street-level activity. While initial plans had called for a more direct shutdown, a report in April 2012 concluded that a series of measures discouraging further growth or unnecessary maintenance of the system were all that were called for; Downtown Dallas Inc. CEO John Crawford concluded, "[The underground tunnels] aren't much of an issue anymore."
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==External links== *[http://dallaspedestriannetwork.info/ Official Website] *[https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=112145941980716723888.00044f918266696d0ca0e&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=32.782449,-96.798713&spn=0.008226,0.016479&z=17 Map of Pedestrian System on Google Maps] *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8tive/albums/72157622055346282/ Photos of Pedestrian Network] *https://web.archive.org/web/20110818073906/http://id.erudit.org/revue/uhr/2009/v37/n2/029574ar.pdf "Ultramodern Underground Dallas: Vincent Ponte’s Pedestrian-Way as Systematic Solution to the Declining Downtown" by Charissa N. Terranova *[http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DMNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0ED3D6AE2EA3223F&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0 The Dallas Morning News, "Walking the Underground Tunnel"] {{Downtown Dallas}}
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