# Dallas Pedestrian Network > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dallas_Pedestrian_Network > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dallas_Pedestrian_Network.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Pedestrian_Network > Source revision: 1349864078 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Pedestrian walkways in Dallas, US 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](/source/Downtown_Dallas), [Texas](/source/Texas_(U.S._state)), United States.[1] The system connects buildings, garages and parks through [tunnels](/source/Tunnels) and above-ground [skybridges](/source/Skybridges). The network contains an [underground city](/source/Underground_city) of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday [business hours](/source/Business_hours). The underground network was the idea of [Montreal](/source/Montreal) urban planner [Vincent Ponte](/source/Vincent_Ponte), who was also responsible for [Montreal's Underground City](/source/Underground_City%2C_Montreal).[2] ## Connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network A Dallas Pedestrian Network tunnel runs beneath [Thanks-Giving Square](/source/Thanks-Giving_Square) **Hotels:** - [Sheraton Dallas Hotel](/source/Sheraton_Dallas_Hotel) - [Fairmont Hotel](/source/Fairmont_Hotels_and_Resorts) - Dallas Marriott Downtown - [Hotel Indigo](/source/Dallas_Hilton) - Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown - Westin - Cambria Dallas Downtown ([Tower Petroleum Building](/source/Tower_Petroleum_Building)) **Office Buildings:** - [Comerica Bank Tower](/source/Comerica_Bank_Tower) - [Chase Tower](/source/Chase_Tower_(Dallas)) - [1700 Pacific](/source/1700_Pacific) - [Bank of America Plaza](/source/Bank_of_America_Plaza_(Dallas)) - [Renaissance Tower](/source/Renaissance_Tower_(Dallas)) - [Fountain Place](/source/Fountain_Place) - [Plaza of the Americas](/source/Plaza_of_the_Americas_(Dallas)) - [Bryan Tower](/source/Bryan_Tower) - [KPMG Centre](/source/KPMG_Centre) - [Patriot Tower](/source/Patriot_Tower) - [Energy Plaza](/source/Energy_Plaza) - [Ross Tower](/source/Ross_Tower) - [One Main Place](/source/One_Main_Place_(Dallas)) - [Republic Center](/source/Republic_Center) - [Pacific Place](/source/Pacific_Place_(Dallas)) - [1600 Pacific Tower](/source/1600_Pacific_Tower) - [The Drever](/source/The_Drever) **Parks** - Cancer Survivors Plaza - [Thanks-Giving Square](/source/Thanks-Giving_Square) **Residential Buildings** - [Titche-Goettinger Building](/source/Titche-Goettinger_Building) - [Gables Republic](/source/Republic_Center) - [1900 Pacific Residences](https://www.1900pacific.com/) ([Corrigan Tower](/source/Corrigan_Tower)) - [1505 Elm](http://www.1505elmstreet.com/) **Other** - [First Baptist Church](/source/First_Baptist_Church_(Dallas%2C_Texas)) - [Universities Center at Dallas](/source/Universities_Center_at_Dallas) - Majestic Garage - Elm Street Garage - Metropolitan Garage ## Changing attitudes In 2005, then-mayor [Laura Miller](/source/Laura_Miller_(politician)) told the *[New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* the system of tunnels was "the worst urban planning decision that Dallas has ever made ... if I could take a cement mixer and pour cement in and clog up the tunnels, I would do it today".[3] 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." ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ultramodern underground Dallas: Vincent Ponte's pedestrian-way as systematic solution to the declining downtown"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091208110326/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10494416/Ultramodern-underground-Dallas-Vincent-Ponte.html). *Goliath*. Archived from [the original](http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-10494416/Ultramodern-underground-Dallas-Vincent-Ponte.html) on December 8, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wilonsky, Robert. ["Forty Years Ago, A Man Had a Plan for Downtown Dallas"](http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/forty-years-ago-a-man-had-a-plan-for-downtown-dallas-7127397). *The Dallas Observer*. Retrieved December 19, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Healy, Patrick O'Gilfoil (3 August 2005). ["Rethinking Skyways and Tunnels"](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/03/realestate/rethinking-skyways-and-tunnels.html). *The New York Times*. August 3, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2015. ## External links - [Official Website](http://dallaspedestriannetwork.info/) - [Map of Pedestrian System on Google Maps](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) - [Photos of Pedestrian Network](https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfwcre8tive/albums/72157622055346282/) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818073906/http://id.erudit.org/revue/uhr/2009/v37/n2/029574ar.pdf](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 - [The Dallas Morning News, "Walking the Underground Tunnel"](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) v t e Downtown Dallas Only items within the "Loop" are listed. Areas Arts District City Center District Convention Center District Farmers Market District Harwood Historic District Government District Main Street District Reunion District West End Historic District Dallas Downtown Historic District Education Primary and secondary schools Dallas ISD Washington PVA Dallas HS (closed) Lassiter ECHS Pegasus of Liberal Arts & Sciences Other education Dallas County Community College District (El Centro College) Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Universities Center at Dallas University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law Skyscrapers and complexes 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn) 1700 Pacific 2100 Ross Avenue Adolphus Hotel Bank of America Plaza Bryan Tower Chase Tower Comerica Bank Tower Corrigan Tower Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo) Davis Building Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Fountain Place Hyatt Regency Dallas The Joule Hotel Kirby Building KPMG Centre Magnolia Hotel Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn) Mercantile Continental Building Mercantile National Bank Building Museum Tower Omni Dallas Hotel One Arts Plaza One Dallas Center One Main Place (Westin Hotel) Pacific Place Plaza of the Americas Renaissance Tower Republic Center Reunion Tower Ross Tower Salazar Center Santa Fe Terminal Complex Sheraton Dallas Hotel Statler Hotel & Residences Thanksgiving Tower Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas) Trammell Crow Center Crow Museum of Asian Art Whitacre Tower Parks Civic Garden Park Dealey Plaza Ferris Plaza Main Street Garden Park Pegasus Plaza Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park Thanks-Giving Square Klyde Warren Park Religious buildings Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe Fellowship Church First Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Dallas First United Methodist Church St. Jude Chapel St. Paul United Methodist Church Other landmarks AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Annette Strauss Square Butler Brothers Building Citywalk@Akard Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse Dallas City Hall Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) Dawson State Jail (closed) Dallas Farmers Market Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Dallas Municipal Building Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Pedestrian Network Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Dallas World Aquarium Dal-Tex Building Dealey Plaza Fairmont Hotel Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Majestic Theatre Manor House Apartments Mayflower Building Moody Performance Hall Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Nasher Sculpture Center Neiman Marcus Building Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News) Pioneer Plaza Pioneer Park Cemetery Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building) Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Thanks-Giving Square Titche–Goettinger Building Wilson Building Transportation Dallas CBD Vertiport DART rail stations Akard Convention Center Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Union Station West End/West Transfer Center Streetcar services M-Line Trolley Dallas Streetcar Crime JFK assassination 2016 shooting of police officers 2019 courthouse shooting First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas This Dallas, Texas-related article is a stub. 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