Thanksgiving Tower
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Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...
, adjacent to Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square is a public-private complex in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas . Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas, it was dedicated in 1976; at the time it was the first public-private partnership of its kind in Dallas...
, the park which the building takes its name. The building opened in 1982 rises to a height of 645 feet (197 m) and at its completion in 1982, was the second tallest building in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. It surpassed Elm Place
Elm Place
Elm Place, formerly First National Bank Tower, is a skyscraper located in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas and adjacent to DART's Akard Station. The high-rise is and 52 stories tall, making it the tenth tallest building in Dallas...
and a year later, 1700 Pacific
1700 Pacific
1700 Pacific is a skyscraper located at 1700 Pacific Avenue in the City Center District of Dallas, Texas. The building rises 655 feet and contains 50 floors of office space. It is the seventh tallest building in the city, at 655 feet and has fifty floors...
became the second tallest. Currently, Thanksgiving Tower is the 8th-tallest building in the city. It is connected to the Dallas Pedestrian Network
Dallas Pedestrian Network
The Dallas Pedestrian Network is a system of grade-separated walkways covering thirty-six city blocks of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA. The system connects buildings, garages and parks through underground tunnels and above-ground skybridges...
and the Bullington Truck Terminal.
Thanksgiving Tower is owned and managed by Younan Properties, Inc.and it was designed by the architecture firm HKS Arquitectos.