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A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes maps and tables showing the existing land uses in Dallas as well as descriptions for each type of land use; one of the maps shows the buildings erected from 1935 to 1939, the other map shows buildings erected from 1940 to 1943. Other sections discuss the existing zone ordinance and the requirements of future land use.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 6: Transportation Facilities, Rail-Air-Highways-Water

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report is broken up into four sections: "Railroad Transportation; Air Transportation; Highway Transportation; Water Transportation," and discusses the existing conditions of each, and proposed plans to improve the transportation system. Also included are maps and a table showing transportation facilities and the "[v]olume and Direction of Passenger and Freight Train … more
Date: July 1944
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[South Lawn of Turtle Creek Park]

Description: Photograph of the aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee Park. The photograph focuses on the southern edges of the park at the intersection of Turtle Creek Blvd and N. Hall Street. A bronze statue of Robert E. Lee. riding horse is atop a stone plinth and concrete stage. Sidewalk connects the area around the statue to a multi-use single story building with steps leading up to a five (5) column entrance. Large green trees partially obscure the grounds of the park and the… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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