Downtown Dallas
| Dallas Central Business District | |
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| Central Business District and residential area |
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| Downtown Dallas | |
Downtown Dallas nightview
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| Nickname(s): Big "D" | |
 Location in Dallas |
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| Coordinates: 32°46′52″N 96°47′56″W / 32.781°N 96.799°WCoordinates: 32°46′52″N 96°47′56″W / 32.781°N 96.799°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Texas
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| Counties |
 Dallas
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| City |
 Dallas
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| Area | |
| • Total | 3.63 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3.63 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) 0% |
| Elevation | 130 m (440 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,074 |
| • Density | 1,673/km2 (4,339/sq mi) |
| ZIP code | 75201, 75202, 75270 |
| Area code(s) | 214, 469, 972 |
| Website | www |
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District (CBD) 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 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of I-45 and the southern terminus of US 75 (Central Expressway), on the west by I-35E, on the south by I-30, and on the north by Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway). The square miles, population and density figures in the adjacent table represent the data for this traditional definition.
However, the strong organic growth of Downtown Dallas since the early 2000s and continuing into the present has now resulted in Downtown Dallas, Inc.'s expansion of the term "Downtown" to include the explosive growth occurring immediately north of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway in the Victory Park and Uptown/Turtle Creek Districts as well as past Central Expressway to the east in the Deep Ellum and Bryan Place Districts, past Interstate 30 to the south with the Cedars District, and jumping over Interstate 35E to the west to include the Design District and Lower Oak Lawn. In total there are 15 districts that now form the definition of "Downtown".
In 2013 "Downtown Dallas" is now viewed as an interconnected grouping of dense and urban center city districts, that while unique in their own right, also share strong urban linkages to each other and collectively participate in their role as Downtown Dallas.
Downtown Dallas achieved notoriety on November 22, 1963, with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Both President Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally (who survived) were shot as their motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in what is now the West End Historic District. Part of the former Texas School Book Depository is now the Sixth Floor Museum, with exhibits about Kennedy and the assassination. Nearby is the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial.
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