In Texas, where everything is bigger and better, Dallas is no different. Known to locals as ""the big D"", Dallas is a big city in the world of business, especially banking, finance, and oil, with soaring skyscrapers dominating the skyline. The city is a sprawling metropolis that reaches all the way to Fort Worth.
Dallas
Many people come to Dallas for business or a convention and are delighted to find that Dallas has top-notch hotels and restaurants, shopping malls, and a thriving nightlife. Sports are a big source of entertainment with several professional sports teams located in the Dallas area. And with all that oil and cattle money finding a happy home here, it is no wonder the arts have a strong backing.
Dallas Neighborhoods
Dallas is a metropolitan city made up of many smaller towns and neighborhoods and is spread out over a large area. Many of the outer suburbs are mainly residential. The neighborhoods listed below have the most interest for visitors with hotels, restaurants, and entertainment.
Deep Ellum
Deep Ellum was a haven for musicians in the 1920's and up until I-75 was built in the 1940's, cutting it off from the rest of the downtown area. In recent years, Deep Ellum has been revitalized and is once again become a hotspot for musicians and artists. Deep Ellum has music, dance clubs, art galleries, restaurants and more.
Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas is the business center of the city and there are a number of hotels downtown to accommodate businessmen and women. The main entertainment area downtown is the West End Historic District, which has popular restaurants, nightclubs, retail shops, and a movie theater.
Greenville Avenue
Greenville Avenue is the favorite nightspot of Dallas with hopping nightclubs, trendy bars, and eclectic retail shops.
North Dallas
North Dallas lies north of downtown and into the northern suburbs and has some of the best shopping malls in Dallas.
UPTOWN DALLAS
Uptown Dallas, including Oak Lawn and Turtle Creek, is an upscale area of town and has some of the finest hotels, chic restaurants, art galleries, and shopping.
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Water reached up to 5 feet high in some homes laying waste to belongings. Quilts and artwork hung dripping and ruined on walls, and couches and furniture lay overturned on sodden, muddy floors.
An animal control officer has been pulled off the streets after Dallas city officials concluded he acted inappropriately when he tried to force a dog with shattered legs to stand up and walk, and then dragged it to an animal control vehicle.
Dipping down from an early-evening thunderstorm, a tornado sliced through the center of Dallas on Wednesday, galloping southwest to northeast, its passage marked by a rolling plume of dust and the explosive flash of exploding electrical transformers.
At least four tornadoes spawned by Tropical Depression Hermine touched down in and around Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday evening, sending up debris and swirling around buildings.
Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. WFAA Posted on September 8, 2010 at 7:07 PM First pictures of an industrial building that is partially collapsed after the tornado struck at Irving Boulevard and Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
City Hall reporters Rudolph Bush and Steve Thompson provide political junkies with in-depth features, breaking news and off-beat tidbits through lively coverage of Dallas government.
The quintessential postcrash luxury restaurant might well be Fearing's, at the Dallas Ritz-Carlton. From its local-sourced oak paneling to its haute-casual menu mentality, it's the zeitgeist restaurant par excellence.
For months Theresa O'Donnell, director of the city's Sustainable Development and Construction department, has been meeting with contractors and developers about how to loosen up the permit-granting, inspection-making logjam caused in recent months by departmental layoffs and other budget-busters. Says O'Donnell, TEXO , which reps most of the major ...
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