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((About|the physical city hall structure in Dallas, Texas|city halls in other cities named Dallas|Dallas (disambiguation)|municipal government of Dallas, Texas|Law and government of Dallas))
((Infobox building
| name             = Dallas City Hall
| image            = Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas LCCN2015630778.tif
| caption          = Dallas City Hall
| building_type    = Municipal Government
| architectural_style = [[modern architecture|Modern]]
| structural_system = 
| location         = 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, TX 75201
| coordinates      = ((Coord|32.7762360|-96.7968380|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title))
| completion_date  = ((Start date|1978))
| demolition_date  = 
| height           = 
| floor_count      = 7
| main_contractor  = [[Robert E. McKee|Robert E. McKee, Inc.]]
| architect        = ((Plainlist|
* [[I.M. Pei]]
* Theodore Musho
))
| structural_engineer = 
| services_engineer = 
| civil_engineer   = 
| other_designers  = 
| quantity_surveyor = 
| awards           = 1979 Excellence Award, American Consulting Engineers Council
))

'''Dallas City Hall''' is the seat of municipal government of the city of [[Dallas, Texas]], United States. It is located at 1500 Marilla Street in the [[Government District, Dallas|Government District]] of [[downtown Dallas]]. The current building, the city's fifth city hall, was completed in 1978 and replaced the [[Dallas Municipal Building]].

==History==
[[Image:DallasMunicipalCenterPlan1946.jpg|thumb|left|City plans from 1946 called for a grand [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] municipal center in Downtown Dallas]]

The City of Dallas' idea for a centralized municipal center began when city planning consultants Harland Bartholomew & Associates presented their ideas in 1944. The idea was to relocate from the current [[Dallas Municipal Building]] to a grand [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] complex of city and federal offices, a convention center and cultural facilities. Two sites downtown were possible contenders: one north centered on Federal Street and Akard, and one south centered on Young Street.((fact|date=August 2023))

Plans proceeded until cost estimates shocked city leaders and the plan was shelved, although land at the southern site was acquired by the city for future use.((fact|date=August 2023))

The 1963 [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination of President John F. Kennedy]] turned the world against the city, as Dallas became known as the "City of Hate".<ref>((citation|title=Marking Kennedy Assassination, Dallas Still On 'Eggshells'|date=November 21, 2013|work=[[All Things Considered]]|author= Wade Goodwyn|author-link= Wade Goodwyn|publisher=NPR|quote=In the 1960s — after the president's murder — Dallas became known around the world as "The City of Hate." And it was a hotbed of right-wing politics, a magnet for the extremes of the conservative movement at the time.|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/11/21/246580954/marking-kennedy-assassination-dallas-still-on-egg-shells))</ref> Dallas Mayor [[J. Erik Jonsson|Erik Jonsson]] made it a priority to reinvent the city's image, and the "Goals for Dallas" program was enacted to accomplish this. One of the goals, Design of the city, was summarized by the statement, "We demand a city of beauty and functional fitness that embraces the quality of life for all its people."<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0729/building_2-1.html|title=ArchitectureWeek - Building - Engineering a Pei Cantilever - Dallas City Hall - 2009.0729|access-date=2009-08-06|archive-date=2020-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221044512/http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0729/building_2-1.html|url-status=dead))</ref> This was the start of the movement to create a new modern City Hall and municipal center.((fact|date=August 2023))

Planning for the Dallas Municipal Center commenced in 1964 when the Dallas City Council appointed a Citizen's City Hall Site Committee to select an appropriate location for new municipal administration offices.<ref name="dallascityhall.com">((Cite web |url=http://www.dallascityhall.com/html/dallas_city_hall.html |title=City Facilities - Dallas City Hall |access-date=2009-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112032917/http://www.dallascityhall.com/html/dallas_city_hall.html |archive-date=2015-01-12 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The mayor was closely involved with the project, and a committee of prominent citizens settled on [[I.M. Pei]] to design the new facility.((fact|date=August 2023))

Construction began on June 26, 1972, under the direction of contractor [[Robert E. McKee]] and Pei. The project was completed in three phases. The City accepted the garage parking areas in November 1974; the Park Plaza in May 1976; and the building in December 1977. The cost of design and construction of the building, the Park Plaza and the garage was over $70 million. Controversies arose over cost overruns (the original estimated cost was $42.2 million) and aesthetic issues (was the building too avant-garde?), though most problems were addressed and work moved on to completion.<ref name="dallascityhall.com"/>

The first Dallas City Council meeting was held in the building's City Council Chamber on February 1, 1978, and the entire facility was formally opened and dedicated on March 12, 1978.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://texasarchive.org/2010_01092|title=Dallas City Hall - An Architect's View (1978)|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|access-date=November 19, 2019))</ref>

==Design==
<blockquote>When you do a city hall, it has to convey an image of the people, and this had to represent the people of Dallas ... The people I met &ndash; rich and poor, powerful and not so powerful &ndash; were all very proud of their city. They felt that Dallas was the greatest city there was, and I could not disappoint them.
&ndash; I.M. Pei<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/dallascityhall/index.htm|title = Dallas City Hall by I.M. Pei))</ref>
</blockquote>

[[I.M. Pei]]'s [[modern architecture|modernist]] inverted [[pyramid]] design is a result of space requirements from city government. Public areas and citizen services required much less space than offices that ran the government and overhanging the upper floors allowed them to be larger than the public spaces below. The building slopes at a 34° angle, with each of the 7 above-grade floors being 9½ feet wider than the one below. This inclined façade interacts with the buildings it faces downtown and provides protection from the weather and Texas sun.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/dallas/cityhall/pei.html|title = Images of the Dallas City Hall by I. M. Pei))</ref>

The foundation and basement levels are considerably wider than the apparent footprint of the structure, extending out beneath the inclined facade. The [[cantilever]]ed roof is ((convert|200|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us)) wide, the ground floor is ((convert|126|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us)) wide, and the basement ((convert|230|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us)) wide.<ref name="architectureweek.com">((Cite web|url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0729/building_2-2.html|title = ArchitectureWeek - Building - Engineering a Pei Cantilever - Dallas City Hall - 2009.0729))</ref>
When Mayor Jonsson reacted to the apparent top-heaviness of the building's shape, 3 cylindrical pillars that appear to hold up the structure were created. These contain stairwells that had originally been concealed within the design. These pillars only provide visual support and do not bear the load of the building.<ref name="architectureweek.com"/>

Pei also persuaded the city to acquire an additional 6 acres in front of the building as a plaza and buffer zone for his grand public structure. A 1,325 car parking garage was built beneath the plaza, and the extra income helped supplement the funding of the building.((fact|date=August 2023))

A buff-colored concrete was chosen for the main building material; its color resembled local earth tones. Since concrete was both the primary structural and finish material, close attention was paid to every aspect of its mix and placement.<ref name="architectureweek.com"/>

The design of Dallas City Hall inspired the [[J. Erik Jonsson Central Library]] building located across the street &ndash; whereas the upper floors of City Hall are oriented ''toward'' Marilla Street, the upper floors of the Central Library are oriented ''away from'' Marilla (and, in a form of symmetry, away from City Hall).((fact|date=August 2023))

The building features in the ''[[RoboCop]]'' movies of the 1980s and 1990s, as the Headquarters of the OCP company. Special effects were employed to make the building appear taller than it is.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://texaspopculture.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/robocop-visits-city-hall.html|title = Texas Pop Culture: Robocop Visits City Hall|date = 17 March 2013))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.dallasfilmcommission.com/robocop-dallas-locations-then-now/ |title=ROBOCOP Dallas Locations – Then & Now ((!)) Dallas Film Commission |website=www.dallasfilmcommission.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124044551/http://www.dallasfilmcommission.com/robocop-dallas-locations-then-now |archive-date=2014-11-24))</ref>

==Facilities==
*City Hall contained 1,400 workstations when it opened in 1978. It had few floor-to-ceiling walls, using instead five-, six-, and seven-foot-high partitions to create separate offices. The absence of walls allowed employees and visitors to have window views from all areas.
*The second floor of Dallas City Hall is referred to as the Great Court because of its ((convert|250|ft|m|adj=on)) length and the uninterrupted height to the vaulted ceiling approximately ((convert|100|ft|m)) above.((fact|date=August 2023))
*The Park Plaza is two blocks long and one block wide and is bounded by Young, Ervay, Marilla and Akard streets. The Plaza includes a ((convert|180|ft|m|adj=on))-diameter reflecting pool, a variable-height fountain, park benches and three distinctive ((convert|84|ft|m|adj=on))-high flagpoles. The Plaza is landscaped with trees native to Texas: live oaks and red oaks. The reflective pool contains large floating sculptures designed by artist [[Marta Pan]].((fact|date=August 2023))
*A ((convert|16|ft|m|adj=on))-high by ((convert|24|ft|m|adj=on))-wide, three-piece sculpture titled "The Dallas Piece" was designed by [[Henry Moore]] for the plaza and resembles vertebrae.((fact|date=August 2023))
*A state-of-the-art Conference Center that includes a 156-seat auditorium and three conference rooms was recently ((when|date=May 2019))added to Dallas City Hall.((fact|date=August 2023))
*A tunnel and station for future rail transit was constructed in the third level basement beneath the parking garage and Marilla Street. This tunnel has remained unused but has been considered for [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART's]] second light rail route through downtown Dallas.((fact|date=August 2023))

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:ProtestMarchDallasCityHall.jpg | City Hall Plaza is regularly used for marches and protests((Citation needed|date=August 2010))
File:DallasCityHall_view.jpg | View from City Hall toward downtown
File:DallasCityHallA.jpg | Side view of City Hall
File:DallasCityHallInterior.jpg | Interior corridors of City Hall
File:View of Dallas City Hall from Reunion Tower August 2015 14.jpg | View of City Hall from [[Reunion Tower]]
</gallery>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Dallas City Hall))
((Portal|Architecture))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060427005218/http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/cityhall.htm Dallasarchitecture.info - Dallas City Hall]
* [http://www.dallascityhall.com Dallascityhall.com - Official City of Dallas website]
* [http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0729/building_2-1.html Architecture Week: "Engineering a Pei Cantilever — Dallas City Hall"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221044512/http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0729/building_2-1.html |date=2020-02-21 ))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304031642/http://pcfandp.com/a/p/6602/s.html Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]
* [http://www.dallasnews.com/cityhallblog ''Dallas Morning News'': City Hall Blog] — ''by Dave Levinthal and Rudolph Bush''.

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