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An Apollonaut travel guide
A skyline from the west.
An introduction to the west side of downtown Dallas, where Reunion Tower rises beside the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
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Read the city from above
Reunion Tower stands on Reunion Boulevard at the western edge of downtown. From the GeO-Deck, the towers of downtown rise to the east, with the West End and Dealey Plaza close by.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Notice how the rail lines and highways shape the edge of downtown, and how older brick buildings sit among glass towers.
Concrete, aluminium and light
The tower’s four concrete shafts carry its circular floors, and the geodesic dome above them is made of aluminium struts. At night its lights turn the frame into a sphere of colour.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was made, repaired and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who poured the concrete or fixed the struts, or the conditions in which they worked.
A late-1970s chapter
Reunion Tower shows Dallas at the end of the 1970s, when the Reunion district was developed with a hotel and a tower on the edge of downtown.
Look at the meeting of the two: a hotel district at street level and one of the city’s best-known viewpoints above it.
Make room for context
Pair this city reading with the tower’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places, commissions their restoration or represents their makers.
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Sources & further reading
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