Thanks-Giving Square

Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square
	Thanks-Giving Square Mosaic
Type	Private Park and Public Facility
Location	Dallas, Texas, US
Coordinates	32°46′58″N 96°47′54″W / 32.78269°N 96.79846°W
Created	1976
Operated by	The Thanks-Giving Foundation
Open	All year
Website	www.thanksgiving.org

Thanks-Giving Square is a private park and public facility anchoring the Thanksgiving Commercial Center district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. Dedicated in 1976, the complex consists of three components: a landscaped garden and non-denominational chapel building, a major section of the underground pedestrian network, and the Bullington Truck Terminal. It was the first public-private partnership of its kind in Dallas.^{[citation needed]}

After a lengthy global search, Peter Stewart, a Dallas businessman and one of the founders of the Thanks-Giving Foundation, chose architect Philip Johnson to design the project.^[1]

A symbolic structure was the key part of the program for the square, and it became pretty obvious soon that some of these top architects didn't have the background or feeling for the building that I envisaged would carry great meaning for another two hundred years.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Welch, Frank D. (2000). Philip Johnson & Texas. University of Texas Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-292-79134-3.

[:0-1] Welch, Frank D. (2000). Philip Johnson & Texas. University of Texas Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-292-79134-3.

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