CITY HALL TOUR:

The Dallas City Hall is a nine-story, 691,000-square-foot inverted pyramid set on a seven-acre plaza. Renowned architect I.M. Pei designed City Hall and its plaza. His other well-known works include the Grand Louvre in Paris. His Dallas commissions include the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Fountain Place and Energy Plaza. City Hall plaza is home to many outdoor events as well as The Dallas Piece, a monumental sculpture by Henry Moore. Also in this part of town are the old Federal Reserve Bank, the Convention Center, Pioneer Park Cemetery and the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Dallas’ main library has a copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed on July 4, 1776. View it in the Declaration of Independence Room on the seventh floor, a floor that also houses a priceless First Folio of Shakespeare – the first complete edition of Shakespeare’s plays, printed in 1623.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

16 The Dallas Piece by Henry Moore
17 Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive by Robert Summers
18 Textured Screen by Harry Bertoia (inside library)
19 Square Forms with Circle by Barbara Hepworth (inside library)