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History of Dallas (1975–1985)

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228: 567: 377: 866: 243:, Dallas was beginning to benefit from a burgeoning technology boom (driven by the growing computer and telecom industries), while continuing to be a center of banking and business. In 1983, voters in Dallas and area cities approved the creation of 854: 1070: 275:(then InterFirst Plaza) opened as the tallest building in Dallas. From the mid-to-late 1980s, many banks, especially in Dallas, collapsed during the 203: 1080: 608: 1157: 1054: 991: 334: 136: 975: 556: 268: 235:
In the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s, Dallas underwent the building boom which produced a distinctive contemporary profile for the
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area and a prominent skyline, influenced by nationally acclaimed architects. By the 1980s, when the oil industry mostly relocated to
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Every structure shown here was built during this period, along with dozens of others
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was held in Dallas. In 1985, at the peak of the real estate boom, the 72-story
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Dallas
History
Timeline
Territorial
Settlement
Early existence
Industrial period
Oil period
Mid-century
Real estate boom
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Modern period
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