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Dealey Plaza is a park completed in 1939 on the west edge of downtown Dallas where three streets converge (Main Street, Elm Street, and Commerce Street) to pass under a railroad bridge. The plaza is named for George Bannerman Dealey 1859– 1946), publisher of the Dallas Morning News and the man who had campaigned for the area's revitalization. Many believe the monuments outlining the plaza are there to honor President John F. Kennedy, but they actually honor previous prominent Dallas residents, and predate President Kennedy's visit by many years. The actual Dallas monument to Kennedy, in the form of a cenotaph, is located several blocks away.
Dealey Plaza is bounded on the south, east, and north sides by 100'+ tall buildings. One of those buildings is the Texas School Book DepositoryThe Texas School Book Depository is the former name of a six-floor building located on Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. Its address is 411 Elm Street and it is on the corner of Elm and Houston Street. In 1963, the building, originally constructed i building, from where the Warren CommissionThe President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy known unofficially as The Warren Commission was established by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of the U. President John F. Kennedy on November 29, 1963. The Commission theory concluded that Lee Harvey OswaldLee Harvey Oswald ( October 18, 1939 November 24, 1963) was the assassin of U. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, according to the conclusions of two government investigations into the assassination. Critics of the official accounts have clai, alone, fired a rifleA rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. A rifled barrel incorporates two or more helical grooves in its bore which impart a spin upon the projectile (usually a bullet) as it travels down the barrel. The angular momentum thereby imparted to the that killed the president, a
grassy knoll, from where the House Select Committee on AssassinationsHouse of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations was established in 1976 to investigate the John F. Kennedy assassination and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. The Committee investigated until 1978, and in 1979 issued its final rep theory concluded that Oswald and a second gunman also fired at President Kennedy, and the triple overpass railroad bridge on the plaza west perimeter, under which the motorcade raced after the shots were fired.Today the plaza is typically filled with tourists visiting the assassination site and the Sixth Floor Museum that now occupies the top floor of the School Book Depository. Since 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra, some 4-million-plus people have visited Dealey Plaza.
One of the better-scaled maps of Dealey Plaza showing witnesses' locations and observations, suspected assassins' locations, evidentiary artifacts, and other valuable information can be found here.
After the assassination, city leaders decreed that Dealey Plaza and the surrounding buildings would be maintained in their 1963 condition to preserve the area in honor of the fallen president. The United States government has declared Dealey Plaza a national, protected historical landmark . Therefore, nothing has been torn down or rebuilt in the immediate area. (A small plaque commemorating the assassination exists in the plaza.)
Visitors to Dealey Plaza today will see street lights and street signs that were in use in 1963 (though some have been moved to different locations and others removed entirely) and buildings immediately surrounding the plaza, which have not been changed since 1963 (presenting a stark contrast to the ultra-modern Dallas skyline that rises around it).
Over the last 40+ years, Elm Street has been built up higher by resurfacing; street lanes' stripes have been relocated; sidewalk lamp posts have been moved and added; trees, bushes and hedges have grown; and some traffic sign locations have been changed, relocated or removed. In late 2003, the city of Dallas approved construction project plans to restore Dealey Plaza to its exact appearance on November 22, 1963. As of early 2004, the funds to do so had been approved.
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