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ArchiTexas <br /> <br />Project Profile <br /> <br />Restoration of the Esplanade, <br />Automobile and Centennial Buildings at Fair Park <br />State Fair Grounds <br />Dallas, Texas <br /> <br />Client <br />City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department <br />The Esplanade, flanked by the Automobile and Centennial Buildings, is the centerpiece of Fair Park, a <br />National Historic Landmark. Fair Park is significant as the only surviving World Exposition site ia the United <br />States with the largest number of surviving Art Deco Building. The Esplanade, Automobile and Centennial <br />Buildings were constructed as part of the 1936 Texas Centennial and World Exposition and will be restored <br />by the City of Dallas with ISTEA funding. An integral feature of the Buildings are the sculpture, by Lawrence <br />Tenney Stevens, and exterior murals by Carlo Ciampaglia and Pierre Bourdelle which will be conserved as <br />part of the project. The two exhibition buildings, totaling over 200,000 square feet, will be fully upgraded <br />on the interior for continued use by the City of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas. The Esplanade fountain, <br />site features such as benches, signage, paving and landscaping, and the dramatic colored lighting scheme will <br />also be restored. Once the restoration work is complete, a significant portion of the Fair park complex will <br />once again exhibit the unity of design and the monumentality of the original Exposition. The project is <br />scheduled for completion in August of 1999. <br /> <br /> <br />