Dallas/Fort Worth:
Information of Interest

As of 2005, U.S. Census estimates put Dallas at a population of 1,213,825.
The city is the main cultural and economic center of the 12-county Dallas–
Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area—at over 5.8 million people, it is
the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Dallas is one of 11
U.S. world-class cities, as ranked by the Globalization and World Cities
Study Group & Network.[2]

Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city on
February 2, 1856. The city is known globally as a center for
telecommunications, computer technology, banking, and transportation. It
is the core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States and
lacks any navigable link to the sea—

Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-
largest in the United States. The city is also large in geographic area as it
covers almost 300 square miles and is the county seat of Tarrant
County—the 18th most populous county in the country.

As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Fort Worth population was 534,694 (though a
2005 Census estimate placed the population at 624,067). The city is the
second-largest cultural and economic center of the Dallas–Fort Worth–
Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as Dallas/Fort Worth
Metroplex), which is the largest metropolitan area in Texas as well as the
entire South, and the fourth-largest in the United States with a population
of 5.7 million in 12 counties.
  • World-class dining
  • World-class shopping
  • Hiking and bike trails
  • DFW Airport
  • Home of the Dallas Cowboys, Texas
    Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars.
Things to See and Do in Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex.

Texas Rangers MLB                      Dallas Cowboys NFL

Dallas Mavericks NBA                   Dallas Stars NHL   

Amon Carter Art Museum            Fort Worth Symphony

Kimball Art Museum                      Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet

Bass Performance Hall                Texas Motor Speedway        

Dallas Zoo                                        Fort Worth Zoo

Meyerson Symphony Ctr              D/ FW  On-Line Movie Search

Sundance Square                          Deep Ellum

Dallas West End                             Fort Worth Stockyards   

D/FW Weather                                On-line maps of D/FW

Dallas Morning News                    Fort Worth Star Telegram



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Fort Worth Cultural district
  • The Modern (formerly the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), founded in 1892, is the oldest art museum in Texas. Its permanent
    collection consists of some 2,600 works of post-war art. In 2002, the museum moved into a new home designed by Japanese
    architect Tadao Ando.

  • The Kimbell Art Museum houses works from antiquity to the 20th century. Artists represented in its holdings include Caravaggio,
    Fra Angelico, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, El Greco, and Rembrandt. The museum's home was designed by American architect
    Louis Kahn.

  • The Amon Carter Museum focuses on 19th and 20th century American artists. It houses an extensive collection of works by
    Western artists Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, as well as an impressive collection of 30,000 exhibition-quality
    photographs. It also includes works by Alexander Calder, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia
    O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, and Alfred Stieglitz. American architect Philip Johnson designed the museum's home, including its
    expansion.

  • The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History - One of the largest Science and History Museums in the Southwest. It includes the
    Noble Planetarium and the Omni Theater.

  • Will Rogers Memorial Center - a multi-purpose entertainment complex and world-class equestrian center housed under 45 acres
    of roof spread over 85 acres in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural District. Each year approximately 800,000 people attend the
    three week event known as the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, formerly called the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and
    Rodeo.

  • Casa Mañana - The nation's first theater designed for musicals "in the round."

  • Fort Worth Zoo - Ranked one of the top 10 best zoos in the United States.
  • Fort Worth Botanic Garden - The oldest botanic garden in Texas, with 21 specialty gardens and over 2,500 species of plants.
  • Fort Worth Japanese Garden
  • Log Cabin Village - A collection of authentic Texas log cabins dating from the 1850s.
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