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24-711: The team's founding owners, unable to agree on a name for the franchise during an early organizational meeting at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel , named it for the Chaparral Club in which they were meeting at. The primary owner, Robert Folsom, was later the mayor of the City of Dallas. Minority owner, William Cothrum, was later Deputy Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Dallas. The team drew poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. They were lucky to attract crowds in

48-464: A structural steel frame resulting in a lighter and energy efficient building. The banking lobby featured new techniques in engineering to create a column-free lobby where upper floors had to be hung from above. The lobby was finished with exquisite marble, inlaid wood and 3,000 square feet (280 m ) of pure gold leaf. Also incorporated within the building were innovations such as underground drive-through banking and valet parking. The elevators inside

72-557: A year later, the building was surpassed by Elm Place as the tallest building in Dallas. Republic Center Tower III , an 8-story building with a Dallas Pedestrian Network retail concourse below, was added in 1980. It replaced the historic 20-story Medical Arts Building which was razed in 1978. With the completion of the third phase, the Republic Center consisted of an entire city block bounded by Ervay, Bryan, St. Paul and Pacific Streets. In 1985 RepublicBank Corp., now one of

96-576: Is a mixed-use complex at 300 N. Ervay Street and 325 N. St. Paul Street in the City Center District of downtown Dallas , Texas ( USA ), adjacent to Thanks-giving Square . The complex is located diagonally across the street from DART 's St. Paul Station , which serves its Blue , Red , Orange , and Green light rail lines. It also contains part of the Dallas Pedestrian Network , with shops and restaurants in

120-464: Is a prime example of mid century modern skyscraper design. The buildings are clad in interlocking aluminum plates which incorporate Republic National Bank's four-pointed star symbol. The building was designed by architects Harrison & Abramovitz , who in 1953 had just completed the thirty story Alcoa Building in Pittsburgh . The design of Republic Center integrated the use of aluminum with

144-509: Is the largest and second tallest hotel in Dallas and Texas with 1,840 guest rooms and 260,000 sq ft (24,000 m ) of meeting space. It has been host to pop culture conventions such as Project A-Kon and TwiCon . The complex was originally designed by Welton Becket & Associates from Los Angeles for the Southland Life Insurance Company. When groundbreaking for the buildings took place in 1955 it

168-526: The Adam's Mark Dallas . The 1844-room hotel opened in October 1998. DART's adjacent light rail line and Pearl Station were major factors in converting the complex into a first-rate convention facility. A parking garage and 3-story convention building were constructed on an adjoining block to the southwest, and the building's facade of glass mosaics was painted gray during the building's conversion. In 2007,

192-557: The Republic National Bank Building and became from 1959 to 1964 the tallest in the city and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River . Its height was later surpassed in the city by Republic Center Tower II . For many years after the building's opening, the most exclusive restaurant in downtown Dallas was the Chaparral Club on the 37th floor, and an observation deck occupied the top of

216-556: The 28 story 353-foot (108 m) south tower, the 510-room Sheraton-Dallas Hotel . Celebrities Johnny Weissmuller and June Lockhart appeared at the dedication ceremony in 1959. In early 1981, the 31 story (448 ft) north Skyway Tower was added as additional office space. All three buildings are rectangular slab structures resting on a common base. The facade was covered with curtain walls of glass and 1,000+ spandrel panels of light weight precast concrete faced with blue Italian glass mosaic tiles. The Southland Life Building overtook

240-562: The 602 ft (183 m) tall Republic National Bank Building became the tallest building in Dallas and west of the Mississippi River at its completion in 1954. The skyscraper included an elaborate banking pavilion that stretched to Pacific Avenue. It remained the tallest building on the Dallas skyline until it was surpassed by the First National Bank Tower in 1965. As the bank expanded, in 1964 it sought to reclaim

264-757: The Adam's Mark Dallas was among hotels in the chain sold to Oxford Lodging Group who re-branded it as a Sheraton, returning the complex to the hotel's original name from nearly fifty years before, the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. A $ 90 million project began in 2009 to renovate guestrooms, public spaces, and the convention center. In summer 2018, the hotel launched another renovation which added a rooftop garden, new entrance and redesigns of public spaces, meeting and guest rooms. The work finished in November 2019. Republic Center Tower II Republic Center

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288-472: The board for Republic National Bank from 1945 to 1965, are set in bronze at the Ervay Street entrance: "This building is dedicated to the principle that no institution can long endure unless it serves faithfully and unselfishly its country, its state and community." Gables Republic Tower is 36-stories and has a roof height of 452 feet (138 m), but when its 150-foot (46 m) spire is included,

312-452: The complex speed at a rate of 1,400 feet (430 m) a minute, making them among the fastest in the nation. At the time of completion, the spire atop Gables Republic Tower (an abstraction of the four-pointed star and referred to as the "rocket") contained a rotating beacon of light. This was later turned off due to taller surrounding buildings, but today the spire is floodlit from below. The following words by Karl Hoblitzelle , chairman of

336-437: The entire 1.5 million-square-foot complex from New York Life , as well as the entire block across the street, for a total of $ 40 million. At a further cost of $ 170 million, HBE redeveloped all three towers into one large hotel and built a convention center on the adjacent block, linked by skybridges. The Harvey Hotel tower remained open throughout the work. HBE placed the finished hotel within their Adam's Mark chain, naming it

360-549: The form of the expansion Mavericks , who began play in the 1980-81 season . Notes: Note: W = wins, L = losses, % = win–loss % Sheraton Dallas Hotel The Sheraton Dallas Hotel , formerly the Adam's Mark Hotel and originally the Southland Center , is a complex of International Style skyscrapers located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas , Texas . The hotel

384-734: The hundreds. During the 1970–71 season, the team became the Texas Chaparrals and an attempt was made to make the team a regional one, playing games in Fort Worth , at the Tarrant County Coliseum , as well as Lubbock , at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum , but this proved a failure and the team returned full-time to Dallas in time for the 1971–72 season, splitting their games at Moody Coliseum and Dallas Convention Center Arena . After missing

408-458: The largest banks in the Southwest, announced plans to construct a 60-story, 1,400,000-square-foot (130,000 m ) building across the street on land now designated for Pacific Plaza Park . Plans were terminated in 1987 when rival InterFirst Corp. acquired the company, and Republic Center lost most of its tenants during the ensuing savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. The building complex

432-571: The lower levels of the building and is connected to the Bullington Truck Terminal . The Republic National Bank Building (later known as Republic Center Tower I and now Gables Republic Tower ) was constructed as a 36-story skyscraper for the headquarters of Republic National Bank, which had previously been located at the Davis Building . Seeking to build higher than their rival's Mercantile National Bank Building ,

456-407: The playoffs for the first time in their existence in the 1972–73 season, the team was put up for sale. After no credible offers surfaced, the team's original owners leased it to a group of 35 San Antonio businessmen, led by Angelo Drossos and Red McCombs . The deal included a three-year option to buy the team outright, after which it would revert to the Dallas group. The Drossos-McCombs group moved

480-500: The tallest-in-Dallas title. The bank hired architects Harrell & Hamilton to achieve this by designing a taller companion to adjacent Republic Center I. However, height limit was restricted by the FAA . Upon completion in 1964, Republic Center Tower II was only tallest-in-Dallas on some lists. The 150-foot (46 m) spire on the original 1954 Republic Center gave that structure a 4-foot (1.2 m) edge in terms of spire height. Less than

504-703: The team to San Antonio for the 1973–74 season and renamed them the San Antonio Spurs . San Antonio embraced its new team with open arms; the Spurs surpassed the Chaparrals' entire 1972–73 attendance in only 16 games. Realizing they had a runaway hit on their hands, Drossos and McCombs tore up the lease and completed the purchase after only one year, and the franchise has stayed in San Antonio to this day. However, Dallas would get its own NBA franchise in

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528-525: The tower. Southland Life vacated the complex when Cityplace Center opened in 1988. The hotel tower left the Sheraton chain in 1990 and was renamed the Harvey Hotel in 1994. In 1990, a central tower addition of 25 floors and bay windows was proposed to make the complex competitive to newer projects going up in the city. However, the office towers remained vacant until 1996, when HBE Corp. purchased

552-499: Was compared to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center , as Southland Center was the first mixed-use project in downtown containing both hotel and office space. Southland Center was the second major development in the northeast end of downtown now known as the City Center District . The original two buildings, completed in 1958, consisted of the 42-story 550-foot (170 m) center tower, the Southland Life Building, and

576-604: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. In 1997 new owners acquired the block and the complex was renovated. Republic Center Tower I was renovated in 2005 to house 229 residential units. The first units opened in January 2007 and the building's name changed to Gables Republic Tower. Republic Center Towers II & III remain active office buildings, while the old banking lobbies and ground floors are leased as office and retail space. The complex

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