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13-518: Renaissance Tower may refer to the following in the United States: Renaissance Tower (Dallas) Renaissance Tower (Sacramento) Renaissance Center , Detroit, Michigan Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Renaissance Tower . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

26-546: A gift to a young Dallas boy stricken with cystic fibrosis whom he had met shortly after his ascent of Chicago's Sears Tower on May 25, 1981. Goodwin scaled the Renaissance Tower on his twenty-sixth birthday. In 1986, Winstead PC moved from the Mercantile National Bank complex to the Renaissance Tower. In 2008, Winstead PC occupied almost 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m ) of space in

39-630: A space on the seventh floor. At the base of the building, there is a glass-pyramid structure that houses a two-story underground food court and cafeteria. The food court connects to other nearby structures with tunnels via the Dallas Pedestrian Network . In May 2022, the building was sold to Gray Street Partners, a San Antonio, Texas real estate investment firm. Nationally recognized law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC occupy Suite 3400. The building lobby and exteriors were used for on location filming and for establishing shots for

52-414: Is a system of grade-separated walkways covering thirty-six city blocks of Downtown Dallas , Texas , United States. The system connects buildings, garages and parks through tunnels and above-ground skybridges . The network contains an underground city of shops, restaurants and offices during weekday business hours . The underground network was the idea of Montreal urban planner Vincent Ponte , who

65-620: Is targeted for de-emphasis by the Downtown Dallas 360 initiative, in an effort to bring more focus on street-level activity. While initial plans had called for a more direct shutdown, a report in April 2012 concluded that a series of measures discouraging further growth or unnecessary maintenance of the system were all that were called for; Downtown Dallas Inc. CEO John Crawford concluded, "[The underground tunnels] aren't much of an issue anymore." This Dallas , Texas -related article

78-433: The Renaissance Tower. In November 1996, Blockbuster confirmed that it was moving into 240,000 sq ft (22,000 m ) of space on eight floors in the Renaissance Tower, choosing floor 23 as their center of operations. Blockbuster moved all employees out of Renaissance Tower in 2011 following its bankruptcy. In 2014, Westhan Global Logistics moved from its company's registered address to Renaissance Tower. Occupying

91-517: The building underwent a major renovation in 1986 that included a re-glazed exterior and removal of the lighting on its sides. In 1986, James T. Chiles was brought in by the owner, the Prudential Insurance Company of America to design the broadcast center and towers on top the building, one of which was 176 ft (54 m). This brought the structural height of the building up to 886 ft (270 m), securing its place as

104-478: The building. During that year, the firm hired CB Richard Ellis to study possibilities for relocation. Winstead selected an Uptown Dallas as a location and relocated in 2012. In 1996, Blockbuster Inc. , which was then headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , began studying the idea of moving its headquarters, which consisted of 400 employees, into 260,000 sq ft (24,000 m ) of space in

117-632: The home of the fictional Ewing Oil in Seasons 2-10 of the 1980s television series Dallas . Subsequently, the building was also used as home of the fictional company Ewing Energies on the 2012 reboot Dallas . A room on the 54th floor was used as the OCP boardroom set in the movie RoboCop . The building, like most of downtown Dallas, was featured in the music video "Robo Sapien" by German industrial band Die Krupps . Dallas Pedestrian Network The Dallas Pedestrian Network or Dallas Pedway

130-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renaissance_Tower&oldid=1150108043 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Renaissance Tower (Dallas) At the time of completion in 1974, it

143-452: The second-tallest building in Dallas. Excluding antennas and spires, the Renaissance Tower is the fifth-tallest. Dan Goodwin , a high-rise firefighting and rescue advocate, scaled the outside of the Renaissance Tower on November 7, 1981, clad in a Spider-Man suit and using only suction cups and his hands and feet to climb the outside of the building. Goodwin later stated he made the climb as

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156-492: Was also responsible for Montreal's Underground City . Hotels: Office Buildings: Parks Residential Buildings Other In 2005, then-mayor Laura Miller told the New York Times the system of tunnels was "the worst urban planning decision that Dallas has ever made   ... if I could take a cement mixer and pour cement in and clog up the tunnels, I would do it today". The Dallas Pedestrian Network

169-657: Was the tallest building in Dallas at 710 ft (220 m) and was originally known as the First International Bancshares Tower (First International Bancshares, Inc. was the new holding company parent of First National Bank in Dallas). In 1985, it was surpassed by Bank of America Plaza , which became Dallas's tallest building by far. It was also clear that Renaissance Tower would be overtaken by Comerica Bank Tower and Chase Tower then under construction. Therefore, in order to regain some status,

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