Those Brand-New, Up-to-Date Maps of the Downtown Tunnels Are Ready For Unfolding

By Robert Wilonsky Tue., Jan. 3 2012 at 10:27 AM

Noah Jeppson and his maps

I met Friend of Unfair Park Noah Jeppson for breakfast this morning and traded him a bagel for a stack of his maps to the downtown tunnels; I got the far better deal. Way back in June, you may recall, we noted that Jeppson was attempting to kickstart efforts to render a brand-new map of the so-called Dallas Pedestrian Network that runs beneath the Central Business District. And he did indeed reach the $1,200 goal, which is why just last week he received 10,000 crisp and smartly done fold-outs, which look like this.

Jeppson's not looking to make a cent off this: He's distributing the maps gratis to downtown office towers, hotels, eateries and other CBD locales; email him if you're interested in receiving and distributing a stack of maps. And: Sooner than later he'll make them available via a downloadable .PDF, so no more excuses for those who still don't know what's where. If you want one now, shoot me a note; I've got 18 waiting and will set one aside for you to pick up at Unfair Park HQ.

Turns out the map came out a little larger than Jeppson expected: Contained within the fold-out is a list of restaurants and retailers found beneath each building, which wasn't part of his original plan. Which reminds me: I haven't been to Kuai Dumplings and Soups since forever, which is way too long. Jeppson also told me this morning that he's posted Vincent Ponte's August 1969 Dallas Central Business District plan, which introduced the tunnels to downtown. That fascinating historical document follows in its entirety. Dallas Central Business District, August 1969

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Veronica Torres Hazley

What a great resource! Thanks for taking time to do! I LOVE THE TUNNELS!

Veronica Torres Hazley

Love this!!!!

crys41

http://www.noahjeppson.com/dow...

Noah Jeppson

Thanks for posting the link to download a PDF of the map!

Justin C

Looks great, Noah!

ScottsMerkin

Im all for street level walking and shopping, but when its 105 and it feels like 140 from all the concrete, I dont want my ball sweat dripping through my slacks on a walk to lunch. The tunnels serve a good purpose for downtown workers in the summer

Rangers100

Sounds like you don't have zero interest in downtown after 5pm.

ScottsMerkin

Not much, unless im hitting up a happy hour, otherwise im headed out of downtown. The cost to live downtown is not condusive the lifestyle i like to live

Downtown_worker

Nothing wrong with a little ball sweat.

ScottsMerkin

a little, true, but summertime full on ball soup, Ill pass

Downtown_worker

Must find way to THE PICKLE BARREL.

Jon Daniel

I am a Kickstarter participant in this

Noah Jeppson

Thanks for your support!

Scruffygeist

Cool story, bro.

ScottsMerkin

congrats, would you like a cookie

Jon Daniel

nope -

Just bragging about my support

Tom L (No, Not That L)

You are truly a great humanitarian.

ScottsMerkin

Ill brag too,

Im a kickstarter in my local dancers quest for an education!

how about a whopper Jr. little buddy

LakeWWWooder

Thanks go to Noah for his unselfish work for Downtown Dallas.

Dan "The Man" Levitan

Cue Patrick "Reality-free" Kennedy and others who want to tell me that I am not truly helping the "urban fabric" by utilizing the tunnels. GTH.

Rangers100

It doesn't sound like you really have an argument refuting the claim.

Jon Daniel

You are not truly helping the "urban fabric" by utilizing the tunnels.

Rangers100

Something tells me "Dan" doesn't live downtown and thus doesn't really care either.

PlanoDave

The "urban fabric" of downtown Dallas reminds me of 1970's polyester

Strong_Girls__28

@339a4ffd4db7506cc816ce699de4994c:disqus ---This is crazy....my best friend's mom makes $88 an hour on the computer. She has been out of job for 10 months but last month her check was $5483 just working on the computer for a few hours...Read about it here....

Lakewoodhobo

Congrats, Noah. Looking forward to the PDF version (and to using the tunnels if we get another ARCTIC BLAST FROM HELL like we did in 2011).

Rangers100

Great work by Noah. I hate the tunnels and agree with DDI that the city-controlled passageways should be closed, but until then this should actually help get more people up on the streets thanks to its highlighting exit points from the tunnels.