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Architectural Styles
ELECTRONIC DATA • Two-Story • Post-Modern
SYSTEMS (1992) • McMansions • New Traditional

Electronic Data Systems (EDS),
founded by tech mogul Ross
Perot, relocated its company
headquarters to Plano in PRESIDENT GEORGE
1992. The move brought a BUSH TURNPIKE OPENS
significant number of tech
jobs, reshaping the economy Planned since the 1950s, the completion of the
of Plano. President George Bush Turnpike was a long-
awaited connection to the DFW Airport. In 1999,
parts of the expressway began opening to traffic.

JCPENNEY 222,030
Headquarters POPULATION

After announcing the move in OF PLANO
1987, the J. C. Penney Company
relocates its headquarters
from Manhattan to the Legacy
business area in 1992.

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Harrington Furniture, a staple
of Downtown Plano for
EAST PLANO decades, closes its doors. DR. PEPPER MOVES
TRANSIT CENTER TO LEGACY
OPENS DALLAS NORTH
TOLLWAY
is extended through Plano
PLANO WEST SENIOR
ALL-AMERICA HIGH SCHOOL OPENS

CITY (1994) (1999)
Plano is awarded the “All-America
City” award from the National Civic
League, recognizing Plano for the CEREMONIAL
Police Department’s crime prevention GROUNDBREAKING OF
efforts, PISD’s Practical Parent LEGACY TOWN CENTER
Education Program and the Plano (1999)
Children’s Medical Clinic.

Residential Commercial Church Cemetery Downtown Fire

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