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Downtown
Downtown Facts
Designated in 2002, the Downtown HROD is located at the intersection
of K Avenue and 15th Street (originally Main Street and Mechanic Street, Year Designated: 2003
respectively). The city’s original commercial and cultural activity center,
Downtown’s importance diminished in the late 20th century following the Ordinances: 2003-2-14, 2018-6-10
construction of Central Expressway (US 75) and the opening of more modern
shopping centers throughout Plano. Intensive efforts to revitalize downtown Surveys: http://www.plano.gov/
in the 1990s were successful in bringing renewed energy and activity to the DocumentCenter/View/19202/
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Downtown Plano was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Design Standards: Downtown
An intensive level survey of the district was performed in 2016 and updated in Heritage Resource District Design
2018, which resulted in an updated list of contributing, compatible, and non- Standards
contributing structures (see Appendix B).
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