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Plano is Texas's largest city without an interstate highway. Plano opened a new interchange at Parker Rd. and U.S. 75 in December 2010. The single-point interchange is the first of its kind in Texas. The design is intended to reduce severe congestion at this interchange. According to reports, traffic congestion has been reduced by 50-75%.
The Shops at Willow Bend, sometimes referred to as Willow Bend Mall, is a shopping mall located in Plano, Texas, with 84 stores and three anchor stores.The mall features the traditional retailers Dillard's, Macy's, Neiman–Marcus, Crate and Barrel, and Restoration Hardware, in addition to the Crayola Experience and Equinox.
Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve is an 800-acre park in Plano, TX and is the largest park in the city. The park has 3.5 miles of concrete trails and 5 miles of soft trails, many of which are located along Rowlett Creek.
The Plano Campus (also known as Spring Creek Campus) opened in fall of 1988. [7] By number of students, this campus is the largest and hosts the college district's fine arts and athletics [8] programs. The campus features a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) art gallery, [9] [10] theatre center, [11] gymnasium (Cougar Hall), and tennis facilities ...
Native Americans around Collin County and North Texas included the Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and Tonkawa. [3] [4] Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney (1766-1861), [5] one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it.
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The creek rises in west Plano, flowing south-east passing under the Collin Creek Shopping Center, and major roads including President George Bush Turnpike, U.S. Route 75 before crossing into Dallas County in Garland, passing the Curtis Culwell Center before meeting the Rowlett Creek at State Highway 78. [2] [3] [4]
In 1988, Homart, a then-subsidiary of Sears, planned to develop a million-square foot mall in Frisco, which consisted of roughly 6,000 people at the time. [2]When Plano city officials learned of Homart's plan, they offered $10 million if the company decided to move its planned mall across Texas Route 121 into their city limits.