Design field trips The Dallas retail design districts Knox Street Retail Design District Location Knox, McKinney, and Cole; at North Central Expressway (US75) Shop The Apple Store Bodum Crate & Barrel Design Within Reach Lamps Plus Pottery Barn Urban Home Viking Culinary Arts Weir's Furniture Z Gallerie Eat Chili's Chuy's On the Border Starbucks Alpha Road Retail Design District Location Alpha Road at Dallas North Tollway, north of LBJ freeway, west of Preston Shop The Container Store CookWorks Crate & Barrel Restoration Hardware Z Gallerie Galleria Mall, Nordstrom's Eat Numerous eating spots inside the Galleria Starbucks Mockingbird Station Location Mockingbird Lane at Central Expressway Shop Gap Urban Outfitter's Virgin Megastore Eat Cafe Express Margarita Ranch Noodles Kitchen Reikyu Sushi Starbucks Trinity Hall An Irish Pub Other Angelika Film Center DART train station West Village Neat stores and restaurants. Park & walk. Location South of Knox on McKinney, Exit Central at Haskell, go west Shop Design House Stockholm Eddie Bauer Gap Legacy Trading Eat Asian restaurants Starbucks Ice cream place Mexican restaurant The Container Store Location: Northwest Highway at Central Expressway, across from NorthPark Mall NorthPark Mall Classic mall, opened in 1965 Neiman Marcus store designed by Eero Saarinen Sculpture collection in mall from Raymond Nasher Location: Northwest Highway and Central Expressway Central Market Huge grocery store, worth a visit Location: Greenville, exit Central at Lovers Lane, go east Central Expressway Multi-million dollar remodeling of a 15 mile segment. Designed by an architectural firm: retaining walls, landscaping, lighting. Location: From downtown Dallas to Plano Rockbrook house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Location: Northwest Highway to Rockbrook Drive, between Inwood and Midway roads Dallas Theater Center Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Location: Blackburn, west of West Village, east of Turtle Creek IKEA The furniture store dedicated to intelligent design Locations • Frisco, north of Dallas on the Dallas North Tollway/Parkway, west of Stonebriar Center, a mega retailopolis • Grand Prairie, between Dallas and Arlington Southlake The ultimate in urban retail planning - an instant Town Square with civic buildings, park and gazebo, offices, stores, and restaurants. Location: Highway 114 between Grapevine and I35W Shop The Container Store Crate and Barrel Eat Starbucks