Dealey Plaza is a depression. It's a shallow basin on the western edge of downtown, framed by concrete structures called pergolas and peristyles that were built by the Works Progress Administration.

Dealey Plaza is instead a curious mixture: part high-traffic intersection, part gateway to the city, part flood-control project, and part accidental historical monument.

Pergola Zapruder’s View On the North side of Elm, in Dealey Plaza the pergola afforded a good view of the presidential motorcade.

A tourist views the JFK assassination site from behind a graffiti-covered fence atop the grassy knoll. Chipped paint and cracked plaster can be seen on the south pergola in Dealey Plaza. The ...

When we think of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 40 years ago this weekend, many of us are transported to Dealey Plaza in Dallas, the open, park-like space with its wide boulevards ...

The light of the setting sun plays across Dealey Plaza, on downtown’s western side. With the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, the site is undergoing repairs and upgrades ...

The pergolas cracked and chipped over time. "As the city grew, Dealey Plaza became the site of neglect," said Nicola Longford, executive director of the Sixth Floor Museum.

It’s not clear how many of those JFK files expected on Tuesday are among the millions of documents that are already public.

A new proposal for re-designing Dealey Plaza includes adding an amphitheater along Elm Street as well as an overlook above the Triple Underpass. Originally the 'gateway to Dallas,' Dealey Plaza ...

In 1973, Castleman conducted an extensive analysis of one element seen in Nix’s film, the Dealey Plaza pergola, that some believe shows a marksman with a raised rifle.

Visitors at Dealey Plaza reflect on the legacy of JFK and what the release of 80,000 documents may reveal. NBC 5’s David Goins has the story.