Plano, Texas
Downtown Plano
About 80 acres of historic shops, homes and townhomes around a DART light rail station that opened in 2002.
Inside Downtown Plano
Historic Downtown Plano covers about 80 acres of shops, restaurants, arts venues, museums and housing, with buildings dating to the 1890s, a downtown plan adopted in 1992 and a DART light rail station that opened in 2002. The American Planning Association reported more than 1,000 homes, apartments and townhomes within a quarter mile of the station, and the DART Silver Line, which opened on October 25, 2025, added a 12th Street station in Plano. It fits buyers who want to walk to dinner, festivals in Haggard Park and the train.
The lesson here is that downtown is a mix of very different homes: older houses on the edges, apartments and small new townhome communities such as 1897 Townhomes by InTown Homes, where a 2,259 sq ft three-story unit with a rooftop deck listed at $569,900 in June 2026. Compare price per square foot, HOA and parking across those types, not just list price. For older homes, I check with the city whether any zoning or heritage overlay limits exterior changes before you plan a remodel.
Around Downtown Plano
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Legacy Hall at Legacy West: Ranch9613, CC0 · Legacy Town Center: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Haggard Park: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
DART light rail station downtown, Haggard Park, home of the Plano International Festival and the Dickens tree lighting, Courtyard Theater, a former 1938 WPA gymnasium, Restaurants, shops, galleries and museums on historic streets, Pocket park and guest parking planned at 1897 Townhomes
Historic Downtown Plano is roughly bounded by 18th Place and 16th Street to the north, F Avenue to the east, 14th Street and the railroad to the south, and N and P Avenues to the west.
Homes in the Plano ISD part of Plano in Collin County paid about 1.71% combined for tax year 2025 before exemptions (city 0.4376, Plano ISD 1.03955, Collin County 0.149343, Collin College 0.08122 per $100). Downtown parcels can carry special zoning or improvement districts, so I confirm every taxing unit on the appraisal record for the address.
Where Downtown Plano sits
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- American Planning Association: Downtown Plano, Great Places in America (2015)
- Wikipedia: Silver Line (DART)
- Century 21 Judge Fite listing: 1420 N Avenue, 1897 Townhomes (June 2026)
- Community Impact: See Collin County property tax rates for FY 2025-26 (Sept 2025)
HOA dues, MUD and PID assessments and school zoning change by section. Albert verifies them for every address.