UPTOWN DALLAS

'Uptown' is a PID (public improvement district) and neighborhood in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas, (USA). Uptown is adjacent-to and north-of downtown Dallas, and is bordered by US 75 (Central Expressway) on the east, Blackburn Street on the northeast, Turtle Creek Boulevard on the northwest, Harry Hines Boulevard (and its derivatives) on the west, and SH Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) on the south.^[1]

Contents

History

About

Neighborhoods

Tallest Structures

Education

Zoned elementary schools

Magnet schools

4-8 magnet schools

Private Schools

Transportation

Major Highways

Streetcars

Trains

Light rail

References

External links

History

The now-upscale Uptown area was originally outside the city limits of Dallas, and was home to those who were not welcome in the city. The west side, near present-day Harry Hines Boulevard, once hosted a large Hispanic neighborhood. The east side, now anchored by Cityplace Center, was the site of the Freedmen's Town established by freed African-American slaves. Very little of this working-class history remains, with the Hispanic west being turned into high-rise buildings, and the African-American east being destroyed by the construction of Central Expressway and the Woodall Rodgers Freeway. All that remains of Freedmen's Town is the Freedmen's Cemetery, which gained national recognition when Central Expressway reconstruction revealed over 1,100 graves beneath existing and proposed roadways. [1]

About

Uptown is one-of, if not the-most, pedestrian friendly areas in the city of Dallas. It is largely new urbanist in scope, the majority of facilities considered "Uptown institutions" are relatively new and were created during the late 20th and early 21st Centuries' new urbanist urban planning movement.
The district is one of the densest in Dallas and is home to a wide variety of establishments, including office buildings, residential towers and apartment complexes, retail centers, nightlife strips, and hotels. This mixed-use development practice lends to what many people identify as a very urban lifestyle, unlike the compartmentalized social structures of bedroom communities and office parks. The majority of Dallas and its surroundings are compartmentalized due to the style of mid-20th Century American urban planning and thus Uptown stands out in its surroundings as an alternative to the norm.

Neighborhoods

★ Cityplace

★ LoMac

★ State Thomas

★ West Village

Tallest Structures

Education

=== Public (Dallas ISD)

Zoned secondary schools

★ North Dallas High School (9-12) - AAAA

★ Rusk Middle School

Zoned elementary schools

★ Houston Elementary School

★ Milam Elementary School

Magnet schools

4-8 magnet schools

★ William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted

Private Schools

Holy Trinity Catholic School

Transportation

Major Highways

★ U.S. Route 75 - (Central Expressway)

★ Texas State Highway Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway)

Streetcars

★ McKinney Avenue Transit Authority - the M-Line - ''Free''
:Stop sites along the route include: The Gallery Walk Shopping District, Stanley Korshak (at the Crescent), West Village, Hotel Zaza, four historical cemeteries and The Dallas Museum of Art.

Trains

Light rail

★ 'DART': and

★
★ Cityplace Station

References

1. Uptown Dallas Association - Map. Retrieved on 13 May 2007.

External links

★ Uptown Dallas Association

★ Dallas Uptown Guide