- Cedars, Dallas, Texas
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official_name = Cedars
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image_caption = The Dallas Police Headquarters on Lamar Street
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map_caption = Location in Dallas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Texas
subdivision_type2 = Counties
subdivision_name2 = Dallas
subdivision_type3 = City
subdivision_name3 = Dallas
subdivision_type4 = Area
subdivision_name4 = south
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elevation_ft = 423
elevation_m = 129
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 75215
area_code = 214, 469, 972
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footnotes = References: [ [http://bigd-ed.org City of Dallas Economic Development] - [http://bigd-ed.org/images/community_redevelopment/area_redevelopment/tif/cedars.pdf Cedars TIF] (PDF). Retrieved8 December 2006 .]The Cedars is a district in south Dallas
Texas (USA). It is adjacent to and south of downtown and Interstate 30, east of Lamar Street, north of Corinth Street, and west of Harwood Street.History
The Cedars was originally developed in the 1870s with moderately-priced homes, but by the late 1800s the neighborhood had become one of the premier destinations in Dallas, with stately Victorian homes belonging to wealthy businessmen, lawyers, and politicians dotting the streets. The Cedars was also the home of Dallas' Jewish community, and the neighborhood included the Shaareth Israel synagogue. (
Stanley Marcus ofNeiman Marcus fame was born in the Cedars.) By the early 1900s, however, light industry and growing population pressures had begun to take the bloom off the neighborhood's rose, and most of the city's wealthiest began to move further north to neighborhoods northeast of downtown. Even as industry, such as the Sears-Roebuck warehouse that now is home of the South Side on Lamar lofts, moved in, fine homes continued to be built, especially for well-to-do members of theJew ish community. But by the 1920s, the massive Victorians of the late 1800s were gone, thesynagogue was demolished, and most people moved on. In the 1960s, virtually all of the remaining homes were destroyed by the city for highway projects. Today, only a scant handful of homes (perhaps as few as six) from the neighborhood's original residents survive, none in restored condition, and the area has been taken over by light industry and many low-income residences built in later years.The area, a haven for artists and other creative types for over 20 years, has recently experienced the beginnings of an urban transformation with new townhomes and apartments and developments such as DART's
Cedars Station , the loft/retail development South Side on Lamar, the Dallas Police Headquarters, and entertainment venues Gilley's Dallas and Poor David's Pub. However, development has been constrained by a large (albeit mostly harmless) local homeless population and several homeless shelters, which has led to often acrimonious battles between Cedars landowners and developers, homeless advocates, and the Dallas City Council. With the Homeless Assistance Center (HAC) slated for completion downtown in 2008 and the sunsetting of several day labor locations and housing in the next few years the transformation should accelerate.Attractions
*Absinthe Lounge ( [http://www.absinthelounge.net/ website] )
*Amuse, American Bistro ( [http://www.amusedallas.com/ website] )
*Bill's Records ( [http://www.billsrecords.com/ website] )
*Brooklyn Cafe ( [http://www.brooklynjazzcafe.com/ website] )
*Dallas Heritage Village ( [http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org/ website] )
*Gilley's Dallas ( [http://www.gilleysdallas.com/ website] )
*Jack Evans Dallas Police Department Headquarters ( [http://www.dallaspolice.net/index.cfm?page_ID=4658&subnav=51&openid=23 website] )
*Lee Harvey's ( [http://www.leeharveys.com/ website] )
*Poor David's Pub ( [http://www.poordavidspub.com/ website] )
*South Side on Lamar ( [http://www.southsideonlamar.com/ website] )Education
Public schoolsThe
Dallas Independent School District assigned the neighborhood to the following schools: [http://www.dallasisd.org/inside_disd/depts/demo/schoolinfo/feeder2008/madison.htm]
* City Park Elementary School [http://www.dallasisd.org/inside_disd/depts/demo/schoolinfo/eszones2008/CityPark2008.pdf]
* Billy Earl Dade Middle School
* Madison High SchoolPrivate Schools
First Baptist Academy of Dallas is a Biblically-integrated, university preparatory K-12 school located in the city center district of downtown Dallas.Transportation
Trains
Light Rail
*DART: DART R and DART B
**Cedars Station
**Google Street View ( [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&layer=c&ll=32.770244,-96.79314&spn=0.003176,0.005354&z=18&cbll=32.769449,-96.794047&cbp=1,156.3085438851452,,0,7.181511402920046 map] )Highways
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