Uptown Dallas

Infobox neighborhood
official_name = Uptown Dallas
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image_caption = Looking east along Blackburn Street in Uptown


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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
area_magnitude = 1 E9
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area_water_km2 = 0
area_water_sq_mi = 0
area_water_percent = 0
population_as_of = 2000
population_total = 6091
elevation_ft = 472
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 75201, 75204
area_code = 214, 469, 972
demographics = Dallas neighborhood demographics|neighborhood=uptownwebsite = http://www.uptowndallas.net
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Uptown is a PID (public improvement district) and neighborhood in 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 Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway) on the south. [ [http://www.uptowndallas.net/ Uptown Dallas Association] - [http://www.uptowndallas.net/map.htm Map] . Retrieved on 13 May 2007.]

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 known as "Little Mexico". 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. [http://www.projectpast.org/jcbrandon/papers/dallas2004.asp]

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

*LoMac
*State Thomas
*West Village
*Knox Park

Tallest Structures

Measuring by structural height, the tallest buildings in Uptown Dallas are as follows:

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

*Alex W. Spence Middle School
*William B. Travis

Private Schools

*First Baptist Academy of Dallas (K-12)
* [http://www.htcsdallas.org/ Holy Trinity Catholic School] (PS-8)

Transportation

Major Highways

* U.S. Highway 75 - (Central Expressway)
* 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: DART B and DART R
** Cityplace Station

References

External links

* [http://www.uptowndallas.net/ Uptown Dallas Association]
* [http://www.dallasuptownguide.com/ Dallas Uptown Guide]