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Oak Cliff was a town located in Dallas County, Texas (USA), that was annexed by the neighboring city of Dallas in 1903. Dallas County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Annexation ( Latin ad, to and nexus, joining is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous It has since retained a distinct neighborhood identity as "Dallas' older, established neighborhood". As such, it is often called "The Cliff. "

Oak Cliff has turn of the century and mid-20th century housing, many parks and remarkably close proximity to the central business district of downtown Dallas without the heavy vehicular traffic or higher cost of housing commonly associated with Dallas' northern neighborhoods. Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city

The current boundaries of Oak Cliff are roughly Interstate 30 and the Trinity River on the north, Interstate 35E on the east, Camp Wisdom Road on the south, and Cockrell Hill Road on the west. In the US state of Texas, Interstate 30 (abbreviated I-30 is an east-west Interstate Highway that runs from I-20 west of Fort Worth The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U Interstate 35E (abbreviated I-35E) an Interstate highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas In practice nearly every neighborhood south of the Trinity River (excluding west Dallas) is called Oak Cliff, though much of it was never part of the original town. Demographics As of the 2000 US census, there were 24132 people residing in the neighborhood For example, the South Oak Cliff neighborhood (the primary African-American neighborhood in Dallas), which generally includes neighborhoods south of Illinois Avenue, was never part of the original town of Oak Cliff, just as the Arcadia Park area was once its own municipality.

Downtown Dallas as seen from Lake Cliff.
Downtown Dallas as seen from Lake Cliff. Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city Lake Cliff is the name of a neighborhood in the northern part of the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA)

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History

The suburb of Oak Cliff originated on December 15, 1886, when John S. Armstrong and Thomas L. Marsalis bought a farm of 320 acres (1. 3 km²) on the west side of the Trinity River for $8,000. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных The farm was cut up into twenty-acre blocks, and the plat of the new suburb made. Armstrong and Marsalis began to develop the land into an elite residential area, which by the end of 1887 had proved to be a tremendous success with sales surpassing $60,000. However, after a disagreement between the partners Marsalis secured complete control over Oak Cliff's development. Armstrong would go on to create his own elite residential development on the north side of Dallas, known as Highland Park.

According to the first plat filed, the original township of Oak Cliff extended as far north as First Street, now Colorado Boulevard, just north of Lake Cliff, then known as Spring Lake, and as far south as a paviliion just south of Thirteenth Street, or about where the main entrance to Marsalis Park now is. It was bounded on the east by Miller Street, now Cliff Street, and on the west by Beckley Avenue. Jefferson Boulevard was the route of a steam railroad, and the principal north and south thoroughfare was Marsalis Avenue, then called Grand Street.

On November 1, 1887, $23,000 worth of lots were sold in the newly opened Marsalis Addition (Oak Cliff) before noon and on the following day, ninety-one lots were sold for $38,113. Figures published later in November gave the new suburb a population of 500. Marsalis developed the Oak Cliff Elevated Railway to provide the first transportation link to his new development , using a small shuttle train pulled by a "dummy" engine. The transportation system was modeled on one in the city of New York and was heralded as "the first elevated railway in the South. " In reality, the railroad operated at ground level almost its entire course down Jefferson Boulevard and towards Lake Cliff; it became only slightly elevated as it crossed the Trinity River. This steam railway was continued for many years for commuters and pleasure seekers. Marsalis began two other development projects with the intent to promote Oak Cliff as a vacation resort. One was Oak Cliff Park, now called Marsalis Park and Zoo, a 150-acre (0. 6 km²) park that included a two-mile-long lake and a 2,000-seat pavilion in which dances and operas were held. Another was the Park Hotel, modeled after the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, which included several mineral baths fed by artesian wells. [1]

In 1890, Oak Cliff incorporated with a population of 2,470 and secured a post office which operated until 1896. The community had four grocery stores, two meat markets, a hardware store, and a feed store. Businesses included the Texas Paper Mills Company (later Fleming and Sons), the Oak Cliff Planing Mill, the Oak Cliff Artesian Well Company, Patton's Medicinal Laboratories, and the Oak Cliff Ice and Refrigeration Company. A number of new elite residential areas developed by the Dallas Land and Loan Company had pushed the community's boundaries westward to Willomet Street. Oak Cliff's first mayor was Hugh Ewing. In 1891 the community's first newspaper, the Oak Cliff Sunday Weekly, was published by F. N. Oliver. Over the next three years Oak Cliff's development continued, but during the depression of 1893 the need for vacation resorts such as Oak Cliff decreased, and the community's growth stagnated, forcing Marsalis into bankruptcy. Consequently, the Park Hotel was converted into the Oak Cliff College for Young Ladies. Another educational institution, the Patton Seminary, was established two years later by Dr. Edward G. Patton. By 1900 Oak Cliff was no longer an elite residential and vacation community. Many of the lots once owned by the Dallas Land and Loan Company were subdivided by the Dallas and Oak Cliff Real Estate Company and sold to the middle and working classes, a trend which lasted well into the early 1900s. The census of 1900 reported Oak Cliff's population as 3,640. Oak Cliff was annexed by Dallas in 1903, after numerous attempts beginning in 1900. The proposal had met with little success until the community's depressed economy produced a vote for annexation by eighteen votes.

In 1902, an interurban electric streetcar line controlled by the Northern Texas Traction Company, was constructed passing through Oak Cliff, and connected Dallas to Fort Worth. The Northern Texas Traction Company was a subsidiary of Stone & Webster that operated the Streetcar system and Interurban lines in Fort Worth Texas This line discontinued service in the late 1930s. Smaller residential streetcar service ran throughout Oak Cliff's neighborhoods, spanning over 20 miles. Known as a streetcar suburb, Oak Cliff's characteristic twists and turns are largely due to the area's topography, and the paths and turnabouts created by the streetcar service. A streetcar suburb is a community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of Streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation Residential streetcar service ended in January, 1956.

In April of 1908, the Trinity River flooded its banks, rising to a height of 37. 8 feet (11. 5 m) by April 21. A temporary recession occurred, but rains continued in to May, finally raising the river's height to 51. 3 feet (15. 6 m). The only bridge remaining that connected Oak Cliff with Dallas after the flood was the Zang Boulevard Turnpike, an earthen fill with a single steel span across the river channel slightly to the north of the present Houston Street Viaduct. About this time G. B. Dealey, publisher of the Morning News, returned from a trip to to Kansas City with the idea of securing for Dallas an intracity causeway similar to the one there. From his proposal sprung the Houston Street Viaduct (originally named the Oak Cliff Viaduct), begun October 24, 1910, and opened to traffic February 22, 1912, acclaimed as the longest concrete bridge in the world. This latter designation was later disputed as a publicity stunt.

In 1909, a disastrous fire occurred in Oak Cliff, consuming fourteen blocks of residences, including the Briggs Sanitorium. Briggs Sanitorium is a former sanitorium (also listed as Briggs' Sanitarium developed in 1896 by Dr

On April 2, 1957, a deadly tornado ripped through Oak Cliff, killing 10 people and causing more than $1 million dollars in damages. The Dallas tornado outbreak of April 1957 was a deadly Tornado outbreak that struck most of the Southern United States from April 2 to the early hours of April 4

Since the phenomenon of "white flight" occurred in the district after the local schools were desegregated following a bitter court battle in the early 1970s, much of Oak Cliff (especially South Oak Cliff) became a mainly minority, low-income area after most of the mainly white middle class moved out of the area to the nearby suburbs. White flight is a term for the demographic trend in which working and Middle-class White people move away from Suburbs As a result, Oak Cliff now has more low-income housing and more citizens living below the poverty line than several other districts of Dallas. In years past, the area struggled with high crime and a high rate of gang activity in its schools, but improved community policing and neighborhood revitalization have helped to alleviate those problems.

Oak Cliff (the original area) has been experiencing some revitalization in recent years with upper-middle-class professionals (many of whom work in downtown Dallas and other north Dallas neighborhoods) finding Oak Cliff an affordable and convenient alternative to other Dallas neighborhoods such as the "M Streets", Lakewood and the Greenville Avenue corridor, which have become more expensive since the 1990s. Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city North Dallas is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas ( United States) Greenland Hills is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas ( USA) Lakewood is a neighborhood in East Dallas, Texas ( USA) It is adjacent to White Rock Lake, Bryan Place, and Downtown

In the early 2000s, SBC Communications (now AT&T) built a regional call center in the sparse western portion of the community, resulting in many major retailers locating along Interstate 30. Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and In the US state of Texas, Interstate 30 (abbreviated I-30 is an east-west Interstate Highway that runs from I-20 west of Fort Worth

Neighborhoods

Transportation

Trains

Light rail

Highways

Oak Cliff's founding and annexation

The community on the south bank of the Trinity River was called Hord's Ridge by its original residents in 1845. Arcadia Park is a neighborhood in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Beckley Club Estates is a neighborhood in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas Texas. The Bishop Arts District is a small shopping and entertainment district in north Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) near the intersection of Cockrell Hill is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Elmwood is a picturesque North Oak Cliff neighborhood of charming homes and expansive parks Highland Hills is a neighborhood in Oak Cliff area Of Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Kessler community is a group of neighborhoods named for George E Kessler Plaza is a neighborhood located in the northern Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) King's Highway is the oldest conservation district in Dallas and the second oldest in Texas and is located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( Kidd Springs is a neighborhood in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Lake Cliff is the name of a neighborhood in the northern part of the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Villa Clara is one of the Provinces of Cuba. It's located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north Matanzas Province by west LO Daniel is a neighborhood in northern Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Redbird community of Dallas is a group of neighborhoods located in the southern Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Stevens Park Village is a neighborhood in northern Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) named for its developer John P Winnetka Heights is one of the oldest and largest historical districts in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Wynnewood North is neighborhood in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority (or DART) is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas ( USA) that operates Buses Light The Red Line is a Light rail line in the system of Mass transit in Dallas, Texas ( USA) operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Dallas Zoo Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) at Ewing Tyler/Vernon Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) at Hampton Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) at Hampton Westmoreland Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) at The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority (or DART) is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas ( USA) that operates Buses Light The Blue Line is a Light rail line in the system of Mass transit in Dallas, Texas ( USA) operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Morrell Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) at Morrell Illinois Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) on Denley Kiest Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) on Kiest Boulevard VA Medical Center Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA Ledbetter Station is a DART Light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) In the US state of Texas, Interstate 30 (abbreviated I-30 is an east-west Interstate Highway that runs from I-20 west of Fort Worth Interstate 35E (abbreviated I-35E) an Interstate highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas US Route 67 is a 1560 mile (2511 km long north-south U The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U In 1887, a pair of land speculators bought all the land of the community with the intent of developing an elite residential and vacation community. Speculation, in a financial context is making an investment that increases the overall risk in a portfolio The town incorporated in 1890, with a population of 2,470. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns According to the 1900 census, the town had a total population of 3,640.

The investors quickly built the town's amenities and infrastructure, but the Panic of 1893 erased the prosperity the town had been designed to exploit. The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 As the market for vacation communities disappeared, one of the investors was forced into bankruptcy, and the town's large, exclusive lots were divided into parcels for sale to middle- and working class buyers. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types

Oak Cliff's annexation by neighboring Dallas came in 1903, after three years of unsuccessful attempts by annexation backers. The final vote was 201 to 183 in favor. An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office

Demographics

Prior to neighborhood desegregation, Oak Cliff was a predominantly white. Many neighborhoods in the Oak Cliff area, especially the most southern portions, were targeted for desegregation. As was typical of desegregation in the South, many all-white neighborhoods transitioned to African-American neighborhoods due to both black and white migration: blacks moving to neighborhoods that they perceived as better and a whites moving from neighborhoods that they perceived as worsening. The neighborhood transitions is not a simple matter of black and white, as the Latino community (mainly Hispanic-Americans of Mexican descent) in Dallas has grown rapidly . As such, Oak Cliff is one of the most diverse areas of Dallas. But even with the new influx of Hispanic residents, Oak Cliff still has huge portions where nearly all the residents are black.

Education

W. H. Adamson High School
W. H. Adamson High School

Public (Dallas ISD)

High schools

Schools within the Oak Cliff area:

Private

Life Charter School Oak Cliff- AA

High schools

Post-Secondary

Milestones

Media

The Dallas Morning News is the local citywide newspaper. The Dallas Morning News is the major daily Newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas ( USA) area with a circulation of around a half-million

Oak Cliff People is a local community newspaper.

References

  1. ^ "The WPA Dallas Guide and History", page 75-76. Dallas Public Library and UNT Press, 1992

The infamous Howard Hughes originally owned the Texas Theater located on the Historical Jefferson Street.

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Arcadia Park | Bishop Arts District | East Kessler Park | Highland Hills | Kidd Springs | Kessler Highlands | Kessler Park Estates | Kessler Plaza | Kessler Square | Kings Highway Conservation District | Lake Cliff | L.O. Daniel | Redbird | Stevens Park | West Kessler | Winnetka Heights | Wynnewood North
The city of Dallas, Texas ( USA) is home to many areas, neighborhoods, and communities. Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city This article is about the eastern portion of Dallas Texas For the old city and the neighborhood that exists there now see Old East Dallas. Lake Highlands is an area in Dallas, Texas ( USA) It typically connects itself with East Dallas, though it is very close geographically and North Dallas is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas ( United States) Northwest Dallas is an area consisting of many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, ( USA) Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas ( USA) defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as Planned Development District No Pleasant Grove is an area in southeastern Dallas, Texas ( USA) South Dallas is an area in Dallas, Texas, ( USA) It is usually either defined in one of two ways As the area south of the Trinity River and south of Interstate Demographics As of the 2000 US census, there were 24132 people residing in the neighborhood Arcadia Park is a neighborhood in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Bishop Arts District is a small shopping and entertainment district in north Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) near the intersection of Highland Hills is a neighborhood in Oak Cliff area Of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Kidd Springs is a neighborhood in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Kessler Plaza is a neighborhood located in the northern Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) King's Highway is the oldest conservation district in Dallas and the second oldest in Texas and is located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( Lake Cliff is the name of a neighborhood in the northern part of the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) LO Daniel is a neighborhood in northern Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Redbird community of Dallas is a group of neighborhoods located in the southern Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Stevens Park Village is a neighborhood in northern Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas ( USA) named for its developer John P West Kessler (which also comprises the "annexed" neighborhood of Stevenswood) is a neighborhood named for George E Winnetka Heights is one of the oldest and largest historical districts in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas ( USA) Wynnewood North is neighborhood in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas ( USA)
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