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Where’s Oak Cliff?

OAK CLIFF

Wait where?

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

1026 N. Beckley Ave.

231 W. Jefferson Ave.

Civil War soldier reunion, Hord’s Ridge, 1890

Before it was “Oak Cliff” it was “Hord’s Ridge”

Thomas L. Marsalis

The father of Oak Cliff

“Oak Cliff derives its name from the massive oaks that crown the soft green cliffs...” -- 1890

Why the name“Oak Cliff”?

“Cool and healthful breezes prevail during the entire heated term, and there is not a night in the hot months of summer when discomfort is felt from the heat…”

Hotel Cliff

Oak Cliff: Vacation Resort

Marsalis park and zoo

First elevated railway in the South

Streetcars

Home of the first 7-Eleven

Edgefield at Twelfth

The most elaborate amusement center in the South

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Then

Now

Burnett Field

Bishop Arts District

1904: Busiest Southbound trolley stop in Dallas (Davis)

Warehouses and shop sprung up nearby

Trolley stopped in the mid-1950s – area declined

What the hell happened?1893: Depression – development stopped

1903: Oak Cliff votes to annex itself to Dallas

1960s: I-35 E South cuts through Oak Cliff and streetcars shut down

1970s: Desegregation of O.C.’s high schools

1980s: SOC a dangerous low-income area

1990s: Demographic change

2000s: The comeback!

The renaissance1985: Jim Lake begins developing the old empty storefronts on Bishop/Davis

Artists and entrepreneurs move in

Lake gives it the name “Bishop Arts District” – a walkable, urban environment

February 2010: $23 million federal grant

“This award is a game-changer for North Oak Cliff...”

August 2010: Rezoning for mix of retail, office and residential development along Davis/Bishop Arts

The return of streetcars to Oak Cliff

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