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Chris Anderson on the History of Oak Cliff.TRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to…
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DOWNTOWNDALLASI-30
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OAKCLIFF
YOU AREHERE
Where’s Oak Cliff?
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OAK CLIFF
Wait where?
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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1026 N. Beckley Ave.
231 W. Jefferson Ave.
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Civil War soldier reunion, Hord’s Ridge, 1890
Before it was “Oak Cliff” it was “Hord’s Ridge”
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Thomas L. Marsalis
The father of Oak Cliff
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“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…”
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Hotel Cliff
Oak Cliff: Vacation Resort
Marsalis park and zoo
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First elevated railway in the South
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Streetcars
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Home of the first 7-Eleven
Edgefield at Twelfth
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The most elaborate amusement center in the South
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Burnett FieldC
olo
rado B
lvd.
Jefferson Ave.
I-35
OAK FARMS DAIRY
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Then
Now
Burnett Field
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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
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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!
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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
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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
YOU AREHERE