Oak Lawn, Dallas
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| Nickname(s): Gayborhood | |
 Location in Dallas Official
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Dallas |
| City | Dallas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12 sq mi (31 km2) |
| Elevation | 479 ft (146 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 50,805 |
| Population total includes combined population of Oak Lawn and Uptown | |
| ZIP codes | 75201, 75204, 75205, 75219, 75235 (small area) |
| Area code(s) | 214, 469, 972 |
| Website | http://www.oaklawncommittee.org/ |
Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas (USA), defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District. The unofficial boundaries are Turtle Creek Boulevard, Central Expressway, the City of Highland Park, Inwood Road, and Harry Hines Boulevard. It is over 12 square miles (31 km2) in area. Officially it is bounded by the City of Highland Park, the North Central Expressway, Stemmons Freeway, Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and other roads. The district is within the boundary defined by the City of Dallas law, excluding any existing planned development districts within.
Oak Lawn is one of the wealthier areas of metropolitan Dallas, with the population consisting mainly of urban professionals. The area is peppered with Upscale townhouses, condos, apartments, and duplexes. Along the Uptown portion on McKinney Avenue and along Turtle Creek Boulevard, there are many new high-rise condominiums and apartments. It is also a very diverse neighborhood with well established areas of older, single family homes.
For most of the 20th century the southern portion of the neighborhood near the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Harry Hines Blvd was known as "Little Mexico". St. Anne's Catholic school served as the center for the community. With the redevelopment of the neighborhood beginning in the 1980s Little Mexico vanished. Only a few structures of this original community remain for most have been replaced by high rise office buildings, luxury hotels, and condominiums. As of 2010, St Ann's Catholic School, which had closed, is now an upscale restaurant.
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