Downtown Dallas This is Dallas’s skyline. The
buildings themselves are attractions of a sort, often designed by
prestigious architects, and downtown encompasses several inner
districts, each with a different purpose. You’ll find everything from
farm produce to concert halls in the downtown area. Click here for more. East
DallasEast
Dallas is a pleasant, tree-lined residential area of varied, often
historical, sometimes odd architecture. It’s also home to the Dallas
Arboretum, White Rock Lake, and the Lakewood Theater. Some nice
restaurants and party spots are here as well, but blues-birthplace Deep Ellum is the really
fascinating part of East Dallas. North Dallas North
Dallas is
the home of Dallas’s wealthy and the upscale and massive mall, the
Galleria Dallas (as well as the
likewise massive NorthPark Center).
Less upscale, but equally interesting, Koreatown is the business
center of Dallas’s Korean population. Look out for the Sam Moon
shopping center and lots of Korean restaurants and karaoke
bars.Oak Cliff 7-Eleven originated here, Bonnie
and Clyde
met here, but don’t expect shootouts in the streets, and 7-Eleven is
hardly the nicest eatery. The restaurants are eclectic, from Spanish
Tapas and Aztec, to Thai and American. Many of them are in the Bishop
Arts District (also home to many murals). South
Dallas Dallas’s Fair
Park is here, a National Historic Landmark home to the State Fair
of Texas (largest state fair in the nation), the Cotton Bowl, and nine
museums. Wheatley Place, also in South Dallas, is a historic
residential district with significance in the Civil Rights
Movement. Other Districts Pleasant Grove, Oak Lawn,
Lake Highlands, and West Dallas are primarily residential
neighborhoods, although Oak Lawn does have a lot of hip bars and clubs
and excellent restaurants. Old East Dallas and Kessler are historic
residential districts, but you will need to limit yourself to viewing
the architecture from the road. |
