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Belle Isle State Park is a 982-acre (397 ha) island state park in the Detroit River, home to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, the Detroit Yacht Club, the Detroit Boat Club, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a Coast Guard post, and a golf course. Until its November 2013 conversion to a state park, it was largest island city park in the ...
Downtown Dallas [1] Baylor District: Mixed The Cedars: Mixed Civic Center District: Mixed Dallas Arts District: Mixed Dallas Farmers Market: Mixed Deep Ellum: Mixed Design District: Mixed Main Street District: Mixed Reunion District: Commercial Riverfront District: Mixed South Side: Mixed Thanksgiving Commercial Center: Commercial Uptown: Mixed ...
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 1,036 people residing within the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 74.3% African American, 7.1% White, 0.1% Native American, 17.4% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.0% of the population.
The Cedars was also the home of Dallas' Jewish community, and the neighborhood included the Shaareth Israel synagogue. (Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus fame was born in the Cedars.) By the early 20th century, however, light industry and growing population pressures had begun to take the bloom off the neighborhood's rose, and most of the city's ...
The neighborhood's collection of wood-framed 1930s and 40s homes were originally recreational lake houses and hunting cabins. [2] At the time this area was considered the out skirts of town. The 1980s and 90s saw an influx of artists attracted to the relative affordability of the homes and the close proximity to the lake.
Many of the Dallas' leading businessmen and social elite soon called magnificent Munger Place home. The Great Depression led many of the community's mansions to be converted into multi-family housing. The neighborhood lost its elite cachet, and by the 1960s many of the nicer houses in the area had been torn down or condemned.
Brightmoor is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, near the northwest border of the city. [3] Brightmoor is defined by the Brightmoor Alliance as being bordered by Puritan Avenue to the north, the CSX railway to the south, Evergreen Road to the east, and West Outer Drive, Dacosta Street, and Telegraph Road to the west.
Winnetka Heights is now a culturally diverse and vibrant neighborhood. The Winnetka Heights Historic District is located two miles from downtown Dallas, south of the Trinity River. With over 600 houses, Winnetka Heights is the second largest historic district in Dallas and one of the largest in the state of Texas.