Editing Dallas (section)

===Neighborhoods===
{{See also|List of neighborhoods in Dallas}}The city of Dallas is home to many areas, neighborhoods, and communities. Dallas can be divided into several geographical areas which include larger geographical sections of territory including many subdivisions or neighborhoods, forming macroneighborhoods.

====Central Dallas====
Central Dallas is anchored by Downtown Dallas, the center of the city, along with [[Oak Lawn, Dallas|Oak Lawn]] and [[Uptown Dallas|Uptown]], areas characterized by dense retail, restaurants, and nightlife.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knightengale|first=Krista|title=Downtown Dallas|url=https://neighborhoods.dmagazine.com/dallas/central-dallas/downtown/|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=D Magazine Neighborhoods|language=en}}</ref> Downtown Dallas has a variety of named districts, including the [[West End, Dallas|West End Historic District]], the [[Arts District, Dallas|Arts District]], the [[Main Street, Dallas|Main Street District]], [[Farmers Market, Dallas|Farmers Market District]], the [[City Center District, Dallas|City Center Business District]], the [[Convention Center District, Dallas|Convention Center District]], and the [[Reunion, Dallas|Reunion District]]. This area includes Uptown, [[Victory Park, Dallas, Texas|Victory Park]], Harwood, Oak Lawn, [[the Design District Dallas, Texas|Dallas Design District]], [[Trinity Groves, Dallas|Trinity Groves]], [[Turtle Creek, Dallas|Turtle Creek]], [[Cityplace, Dallas|Cityplace]], [[Knox Park, Dallas|Knox/Henderson]], [[Lower Greenville, Dallas|Greenville]], and [[West Village, Dallas|West Village]].

====East Dallas====
[[East Dallas]] is the location of [[Deep Ellum]], an arts area close to Downtown, the [[Lakewood, Dallas|Lakewood]] neighborhood (and adjacent areas, including [[Lakewood Heights, Dallas|Lakewood Heights]], [[Wilshire Heights, Dallas|Wilshire Heights]], [[Lower Greenville, Dallas|Lower Greenville]], [[Junius Heights, Dallas|Junius Heights]], and [[Hollywood Heights, Dallas|Hollywood Heights/Santa Monica]]), [[Vickery Place]] and [[Bryan Place]], and the architecturally significant neighborhoods of Swiss Avenue and [[Munger Place]]. Its historic district has one of the largest collections of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]-inspired [[Frank Lloyd Wright#Prairie Style houses (1900–1914)|prairie-style]] homes in the United States. In the northeast quadrant of the city is [[Lake Highlands]], one of Dallas's most unified middle-class neighborhoods.<ref name="lhaia">[http://www.lhaia.org/ Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association] – [http://www.lhaia.org/images/Map_March2006big.jpg Map]. Retrieved October 3, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811043858/http://www.lhaia.org/ |date=August 11, 2015 }}</ref>

====Oak Cliff====
[[File:Oak Cliff September 2016 51 (Dallas Streetcar).jpg|thumb|right|[[Oak Cliff]] area with its [[Dallas Streetcar]] and Downtown Dallas on the end]]
Southwest of Downtown lies [[Oak Cliff]]. Once a separate city founded in the mid-1800s, Oak Cliff was annexed in 1903 by Dallas.<ref>[http://www.oakcliff.com/history.htm Oak Cliff, Texas – Early History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529053801/http://www.oakcliff.com/history.htm |date=May 29, 2008 }}. Retrieved August 1, 2008.</ref> As one of the oldest areas in Dallas, the hilly North Oak Cliff is home to 5 of the 13 conservation districts in Dallas including the architecturally significant [[Kessler, Dallas|Kessler Park]] neighborhood and trendy [[Bishop Arts District, Dallas|Bishop Arts District]].

====South Dallas====
[[South Dallas]] is the location of [[Cedars, Dallas|Cedars]], and [[Fair Park]], where the annual [[State Fair of Texas]] is held from late September through mid-October.  Also located here is [[Exposition Park, Dallas]], noted for having artists, art galleries, and bars along tree-lined Exposition Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Things To Do in Dallas: Find Dallas Events & Attractions: GuideLive|url = http://www.guidelive.com/hubs/state-fair|website = GuideLive|access-date = September 9, 2015|archive-date = September 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910021549/http://www.guidelive.com/hubs/state-fair|url-status = dead}}</ref>

South Side Dallas is a popular location for nightly entertainment. The neighborhood has undergone extensive development and community integration. What was once an area characterized by high rates of poverty and crime is now one of the city's most attractive social and living destinations.<ref>{{bulletlist|{{Cite news | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/dallas/dallas.html | title = Dallas at the Tipping Point: A Roadmap for Renewal | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070204051138/http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/dallas/dallas.html | archive-date = February 4, 2007 | url-status = dead}}|{{Cite news | url = https://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/dallas/crime2.html | title = Dallas at the Tipping Point Going South: Costs of Crime | first = Tanya | last = Eiserer | date = 2004 | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | access-date = October 25, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061219042548/https://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2004/dallas/crime2.html | archive-date = December 19, 2006 | url-status = dead}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 25, 2018|title=Six Years Into GrowSouth, Developers Are Starting To Pay Attention To Southern Dallas|url=https://www.keranews.org/news/2018-05-25/six-years-into-growsouth-developers-are-starting-to-pay-attention-to-southern-dallas|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=KERA News|language=en}}</ref>

Further east, in the southeast quadrant of the city, is the large neighborhood of [[Pleasant Grove, Dallas|Pleasant Grove]]. Once an independent city, it is a collection of mostly lower-income residential areas stretching to [[Seagoville, Texas|Seagoville]] in the southeast. Though a city neighborhood, Pleasant Grove is surrounded by undeveloped land on all sides. Swampland and wetlands separating it from South Dallas are part of the [[Great Trinity Forest]],<ref name="The Great Trinity Forest-Dallas">{{cite web
 |title=The Great Trinity Forest-Dallas
 |work=The Great Trinity Forest
 |publisher=City of Dallas Trinity River Corridor Project
 |access-date=September 12, 2009 |url=http://www.trinityrivercorridor.org/html/great_trinity_forest.html
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116152340/http://www.trinityrivercorridor.org/html/great_trinity_forest.html
 |archive-date=January 16, 2009 }}</ref> a subsection of the city's [[Trinity River Project]], newly appreciated for habitat and [[flood control]].