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| Coordinates:32°50′04″N96°44′34″W / 32.8345°N 96.7428°W /32.8345; -96.7428 | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Texas |
| County | Dallas County |
| City | Dallas |
| Time zone | UTC-6:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5:00 (CDT) |
Lakewood is a neighborhood inEast Dallas,Texas (USA). It is adjacent toWhite Rock Lake and Northeast ofDowntown Dallas. Lakewood is bound by Mockingbird Lane to the north, Abrams Road to the west, Gaston Avenue to the south, and White Rock Lake to the east.
Lakewood has the historicLakewood Theater, which used to show classic films and host contemporary musical and comedy events. It has been renovated to house a bowling alley and gaming business, but retains the original exterior look and many interior elements. The Lakewood shopping area is an entire neighborhood of diverse restaurants and shopping venues. Nearby the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens has an extensive children's adventure garden housed within its 66 acres. Both overlook theWhite Rock Lake.
Lakewood is also home toLakewood Country Club.
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Lakewood proper is surrounded by a collection of historic neighborhoods, generally developed from the early 20th century to the 1950s, includingLakewood Heights,Junius Heights Historic District (Bungalow Heaven), Parks Estates,North Stonewall Terrace,Caruth Terrace,Wilshire Heights, Mockingbird Heights, Mockingbird Meadows, The Gated Cloisters, Hillside, Lakewood Hills (formerly Gastonwood-Coronado Hills),Hollywood Heights, and Belmont; among others. Commonly, people outside these neighborhoods group them together under the heading of Lakewood, The M-Streets, or Old East Dallas - which are overlapping regions in the near-eastern part of the city. Historic Swiss Avenue (Mansion Row) anchors the area towards Downtown.
Currently, there is a large number of Historic and Conservation Districts reflecting prodigious numbers of Craftsman, Prairie-Four Squares, Tudors, Spanish and Mediterranean Eclectic and Early Ranch homes, many of native Austin stone. Conservation Districts are zoning tools used by the city of Dallas to regulate various architectural aspects of a home's construction. The homes range from two-bedroom bungalows to massive estates on acreage. There are also duplexes, four-plexes and very small apartment complexes.
Some of the older, smaller homes are being torn down in favor of much larger, more expensive homes.[1]
TheUnited States Postal Service operates the Lakewood Post Office at 6120 Swiss Avenue.[2]
TheDallas Independent School District serves the Lakewood area.[3] The area is within Trustee District 2D.[4] In 2008 Jack Lowe represented the district, and it is now represented by Dustin Marshall.[5]
Public schools serving the Lakewood subdivision include Lakewood Elementary School (K-5),[6] J.L. Long Middle School (6-8),[7] andWoodrow Wilson High School (9-12).[8] Woodrow Wilson offers theIB Diploma Programme.
Eduardo Mata Montessori School, aK-8 school, gives second admission priority to people zoned to Woodrow Wilson High.[9] Therefore, Lakewood is one of the neighborhoods with priority for the school.[10]
Lakewood is also home of Lumin Education, a Montessori charter school serving ages 3 through 3rd grade.
Lakewood Early Childhood PTA serves the area.
TheDallas Public Library Lakewood Branch is located at 6121 Worth Street, 75214.[12] The library is inJunius Heights.[13]
TheUnited States Postal Service operates the Lakewood Post Office at 6120 Swiss Avenue, 75214-9998.
TheShakespeare Festival of Dallas debuted in 1972 in the Bandshell atFair Park before moving to its current home at Samuell Grand Amphitheatre — appropriately in Samuell Grand Park — in 1989.
Advocate Magazines is the local magazine that covers a variety of neighborhood topics and has served the community since 1991.
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