Dallas Uptown incl Turtle Creek Real Estate
Featuring: Knox Park & Oak Lawn

Dallas Uptown incl Turtle Creek Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Texas

Dallas, Texas, is a city of action. Whether it’s the arts, the business environment or the nightlife, things are happening. Opportunities are developing and the locals are enjoying themselves. Close to the center of it all is Uptown, a Dallas neighborhood that combines beautiful residential living with hip retail, dining and entertainment. Decidedly upscale, Uptown hosts several luxurious hotels in addition to the selection of well-kept historic homes, high rise apartments, plus condominiums and townhouses. Single-family homes and investment properties make up the rest of the real estate available in Uptown. Uptown’s convenience and stylish ambience appeal to many Dallas home seekers, making this one of the city’s most in-demand neighborhoods.

Oak Lawn in general is one of Dallas’ more affluent, progressive and diverse neighborhoods. Oak Lawn is situated immediately north of Dallas Uptown and is unofficially bounded by Turtle Creek Boulevard, Central Expressway, the City of Highland Park, Inwood Road, and Harry Hines Boulevard. Oak Lawn’s diverse population includes many professionals who prefer living a luxurious, urban lifestyle. Areas of note in Oak Lawn include Cedar Springs and Oak Lawn Avenue, popularly known as “The Strip” with an alternative nightlife. Oak Lawn also features the newest addition of retail and residential living within the area, Ilume, which also happens to be within two blocks from the local nightlife.

Knox Park is located north of Cityplace and is traversed by the Katy Trail. Knox Park is also known as Knox/Henderson; the neighborhood is situated around McKinney Avenue, Henderson Street, Knox Street, and Cole Street. Plenty of nightlife and entertainment venues, retail shops and restaurants can be found along the strip in Knox Park, providing residents and visitors with plenty of options when going out any night of the week.

The Turtle Creek neighborhood surrounds Turtle Creek Boulevard at the north end of Uptown with the Katy Trail running nearby. The name Turtle Creek is sometimes used casually to refer to all of Oak Lawn. High-rise condos can be found in this neighborhood providing future homeowners with many choices when it comes to luxurious living with an urban flair.

Situated just northeast of Downtown, Uptown is roughly bordered by Woodall Rodgers Freeway, U.S. Route 75 North Central Expressway and Turtle Creek Boulevard. The main drag is McKinney Avenue, where street trolleys offer free transportation between Uptown and the Downtown Arts District.