The Cedars neighborhood of Dallas, a premier residential neighborhood in the City’s early years, suffered many decades of neglect because of a series of historical infrastructure investments. These investments including the construction of railroads that brought light industries to the area, construction of I-30 at the southern edge of Downtown and the siting of City Hall and Convention Center with their backs towards Cedars, left the neighborhood segregated from adjacent areas and shifted the residential center of gravity to the north. Despite these obstacles, the neighborhood is active with activities such as warehouses, distribution plants, back offices of major regional and national corporate employers, and it is especially attractive to artists and craftspeople, many of whom operate live-work studios in the neighborhood.

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The Cedars Master Plan proposes to restore the neighborhood’s connection to its surroundings along a mass transit corridor that provides civic, cultural and commercial amenities for all. A mixed-use development along this corridor concentrates economic activity and residential amenities for young professionals working in the neighborhood and in Downtown.