Casa View, Dallas
{{Short description|Northeast Dallas, Texas neighborhood}}
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Casa View is a residential neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, United States, located near White Rock Lake in the northeastern portion of the city. According to the Greater Casa View Alliance, the Greater Casa View area is bordered by Buckner Boulevard, Garland Road, I-635 and Oates to the city line of neighboring Mesquite.{{Cite web|url = http://greatercasaview.org|title = Greater Casa View|website = greatercasaview.org|access-date = 2016-03-06}} The area has traditionally been nearly synonymous with the adjoining Casa Linda neighborhood but is gaining momentum in its own right and was named by D Magazine as one of "5 Neighborhoods on the Rise" in its July 2016 issue.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/july/hot-dallas-real-estate-neighborhoods|title=5 Neighborhoods on the Rise|website=www.dmagazine.com|access-date=2016-06-29}}
In the 1960s Casa View was mostly white and Protestant and Roman Catholic. By the early 2010s it had become mostly Hispanic.Marvel, Bill. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D096430187B0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM How to talk to your kids about Prejudice]." The Dallas Morning News. September 14, 1989. Today, Casa View is a diverse and progressive neighborhood with a high concentration of single-family homes, including the state's largest enclave of mid-century modern homes designed by architect Cliff May.{{Cite web|url=http://www.preservationdallas.org/resources/discover-dallas/casa-view-oaks/|title=Casa View Oaks|publisher=Preservation Dallas|website=www.preservationdallas.org|access-date=2016-06-29}}
Shopping
The hub of shopping activity in the area, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, was Casa View Shopping Center. Sears opened a store at Gus Thomasson Road and Ferguson roads in 1956. J. C. Penney was another anchor tenant.Deb R. Brimer, "[https://www.neighborhoods.com/blog/64-year-old-casa-view-village-shopping-center-gets-a-next-generation-upgrade 64-Year-Old Casa View Village Shopping Center Gets a Next-Generation Upgrade]", Neighborhoods.com, October 19, 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
It is also the home to a dance studio where Texie Waterman (November 25, 1931 - October 14, 1996) selected and coached the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. The squad made its inaugural appearance in the 1972-73 football season. She was the instructor through 1983.[http://www.dallascowboys.com/cheerleaders/history.cfm Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204024244/http://www.dallascowboys.com/cheerleaders/history.cfm |date=2007-02-04 }}
Another long-term tenant in the shopping center is Charles Blaylock Realtors. Blaylock was a Dallas firefighter who opened the agency in 1956. According to The Dallas Morning News as of 2006, he is "still at it and uses the moniker 'King of Casa View.'"{{update inline|date=February 2024}}[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/homemoney/stories/class081106dnbusrecol.505e2cc.html Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | HomeCenter | Dallas Real Estate, Homes & Apartments | News: Your Home, Your Money]{{dead link|date=February 2024}}
Education
Dallas Independent School District operates area public schools. Zoned schools include:"[http://www.dallasisd.org/inside_disd/depts/demo/schoolinfo/feeder2008/adams.htm Bryan Adams 2008-09 High School Cluster Feeder Pattern] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519073050/http://www.dallasisd.org/inside_disd/depts/demo/schoolinfo/feeder2008/adams.htm |date=May 19, 2011 }}." Dallas Independent School District.
- Casa View Elementary School
- Charles A. Gill Elementary School
- George W. Truett Elementary School
- Reinhardt Elementary School
- Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School
- W. H. Gaston Middle School
- Robert T. Hill Middle School
- Bryan Adams High School
Dallas Public Library operates the Lochwood Library."[http://www.dallaslibrary2.org/branch/lochwood.php Lochwood Library]." Dallas Public Library. Retrieved on February 27, 2011. Previously it operated the Casa View Branch, opened on February 29, 1964.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061005020655/http://www.dallaslibrary.org/100/Histories/14-CasaView.htm Dallas Public Library: Chapter 14 - Casa View] The branch was closed in 2008 to be replaced with the Lochwood Library at the intersection of Jupiter and Garland roads.
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