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Alfredo Corchado of The Dallas Morning News said that as of 2009, in terms of activity and size of the area Mexican population, the Dallas consulate is considered to be the third most important Mexican consulate after Los Angeles and Chicago. The Consulate-General of Mexico in Dallas is also located in Oak Lawn. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom said that the consulates and embassies closed as a way to decrease costs. It was one of 19 British diplomatic missions shut down around that time period. In April 2005 the British government announced that it was closing the Dallas consulate in the summer of 2005 its territory was transferred to the consulate-general in Houston. The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Dallas was located in Suite 940 at 2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard. Perry Heights, Oak Lawn/Turtle Creeks premier inner city neighborhood.Oak Lawn became a magnet for the counterculture movement in the late 1960s due to its inexpensive apartments and its proximity to Lee Park. As of 2010, St Ann's Catholic School, which had closed, is now an upscale restaurant. Only a few structures of this original community remain for most have been replaced by high rise office buildings, luxury hotels, and condominiums.
With the redevelopment of the neighborhood beginning in the 1980s Little Mexico vanished. Anne's Catholic school served as the center for the community. It is also a very diverse neighborhood with well established areas of older, single family homes.įor most of the 20th century the southern portion of the neighborhood near the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Harry Hines Blvd was known as "Little Mexico". Along the Uptown portion on McKinney Avenue and along Turtle Creek Boulevard, there are many new high-rise condominiums and apartments. The area is peppered with Upscale townhouses, condos, apartments, and duplexes.
Oak Lawn is one of the wealthier areas of metropolitan Dallas, with the population consisting mainly of urban professionals.