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11:42 PM CST on Saturday, November 26, 2005
Neighborhoods pulse with life just as their inhabitants do, growing younger or older with shifting populations, richer or poorer, friendly or fearsome. Change can be slow and steady or sweep through almost overnight. But change comes. Bear Creek, a historically black neighborhood now split between Irving and Grand Prairie that was once home to 1,000 families, has grown increasingly diverse. It's also experiencing a wave of new development. As Irving takes steps to preserve some of the community's heritage, new residents of different ethnic backgrounds continue to move in. Dallas' Vickery Meadow, filled with apartment buildings designed for single professionals, transformed into a neighborhood of mostly poor immigrants, families jammed together in small spaces. North, south and east of the city, rural enclaves all but disappear in the rush to the newest suburbs. And the inner-ring cities face the struggle to remain vital as residents and their housing age. The Dallas Morning News will look at these neighborhoods and others – their past and present, their history and heritage – and try to gauge what the future might hold.
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