Bishop Arts District
100 min walk
Bishop Arts is what Dallas could have been everywhere — a walkable, human-scaled neighborhood commercial district that survived the automobile era by accident and is now celebrated for exactly that survival. Centered on Bishop Avenue and West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, the district hosts independent restaurants, boutiques, galleries, and performance spaces in 1920s-era storefronts. The Texas Theatre, where police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald seventy minutes after the Kennedy assassination, anchors the district's southern end. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, founded in 1913, anchors its Mexican-American heritage. Oak Cliff itself was an independent city before Dallas annexed it in 1903 — and its residents have never entirely forgotten it.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Flat terrain
- No restrooms on route
- Limited shade
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Stops (16)
After Your Walk
Norma's Cafe$
Dallas diner institution since 1956. Chicken fried steak, pie, and a dining room that hasn't changed much since Eisenhower.
1123 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75208
The Belmont Hotel Bar$$
Rooftop bar at a restored 1946 motor hotel with one of the best views of the Dallas skyline from Oak Cliff.
901 Fort Worth Ave, Dallas, TX 75208