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Night In The Heights Passports on Sale - Party Set for April 28

Benefitting Turner House - Only 120 passports will be available for purchase. This event sells out quickly every year so buy your passports a

affle tickets now!

Passports for Night In The Heights 2012 are on sale now! Night In The Heights is a progressive cocktail party held each year in Winnetka Heigh

Each year, three neighbors open their homes to a celebration of the food and drink of three different countries . Your passport gains you entr

ach country. A limited number of passports are sold each year, so act soon to make sure you don't miss out. Night In The Heights 2012 wilheld on Saturday, April 28.

Winnetka Heights is honored to dedicate Night in The Heights 2012 to the Turner House Centennial Celebration. The funds raised from Night

The Heights will be used kick off the building restoration campaign.

OAK CLIFF EARTH DAYThe Sixth Annual Oak Cliff Earth Day 2012 will take place, rain or shine, on Sunday, April 22, from

noon to 5 PM at Lake Cliff Park in the Rose Demonstration Garden in north Oak Cliff. The free, familyand pet friendly event will feature a farm animal petting zoo, pooch parade aka the Mutt Strutt, dog andcat adoptions, low cost veterinarian services, art and handicrafts sales, entertainment throughout the

day, children's' activities, exhibits, food service, recycling, water conservation, pollution prevention,plant society, and garden club information booths.The entertainment will include St Elizabeth's choir, a recycled fashion show by the Girl Scouts, the

drummers, and for the first time a Raptor Show.

Free parking and shuttle service will be available at the Methodist lot at the 1400 block of N. Beckley.

See our web site: www.oakcliffearthday.org

Preservation awards recognize Oak Cliff

residents, projects- By: Roy Appleton/Dallas News

Oak Cliff projects and people are well represented in this year'sPreservation Dallas achievement awards.The list, released today, includes:

* The Dallas Area Rapid Transit police headquarters (the formerMonroe Shops maintenance building) on South Corinth Road.

* Gloria's Restaurant (formerly Fire Station #15) at Bishop and

Davis.

* Renovation of four cottages on Eighth Street and Bishop Avenueowned by Dave Spence.

In addition, Cindy Maute and Francesco Costa will receive the

Craftsmanship Award for a plaster restoration at the Maute homeon North Montclair.

The Adamson High School Alumni Association, along with

Oak Cliff resident and Dallas school trustee Eric Cowan, will

receive the group'sStewardship Award for efforts to preserve the historic school. The

awards will be presented at a gathering from 6 to 8 p.m. May 16 at

the Majestic Theatre.For more information, contact Donovan Westover at 214-821-3290

or dwestover@preservationdallas.org.

Trinity River CorridorProject

The City of Dallas and the Trinity River CorridorProject launched the new Web site on Friday, April 6,

2012.

The new first phase of the site was designed to excite,

engage and educate visitors on the components of the

Trinity River Corridor Project that are open, soon toopen and planned for the future.

www.trinityrivercorridor.org

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2012 OOCCL Architecture at Risk List

OOCCL is now accepting nominations for this

year's Architecture at Risk list. If there is a

particular piece of iconic or historic architecture

in Oak Cliff that you feel is at at risk of extinction

due to neglect, demolition or aggressive

developers... WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Drop us an email at risk@ooccl.org and we will

investigate and your property may make our list.

City of Dallas seeks artists for $50,000

Oak Cliff Mural project

By: Roy Appleton/Dallas News

The city's graffiti-abatement team has done some cover-up painting ata gateway to Oak Cliff. Now the city wants to pay an artist(s) to getcreative with the space.

The Office of Cultural Affairs has $50,000 to spend on a public artmural(s) along concrete retaining walls for the Jefferson Boulevardbridge. The work "should celebrate themes that relate to thecommunity of Oak Cliff, taking inspiration from the people, history,landmarks, and overall creative spirit of this vibrant Dallasneighborhood." This from the city's call for artist submissions, which

continues:

"Recognizing the creative community of Oak Cliff, the city isparticularly interested in artists/artists teams who have a connection tothe Oak Cliff community. Deadline to apply is 5 p.m. April 20. Andcontact Kendall Ferguson, the city's public art coordinator, atkendall.ferguson@dallascityhall.com and/or 214-670-5639.

Oak Cliff in April...

April 16, 1959-Oak Cliff population hits 245,000. By

January 1, 1960 population expected to hit 257,000.

April 29, 1959-Oak Cliff Country Club plans

expansion of facility.

April 26, 1962- New Tom Thumb nears completion

at Country Club Corners location.Meet the Glen Oaks neighborhood

For more information about this beautiful and unique

neighborhood, please go to: ooccl.org

Oak Cliff: Picture Perfect