This is a CURATED NEIGHBORHOOD with no chain stores - only locals. It's magical. My home: Small, simple, stunning kitchen. Dreamy sofa that I often fall asleep on. Access to incredible, art-filled, culture-filled (Italians, Mexicans, French and Spaniards flock to this area) neighborhood. Can walk to over 70 shops, restaurants, gyms, coffee shops, record shops, book shops - all locally owned. NO CHAINS HERE.
The Space
1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, centrally located. 5 minutes driving to downtown Dallas, or 15 minutes on the public trolly. A couple with a child or 2 small children could make this work. I also have the possibility of opening up my 2nd bedroom and bathroom if we planned 3 months ahead. So please reach out if interested.
Historic district - most homes are 100 years old, but some new ones are being built as well.
This neighborhood was carefully curated. You WILL NOT SEE chain stores - no Starbucks, GAP, or anything like this. Everyone who owns a store in this area, also live and likely grew up in this area.
What you can walk to: famous taco stand, French restaurants, authentic Afghani food like Nora's restaurant, breadmakers selling their fresh made bread, Mexican restaurants, farm to table restaurants like Written by the Seasons, outdoor Cuba-designed restaurants like Paradiso, vegan coffee shops like Tribal Cafe, 7 coffee shops in total, Hola Cafe with mind-blowing Honduran coffee (the owner is Hondurena), Spanish book stores (owners are from Spain, Italian gelato and pastry shops (2 Italians own 2 shops within walking distance - REAL gelato by the way), Taco y Vino for listening to music on the terrace, jazz bar Reveler's Hall, with music flowing throughout the whole central area of Bishop Arts District, over 20 boutiques, custom made jewely shops, French boutiques (opened by local people who moved here from France), multiple yoga, pilates and exercise studios, lifting weights type gyms, chiropractors, kids' doctors, walking to fancy Kessler Park area with 2 Million dollar homes, Kidds Springs park with huge pool and water slides, Brazilian popsicle stand, Cafe Brazil for late night dining, many bars, trivia nights, REAL Mexican food and also Tex-Mex, candy stores, chocolate stores, really - everything.
https://www.visitdallas.com/neighborhoods/bishop-arts/
Trolley can take you downtown to Perot Museum for Natural History (there's a kid place too!), Art Museum, John F Kennedy Museum where you can look out the window where the shooter stood (a little dark, but a part of history).
And 45 minutes away is Fort Worth - the cowboy history part of this area - rodeos, stockyards (where they walk the cows down the main street like they would have a hundred years ago),
Guest Access
3 steps onto the small porch before the front door.
Notes
Would allow using our car if for the right exchange. You don't NEED a car if you only want to stay in Bishop Arts, but Dallas also has a lot to offer outside of Bishop Arts. This could be 2 bedroom 2 bath if we planned 3 months ahead of time also.
Click on availability periods to see exchange types and descriptions.
Historic district, quiet (but 2 blocks away (7-minute walk) from a lot of life and fun! - most homes are 100 years old, but some new ones are being built as well. We are in the middle of the neighborhood being updated, so you'll see new construction on some blocks. No construction near my home.
This neighborhood was carefully curated. You WILL NOT SEE chain stores - no Starbucks, GAP, or anything like this. Everyone who owns a store in this area, also live and likely grew up in this area.
What you can walk to: famous taco stand, French restaurants, authentic Afghani food like Nora's restaurant, breadmakers selling their fresh made bread, Mexican restaurants, farm to table restaurants like Written by the Seasons, outdoor Cuba-designed restaurants like Paradiso, vegan coffee shops like Tribal Cafe, 7 coffee shops in total, Hola Cafe with mind-blowing Honduran coffee (the owner is Hondurena), Spanish book stores (owners are from Spain, Italian gelato and pastry shops (2 Italians own 2 shops within walking distance - REAL gelato by the way), Taco y Vino for listening to music on the terrace, jazz bar Reveler's Hall, with music flowing throughout the whole central area of Bishop Arts District, over 20 boutiques, record shops to browse cool records (I have a record player, so feel free to use it!), 2 real books stores, custom made jewely shops, French boutiques (opened by local people who moved here from France), multiple yoga, pilates and exercise studios, lifting weights type gyms, chiropractors, kids' doctors, walking to fancy Kessler Park area with 2 Million dollar homes, Kidds Springs park with huge pool and water slides, Brazilian popsicle stand, Cafe Brazil for late night dining, many bars, trivia nights, REAL Mexican food and also Tex-Mex, candy stores, chocolate stores, really - everything.
https://www.visitdallas.com/neighborhoods/bishop-arts/
Trolley can take you downtown to Perot Museum for Natural History (there's a kid place too!), Art Museum, John F Kennedy Museum where you can look out the window where the shooter stood (a little dark, but a part of history).
And 45 minutes away is Fort Worth - the cowboy history part of this area - rodeos, stockyards (where they walk the cows down the main street like they would have a hundred years ago), and lots of people with cowboy hats on!
Dallas in general has a million things to do : theme parks, amusement parks, Rigley's Believe it or not museum, Lego land, hundreds of open air shopping locations. I prefer the areas of Knox/Henderson, Lower Greenville, but it's really amazing every little neighborhood.
We have in the north (20 minutes in the car) all Asian area - so authentic Korean (Samsung offices are nearby), Japanese (Toyota Headquarters is nearby), Chinese, Thai. Ethiopian neighborhood, Mexico is all over, but Bishop Arts is the most Mexican neighborhood, Indian neighborhoods, with Indian food from both the north and the south of India. It's incredibly international.
Love Field is 15 minutes. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is 30 minutes.
I am open to giving you my car. I have 2 car seats available as well. I think 1 child in this home is the most we could probably do though since it's 1 bedroom - but open to discussion. I have another apartment that attaches to my home (it's a duplex but they attach), so I could open up both spaces for the right exchange.
Spanish and French speaker guide.