Thomas and Worthington are two streets that intersect in the the middle of Uptown.Condominium and town homes and apartments in every direction. In 1931 this corner was home to the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library. In 1931 this was a residential neighborhood with mostly wood frame homes up and down each street.
The Dunbar Library was built to serve the African American community that lived in " North Dallas" as the Uptown neighborhood was called in 1931.This library would also serve Booker T Washington just a few blocks south of the corner. Booker T Washington was the African American High School at the time.
The Library was named after Paul Laurence Dunbar a distinguished African American poet. The Dunbar Library remained in Uptown until 1959 when it was closed and moved farther out from the Central Library downtown.
If you live on this corner of Uptown and get a need to read now you know why. Remember to support the Libraries. In Dallas they will be cutting 90% of the new books purchased for next year. If you have a good book you have finished donate that book . Pass it on to others.
Time for some coffee and a good book. I am heading to Crooked Tree Coffee House on Routh St ,one block south off Mc Kinney. They have live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
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