Uptown

Getting to their favorite neighborhood bars and homes without having to get in a car. Trips on the McKinney Avenue Trolley are even free—though truthfully walking is often faster if you’re in a hurry.

That the neighborhood’s watering holes and restaurants are too often overrun by the sort of men disparagingly described by reference to a feminine hygiene product.

“Uptown” was a name invented by the developers who wholly reinvented this neighborhood into the land of polished mid-rises and upscale apartments we see today. Prior to the 2000s, it was generally considered another part of Oak Lawn. Some Oak Lawn loyalists still think it is.