About Frazier Revitalization Inc.

HISTORY OF FRAZIER COURTS NEIGHBORHOOD
The history of Frazier is the history of South Dallas: pride, struggle, decline and promise.

Most homes in Frazier were built in the 1920s and 30s. At that time, South Dallas, including Frazier, was inhabited by white families. That began to change after World War II, when thousands of African-American families, many of them headed by war veterans, left the rural areas of East Texas to move to Dallas. Despite white resistance, sometimes flaring into violence, South Dallas gradually changed until in the 1970s most residents were African-American. READ MORE >>

HISTORY OF FRAZIER REVITALIZATION INC
FRI was born directly out of the dreams of neighborhood residents. It started with a decision by the Dallas Housing Authority to replaced Frazier Courts, 50-accre concentration of public housing originally built in the early 1940s. By 2000, most units were in deplorable condition and crime was rampant. READ MORE >>

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Some people have different names for the area FRI refers to as "Frazier." What are the boundaries, and why call it "Frazier"? It's often difficult to define neighborhood boundaries - for instance, people constantly disagree about what constitues "Oak Cliff."...

If Frazier has so much economic potential, why not just leave redevelopment to the free market? It is very costly to build new homes or other projects in older neighborhoods such as Frazier...

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