Lakewood Shopping Center — Attraction in Dallas

This review is actually for Harrell Park, located across the street from Lakewood Shopping Center. Since businesses in the LSC funded the park I suppose it should be included in a review.

Harrell Park is located on a small triangular-shaped plot of land between the intersections of Gaston Ave, Abrams Rd and Abrams Pkwy. The triangle is about 100 yards per side. Looks like they just trucked in a bunch of landfill, mounded it up about 10’ high to form more or less a half circle. Then they put in a memorial plaque to people who helped fund the park. Next a few old-style lamps, a few trees, some benches and voila! There you have it. Oh, I almost missed the “entrance” sign near the intersection of Gaston and Abrams Rd, with some landscaping.

It's actually fairly serene with few or no people when I visited. Serene but not quiet - Gaston and Abrams are very busy so there's the constant drone of traffic. In early March most of the trees were bare but I could hear a few birds chirping and calling.

I'd say this might be a great place to take a break when you're visiting the many shops in Lakewood Shopping Center. It kinda...

Lakewood shopping center is one of my almost daily neighborhood Hangouts. It's a great place to go have lunch, two of my favorite places are Unleavened Fresh Kitchen and Liberty Burger. Both have patios with lots of shade, so it's great sitting out side this time of year. Lakewood Smokehouse is around the corner and has great barbecue. Starbucks is a short walk away so we usually go have coffee or iced tea after lunch. And CVS is a regular stop for me for prescription refills and those little drug store necessities, like sunscreen, chewing gum, food items and toiletries. Mi Cocina is another favorite stop, right around the corner from the Starbucks and next to the balcony club which is a great place to go listen to music. The center has almost...

Always a pleasure to visit & shop, My only draw back Or issue.are 2 the bricks Or sidewalks in some areas Are Not Completely LEVEL, which can cause someone to trip or lose balance, And the Front entry to CVS Is Quite dark.. other slight issue with such Historical significance of Lakewood Plaza Why not Power wash the sidewalks to Give it A UP to date Newness or clean Look 👀, just a small little change can make Lakewood plaza...