San Antonio's North Star Mall opened its doors 64 years ago this week

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San Antonio's North Star Mall opened its doors 64 years ago this week
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It opened Sept. 23, 1960, and was one of the country’s first enclosed shopping malls.

Billed as a shopping destination that allowed patrons to purchase from a variety of vendors while staying indoors, North Star Mall opened for business 64 years ago this week. When it opened on Sept. 23, 1960, North Star was one of the country’s first enclosed shopping malls.

Why the world's largest cowboy boots are at North Star Mall in San Antonio Over the years, North Star tenants continued to change – reflecting both the evolving business landscape and changing consumer habits as malls began to decline in popularity as online shopping grew. Today, North Star Mall is home to more than 200 shops in its 1.2 million-square-foot space. Also, this week in San Antonio history, KENS television station moved its operations from downtown to the North Side. On Sept.

This week in 1940, Alamo Stadium hosted its first event — a high school football doubleheader In entertainment history, a train carrying Hollywood stars arrived in San Antonio on Sept. 22, 1943, as part of the “Hollywood Bond Cavalcade” to help boost sales in the Bexar County war loan drive, library archives show. The stars, including Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Harpo Marx and Greer Garson, performed in a revue at Municipal Auditorium.

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