A circa-'63 aerial of the shopping center. A new anchor store (the mall's second) is under construction. Work will soon get underway on a new "butterfly twin" cinema.
Photo from City-Data / "940"


The General Cinema Corporation opened Cinema I & II North Star Mall on Christmas Day 1964.


A mid-'60s physical layout of NORTH STAR MALL, with its Phase II expansion shown in shades of gray. The original anchor, San Antonio-based Wolff & Marx, has been joined by Frost Brothers, another Alamo City-based retailer. The complex now contains eighty-eight stores and services.