El Paso's first mall-type shopping complex was built in the city's northeast environs. The sign depicted above stood at the mall's Dyer Street entry and included an electronic display that announced the temperature.
Drawing from DeWitt & Rearick
Stores at NORTHGATE CENTER opened in several stages. The first three debuted in April 1960. Additional southern store block dedications were held in September and November of 1960 and in August 1961. Stores in a northwest store block (in gray) debuted between September 1960 and April 1962. By 1963, the open-air complex encompassed approximately 300,000 leasable square feet and housed thirty-two tenant spaces.
NORTHGATE CENTER TENANTS 1963:
J.C. PENNEY / SAFEWAY supermarket / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Aaronson Brothers apparel / American Furniture Company / Cherry's Barber Shop / El Paso County Tax Office / Gilbert's Fashion Apparel / Gunning-Casteel Rexall Drug (with luncheonette) / Household Finance Corporation / Land Yacht Trailer Sales / Little Hawaii Beauty Salon / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Northgate Chevron (outparcel) / Northgate Community Hall / Northgate Florist / Northgate National Bank (outparcel) / Perry's Laundry & Cleaners / Shain's Quality Jewelers / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Singer Sewing Center / Stein's men's & boy's wear / Johnson's Northgate Sinclair service station & car wash (outparcel) / Texas State Optical / The El Paso Herald-Post / The El Paso Times / The Toy Box / Thom McAn Shoes / Tiny Tot Shop / Tony Lama Western Wear / Wash Pot Coin Laundry / White Stores (with attached Auto Center) / Wyatt's Cafeteria
