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Highland Park Village is an upscale shopping plaza located at the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road in Highland Park, Texas and was the first self-contained shopping center in America. The Highland Park Village was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000. [3] [4]
The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States, Highland Park Village, which opened in 1931 in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. [1] The latter and Greater Houston area are both home to numerous regional shopping malls and shopping centers located in various areas of the city.
In 1988, Homart, a then-subsidiary of Sears, planned to develop a million-square foot mall in Frisco, which consisted of roughly 6,000 people at the time. [2]When Plano city officials learned of Homart's plan, they offered $10 million if the company decided to move its planned mall across Texas Route 121 into their city limits.
Preston Highlands is a neighborhood in Far North Dallas, Texas ().The neighborhood is generally bounded by Preston Road on the west, Frankford Road on the south, Hillcrest Road on the east, and on Fortson and Amador Avenues on the north.
In 1931, Highland Park Village was constructed, the first shopping center of its kind in the United States. Because of its location near Dallas, Highland Park had, by the early 1930s, developed a moderately large (8,400) population, with a few businesses. Eventually the school districts and newspapers of Highland Park and University Park were ...
The Highland Park Cafeteria was unfortunately forced to close permanently, during the summer of 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. All furniture, equipment, signage, etc. was auctioned off. With the shuttering of Highland Park Cafeteria’s last existing location, it brought to an end their 95-year legacy.
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Knox / Henderson is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas ().It is north of the Uptown neighborhood and east and south of the enclave of Highland Park.It is centered on Knox Street, Henderson Avenue, McKinney Avenue, and Cole Avenue.