Kmart 4259: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #4259''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Felix Shopping Center (Fort Worth, Texas)|Kmart Plaza]], [[4820 South Freeway (Fort Worth, Texas)|4812 South Freeway]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160044410 K mart Corporation], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on August 15, 1968 as the first Kmart in the city of Fort Worth, the 20th Kmart in Texas, and one of two stores to open that day for a total of 243 Kmarts overall.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88548915/fort-worth-star-telegram/ "K mart to Open Here Thursday."] [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram|''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'']], August 11, 1968, p. 4-D.</ref> In 1989, the store would be remodeled.<ref>Haar Vonder, Steven. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/127783655/ "Kmart closing 2 stores in Tarrant, 72 in nation: 203 workers in area among 5,800 to lose jobs."] ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', June 2, 1995, p. 4.</ref> The store ultimately closed on August 29, 1995.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90804525/fort-worth-star-telegram/ Advertisement], [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram|''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'']], August 25, 1995, p. 14.</ref> Prior to Kmart, the site was previously occupied by the Southside Drive-In Theatre.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>