Kmart 4302: Difference between revisions

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'''Kmart #4302''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[The Plaza on Galveston Island (Galveston, Texas)|Kmart Plaza]], [[6327 Stewart Road (Galveston, Texas)|6327 Stewart Road]] in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], [[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 July 17, 1969,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88551062/the-galveston-daily-news/ "Kas martthe Opens24th ThisKmart Morningin At 9."] [[The Galveston Daily News]]Texas, July 17, 1969, p. 3-B.</ref> It wasand one of two stores to open that day for a total of 295 Kmarts overall,.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11732563288551062/the-galveston-daily-news/ Advertisement"K mart Opens This Morning At 9."], [[The Galveston Daily News]], July 1117, 1969, p. 3-B.</ref> and was the 24th Kmart in Texas. In 1993, the store would expand into the former Kmart Foods and be remodeled from a pre-1972 full-size model Kmart.<ref>Sieger, Maggie. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98781364/the-galveston-daily-news/ "Isle Kmart renovation nears completion."] [[The Galveston Daily News]], June 20, 1993, p. 18.</ref> A grand re-opening ceremony of the renovated store was held on September 12.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-september-12-1993-p-273/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__September_12_1993__p273.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle]], September 12, 1993.</ref> In 1997, the store would be converted to one of the first 24 Big Kmarts in Texas, with a grand re-opening ceremony on November 14.<ref>Mayo, Steve. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98176073/the-galveston-daily-news/ "K-Marts going big time in area."] [[The Galveston Daily News]], November 14, 1997, p. A14.</ref> The store ultimately closed on April 13, 2003.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184795/m1/7/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun]], April 11, 2003, p. 7A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>