Target T-73: Difference between revisions

| opened = ''March 22, 1979''

'''Target T-73''', also known as '''Fondren''', was a [[Target]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Fondren Southwest Village (Houston, Texas)|Fondren Southwest Village]], [[11104 Fondren Road (Houston, Texas)|11110 Fondren Road]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=6000160049786 Target Corporation], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on or around March 22, 1979,<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/177sdK_OtfwJntT-u7hR-5xL5ojwTyvb5E2qQySZT3v8/edit?usp=sharing Target] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on March 26.<ref>[https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-houstonNB-post175036AC8A48C608%25402443958-published-as-the-houston-post-march-25-1979-p-281174FDBF40C47CA8E%2540280/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___March_25_1979__p281.pdfhlterms%3A Full-page advertisement], ''[[Houston Post]]'', March 25, 1979.</ref> It was the first Target to be neighborhood-oriented, rather than along a freeway.<ref>[https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-houstonNB-post175036AFAD0ED9C1%25402443962-published-as-the-houston-post-march-29-1979-p-140_202306174FDBFF84DA34EC%2540139/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___March_29_1979__p140.pdfhlterms%3A "Target opens 8th store on Fondren."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', March 29, 1979, p. 5EE.</ref> The store closed on January 31, 1998.<ref>Smith, Kerry. [https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14DB39C1C40322B4%2540EANX-houstonNB-chronicle172671ADD6032B40%25402450821-january-7-1998-p-306172403B37B720F46%2540305/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__January_7_1998__p306.pdfhlterms%3A "SW Target set to close its doors."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], January 7, 1998, p. 16.</ref>