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Gulfgate Mall, also known as Gulfgate Shopping City or Gulfgate Center, is a shopping center located in the East End, Houston, Texas, United States.〔"(Map )." East End Management District. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.〕 The mall is located northwest of the intersection of the Gulf Freeway and Interstate 610. ==History== It was the first regional mall in the Houston area, opening as Gulfgate Shopping Center on September 20, 1956 with Joske's, Sakowitz, Weingarten's, J.J. Newberry and W.T. Grant. The architects were John Graham & Company.〔http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=140〕 Gulfgate Kiddieland opened in the mall on March 21.〔''Billboard'' (ISSN 0006-2510). Nielsen Business Media, Inc., April 20, 1957. p. (68 ) ("Gulfgate Bows With 3 Rides, Adding Two").〕 In the early 1960s, while the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) was under construction in the Clear Lake area, NASA personnel opened temporary offices in center in about of floor space donated for the purpose by the Gulfgate management. MSC had a continuing operation there until additional office, engineering and laboratory space could be leased and made ready for occupation. Operations at the Gulfgate offices were largely concerned with procurement, personnel and public affairs.〔("JSC Origins" ''JSC at 40'' (NASA) ) Retrieved March 25, 2011.〕 The shopping center was enclosed around 1967 and, after years of decline and competition, shuttered in 2000. In 2001 the original mall and the former Mervyns (across Woodridge) were demolished and redeveloped into a strip mall configuration, anchored by H-E-B, Best Buy, Office Depot, Marshalls, and Lowe's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gulfgate Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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