Uptown, officially Uptown Central, consists of a very large area separated into two large segments.
Uptown Broadway is home to a concentrated area of "old money" bedroom communities. These communities are Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, Lincoln Heights, and Terrell Hills. Combined the total population of these three communities is almost 16,000 people on 4.2 square miles (11 km2). That is a density of nearly 4,000 people per square mile (1,500 km²).
Famous people that reside in Uptown Broadway include Thomas Gibson (Terrell Hills), Tommy Lee Jones (Terrell Hills), and many others. This area is home to quite a few high-rise residential buildings, with more planned. Uptown Broadway is also home to many trendy boutiques as well as two very prominent museums, the McNay Art Museum and the Witte Museum. The University of the Incarnate Word is on the southern fringe of Uptown Broadway.
With nearly five million square feet (465,000 m²) of retail and nearly 20 million square feet (1.86 km²) of office space, retail in Uptown Loop consists of well known North Star Mall; San Pedro Towne Center, with Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, DSW, and a Toys R Us-Babies R Us combined superstore; Park North Plaza, at the site of what was once Central Park Mall. The new Park North Plaza includes an Alamo Drafthouse movie theater, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, many restaurants, Target, Sears, an Aloft hotel and many more shops. North Star Mall is anchored by Dillard's, Macy's, J.C. Penney, Saks Fifth Avenue, Forever 21 and The Cheesecake Factory.
The San Antonio International Airport is at the center of Uptown at the intersection of I-410 and U.S. 281. VIA Metropolitan Transit operates its North Star Transit Center at the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and I-410.
Companies based in Uptown San Antonio include Harte-Hanks, Friedrich Air Conditioning, Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC), and Frontier Enterprises (owner of Jim's Restaurants).
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