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Uptown Broadway San AntonioUptown Broadway San Antonio consists of a very large area separated by two segments. Uptown Broadway is home to a concentrated area of "old money" bedroom communities. These communities are Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, and Terrell Hills. 
Combined the total population of these three communities is almost 16,000 people on 4.2 square miles (11 kmē). That is a density of nearly 4,000 people per square mile (1,500 kmē).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 the University of the Incarnate Word and two very prominent museums, the McNay Art Museum and the Witte Museum. Uptown Loop is what one might call a retail and office Mecca. With nearly five million square feet (465,000 mē) of retail and nearly 20 million square feet (1.86 million mē) of office space. Retail in Uptown Loop consists of North Star Mall, San Pedro Towne Center, and the soon to be Park North Plaza at site of what was once Central Park Mall. The new Park North Plaza will include new retail, restaurants a SuperTarget and Washington Mutual (now known as WAMU). North Star Mall is anchored by Dillard's, Macy's, Mervyn's, Saks Fifth Avenue and J.C. Penney. 78209 (a.k.a. 0-Niners)is located in the north-central corridor about two miles north of downtown and laid out roughly down the north-south axis of Broadway, the 78209 zipcode is bordered to the south by Mulberry Avenue, to the north by Loop 410, to the east by Fort Sam Houston, and to the west by US 281. This zipcode contains some of the wealthier neighborhoods such as Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills (Olmos Park neighborhood is entirely located within the 78212 zipcode). This area also includes a large swath of Broadway from Mulberry to Loop 410. Inside this area is also Mahncke Park (the neighborhood and the park), the Witte Museum, Brackenridge Park, Botanical Gardens, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Country Club and Japanese Tea Gardens. The whole of 78209 zipcode is sometimes referred to as "Alamo Heights" even though the precise boundaries of the Alamo Heights city and school district are much smaller than the boundaries of the zip code.
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