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This is a list of department stores that were located in Downtown Los Angeles, part of the History of Retail in Southern California
Opened | Left | Moved or closed? | Store | Floor area (gross) | Location | Architects | Current use |
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SPRING ST. BETWEEN TEMPLE AND SECOND | |||||||
1884 | 1898 | Moved to B'way | Coulter's | Hollenbeck Block, SW corner 2nd & Spring | Historic Broadway station | ||
1888 | 1908 | Moved to 8th/B'way | Hamburger's | Phillips Block, Franklin & Spring | Burgess J. Reeve | Site of City Hall | |
1889 | 1910 | Moved to B'way | Mullen & Bluett | 101–5 N. Spring | Empty lot | ||
1891 | 1900 | Moved to 3rd/B'way | Jacoby Bros. | 128–134(–138) N. Spring at Court | Site of City Hall | ||
1895 | ? | The Hub | Bullard Block, Spring at Court | Morgan & Walls | Site of City Hall | ||
BROADWAY north of 4th St. | |||||||
1893 | 1898 | Moved to 317 B’way | Ville de Paris[1] (A. Fusenot Co.) |
Potomac Block, 221-3 S. Broadway | Block, Curlett & Eisen | added to Coulter's late 1907, demolished 1958, now a parking lot | |
1895 | 1915 | Moved to 7th St. | Boston Dry Goods (J.W. Robinson Co.) |
237–241 S. Broadway | Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt (architects of the Bradbury Building) |
Parking lot | |
1898 | 1905 | Moved to 200 block of B'way | Coulter's (1898–1905) | 317–325 S. Broadway through to 314–322 Hill Street[2] Homer Laughlin Building |
John B. Parkinson | became Ville de Paris Now Grand Central Market | |
1899[3] | 1935-6 | Moved to 605 B'way[4][5] | Jacoby Bros. | 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) | 331-333-335 S. Broadway | John B. Parkinson[6] | Was "Boston Store" in late 1930s.[7] Currently independent retail. 2 of 4 floors were removed. |
1899 | ? | Moved to 455 B'way then 617 B'way | I. Magnin/ Myer Siegel |
Irvine Byrne Block, 251 S. Broadway[8] |
Sumner Hunt | Wedding chapel | |
1905 | 1917 | Moved to 7th St. | Coulter's | 157,000 sq ft (14,600 m2)[9] | Potomac Block: 225-7-9 S. Broadway through to 224-6-8 S. Hill St. Late 1907 added 219-221-223 S. Broadway to store. | Block, Curlett & Eisen | demolished, site of parking lot |
1905 | 1917 | Moved to 7th St. | Ville de Paris | 96,000 sq ft (8,900 m2)[citation needed] | 317–325 S. Broadway through to 314–322 Hill Street[2] Homer Laughlin Building |
John B. Parkinson | Grand Central Market |
1905 | 1917 | Moved to 7th St. | J. J. Haggarty Co. “New York Store’ | 337–9 S. Broadway | Independent retail. Only 2 stories remain. | ||
1909 | ? | ? | J. M. Hale (Hale’s) | 341-343-345 S. Broadway[10] | retail, top floors were removed | ||
BROADWAY south of 4th St. | |||||||
1896 | 1973 | Moved to B'way Plaza | The Broadway Dept. Store[11] | 1924, 577,000 sq ft (53,600 m2)[12] | SW corner 4th & Broadway, later through to Hill | Junipero Serra State Office Building | |
1904 | ? | ? | Silverwoods | 1920: 115,420 sq ft (10,723 m2)[13] | 556 S. Broadway (NE corner of 6th) | Broadway Jewelry Mart | |
1905 | ? | Closed | Fifth Street Store (Steele, Faris, & Walker Co.) Later called Walker's |
1917: 278,640 sq ft (25,887 m2)[14] | SW corner 5th & Broadway | Replaced existing store with new building in 1917[14] Building later housed Ohrbach's | |
1906 | 1986 | Moved to FIGat7th | Hamburger's After 1925: May Company |
1906: 482,475 sq ft (44,823.4 m2)[15][16] 1930, >1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2)[17] |
SW corner 8th & Broadway by 1930, entire block 8th/9th/Broadway/Hill |
Under renovation to become tech campus | |
1907 | 1983 | Closed, opened 1986 at FIGat7th | Bullock's | 1907: 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2) 1934: 806,000 sq ft (74,900 m2)[18] |
NW corner 7th & Broadway by 1934, most of the block 6th/7th/Broadway/Hill |
Parkinson & Bergstrom | St. Vincents Jewelry Mart |
1907 | 1908 | Central Department Store[19] | 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m2), [20] | 609–619 S. Broadway | Samuel Tilden Norton | Demolished, now site of Los Angeles Theatre | |
1910 | 1960s | Mullen & Bluett | 610 S. Broadway (Walter P. Story Bldg.)[21] |
Morgan, Walls & Clements | Mixed-use | ||
1917 | Blackstone's | 118,800 sq ft (11,040 m2)[22] | 901 S. Broadway (SE corner 9th) | John Parkinson | Building became The Famous, now residential, retail | ||
1924 | 1972[23] | Abandoned Downtown L.A. | Desmond's | 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m2)[24] | 616 S. Broadway | A. C. Martin[25] | Renovated 2019 as office space, a restaurant and a rooftop bar.[24] |
1930 | 1957[26] | Eastern Columbia | 1930: 275,650 sq ft (25,609 m2)[27] (expanded through to Hill St. in 1950)[28] | 849 S. Broadway through to Hill | Claud Beelman | luxury condos | |
1936[5] | 1938[29] | Company liquidated | Jacoby Bros. | 605 S. Broadway[5] | became a branch of Zukor's (1940),[30] now mixed-use | ||
1947 | 1980[31] | Abandoned Downtown L.A. | Harris & Frank 2nd downtown location | 644 S. Broadway (Joseph E. Carr Bldg.) |
Robert Brown Young[32] | ||
SEVENTH STREET | |||||||
1915 | 1993 | Abandoned Downtown L.A. | J. W. Robinson's | 1915: 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2)[33] 1923: 623,700 sq ft (57,940 m2)[34] |
7th, Hope & Grand | Noonan & Richards (1915), Edgar Mayberry/Allison & Allison (1934 remodel) | Mixed-use |
1917 | 1933 | B. H. Dyas liquidated | Ville de Paris, from 1919 B. H. Dyas | 420 W. 7th (SE corner Olive) | Dodd and Richards | L.A. Jewelry Mart | |
1917 | 1938 | Moved to Miracle Mile | Coulter's | 500 W. 7th (SW corner Olive) | Dodd and Richards | Mixed-use | |
1917 | 1963[35] | Abandoned Downtown L.A. | Haggarty's | Brockman Building, 520–530 W. 7th at Grand[36][37][38][39] |
George D. Barnett (of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett) |
Apartments | |
1927[40] | 1934 | Moved to #617 | Desmond's 7th St. branch | Roosevelt Building, 717 W. 7th St. | Alexander Curlett and Claude Beelman | Shoo Shoo Baby (restaurant) | |
1934,[40] expanded 1937[41] | Closed | Desmond's 7th St. branch (2nd loc.) | 22,500 sq ft (2,090 m2) (1937)[42] | 2nd Union Oil Building, 617 W. 7th. St. | (Also) Alexander Curlett and Claude Beelman | Walgreens[43] | |
1926 | 1984[44] | Barker Bros. | Abandoned Downtown L.A. | 23 acres (1,000,000 sq ft; 93,000 m2)[45] | 818 W. 7th (Flower to Figueroa) | Curlett and Beelman | Offices |
1973 | open* | The Broadway | 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2)[46] | Broadway Plaza 750 W. 7th (Hope to Flower) | Charles Luckman | Macy's | |
1986 | 1996 | Became duplicate Macy's, closed | Bullock's | Seventh Market Place now FIGat7th | Jon Jerde[47] | Gold's Gym (level M1), Target (M2), Zara (M3) | |
1986 | 2009a | Became duplicate Macy's, closed | May Company | Nordstrom Rack (level M1), Target (M2), H&M (M3) |
aas Macy's
References
- ^ "Ville de Paris 1901". Calisphere, University of California Library. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 Sep 2018.
- ^ a b "Ad for Ville de Paris". Los Angeles Herald. August 15, 1907.
- ^ "Los Angeles Herald 22 August 1899 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Advertisement for Jacoby Bros./May Co". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1935.
- ^ a b c "Pioneers' Modern Home: Jacoby Bros.Will Open New Store Soon". Los Angeles Times. January 31, 1936. p. 11.
- ^ "Will Go Up Rapidly: Work on the Jacoby Building Was Begun Today: Most of the Material for the Big Business Structure Is Already on the Ground". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. September 1, 1899. p. 1.
Architect John Parkinson
- ^ "Boston Store Los Angeles 1939 - 331 S. Broadway (old Jacoby Bros.) and 4755 Whittier Blvd". The Los Angeles Times. 1939-11-06. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "We move Monday to 251 South Broadway", I. Magnin advertisement in the Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec 1898, p.4
- ^ "Great Store for Coulter". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1904. p. 13.
- ^ "Moving to Broadway: J. M. Hale Co. Go to Petticoat Lane". Los Angeles Evening Express. January 23, 1909. p. 4.
- ^ "Los Angeles Herald 4 August 1895 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Framework is now finished: Construction Started Late Last Fall: Additional Will Be Completed During July: Department Store Growth Is Consistent". Los Angeles Times. March 23, 1924. p. 91. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Magnificent Pile That Now Graces Broadway Corner". Los Angeles Times. August 31, 1920. p. 9.
- ^ a b "Broadway Buildings: To Cost Million". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1917. p. part V p. 13.
Eight stories…plus basement and sub-basement…172 feet on Broadway by 162 feet on Fifth
- ^ "Great Store's First Drill: Hamburger Army Through Paces for Opening; Get Familiar With "Lay" of New Establishment; Many Delights for Shoppers Are in Prospect". Los Angeles Times. July 26, 1908. p. V13. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
- ^ "Hamburger's Big Store Celebrates: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Sale To Mark Event; Started in Small Room on Main Street, Now Occupies Building with Thirteen Acres of Floor Space---History of the Great Emporium's Growth and Success". Los Angeles Times. October 29, 1916. p. III_A15. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.
- ^ "Advertisement for May Company". Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1930. p. 10.
- ^ "Bullock's Department Store #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1906-1907)", PCAD
- ^ "New Department Store Opens Doors to Public". Los Angeles Herald. March 26, 1907. p. 4.
- ^ "New Department Store Opens Doors to Public". Los Angeles Herald. March 26, 1907. p. 4.
- ^ "Walter P. Story Building". Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Material Progress: Millions Going into Broadway Buildings: New Blackstones". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1917.
90 feet of frontage on Broadway and 165 feet on 9th Street…with 6 stories plus two basement levels
- ^ "Ad for Desmond's Downtown LA Removal Sale". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1972. p. 7.
- ^ a b Vincent, Roger. "Historic home of clothier Desmond's is ready for its comeback on Broadway". latimes.com. Retrieved on 16 April 2019.
- ^ Gray, Olive (September 16, 1924). "New Desmond Store Opened". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Eastern-Columbia closes down 1957". The Los Angeles Times. 1957-02-03. p. 26. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Concern Occupies New Home Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. September 11, 1930. p. 8.
- ^ "Eastern-Columbia expansion 1950". The Los Angeles Times. 1950-06-18. p. 26. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Advertisement for liquidation of Jacoby Bros". Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1938. p. 45.
- ^ "Downtown Broadway Store Leased in $1,000,000 Deal: Business Prepares to Expend $150,000 in Converting Property to Its Uses". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 1940. p. 63.
- ^ "Harris & Frank advertisement". Los Angeles Times. January 17, 1980. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Los Angeles Union Station Run-through Tracks Project", p. RA6-PP8
- ^ "24 May 1914, 79 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "11 Jan 1923, 27 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Haggarty's advertisement". June 23, 1963. p. 59.
- ^ "J.J. Haggarty Growth Laid to Enterprise". Los Angeles Times. 10 November 1940. p. 67 (Part IV Society, p.9).
- ^ Auerbach, Alexander (27 May 1970). "J.J. Haggarty Dress Chain Forced Out of Business by Debt". Los Angeles Times. p. 56 (part III Business & Finance, p.1). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "New York Store's Life Dream Comes True: J. J. Haggarty Ready to Open New Emporium at Seventh and Grand Tomorrow". Los Angeles Evening Express. September 19, 1917.
- ^ "The "New York" to Start Building". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1916. p. 27.
- ^ a b "Desmond's New Store Open Today". The Los Angeles Times. 5 March 1934. p. 26. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Reasons for Expansion Told: Desmond Chief Cites Handicaps of Limited Space". The Los Angeles Times. 21 October 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Expansion of Desmond Store Planned". The Los Angeles Times. 27 December 1936. p. 53. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "617 W. 7th St". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Ad for Barker Bros". Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1984. p. 6.
- ^ Whitaker, Alma (July 13, 1931). "Furniture Has Its Romance: Fascinating Tale Found in Barker Brothers: Enormous Business Started by Outraged Man: Fourth Generation Working at Present Time". Los Angeles Times. p. 23. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Broadway Plaza", Pacific Coast Architecture Database
- ^ "Grand Opening for Downtown Mall Scheduled : Bullock's, May Co. Anchor Stores in Seventh Market Place". Los Angeles Times. 1986-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.