Template:History of Retail in Southern California

History of retail in Southern California

Central Los Angeles	Barker Bros. Blackstone's Brooks Clothing Bon Marché The Broadway‎ Bullock's‎ Bullocks Wilshire Central City of Paris Coulter's Dearden's Desmond's B. H. Dyas Eastern-Columbia Fallas Paredes Famous (Cal Hirsch & Sons) Fifth Street Store The Globe (51st & S. Broadway) Haggarty's ("New York Store") The Hub J. M. Hale Co. Hamburger's ("People's Store") Harris & Frank Jacoby Bros. May Co. (buildings: May Co. Downtown LA – May Co. Wilshire – May Co. Mission Valley) Milliron's (Milliron's/Broadway Westchester) Mullen & Bluett Myer Siegel Phelps-Terkel J. W. Robinson's Robinsons-May Sears-Pico Silverwoods Swelldom Ville de Paris Walker's (L.A.)
L.A. neighborhoods	Iver's (Highland Pk) Nahas (N Hwd) Quigley's (Hwd) Rathbun's (N Hwd) Robertson Co. (Hwd) Sears Pico–Rimpau
Long Beach	Buffums The Emporium Marti's Robert's Walker's LB Wise Company
Pasadena	Boadway Bros. Meyer's Nash's
Rest of L.A. Co.	Boston Stores (Inglewood) Butler Bros. (Vernon) Chaney's (Hawthorne) I. H. Hawkins (Redondo Bch) Henshey's (Santa Monica) Hinshaw's (Arcadia/Whittier) Kitson (W Hwd) Myers (Whittier) Webb's (Glendale) Wineman's (Oxnard/Huntington Pk)
Bakersfield	Brock's
Inland Empire	Willets (Colton) Harris Company (San B'do)
Orange Co.	Rankin's (Santa Ana) The S.Q.R. Store (Anaheim)
San Diego–Tijuana	Barnett-Stine Dorian's Holzwasser's Marston's Walker Scott
Elsewhere	J. C. Penney Montgomery Ward Ohrbach's Sears

Clothing and shoes

Discount and
membership stores

Drugstores

Disco Drug and Discount Centers
Sav-on
Schwab's Pharmacy
Thrifty

Furniture and
home furnishings

Grocery stores

Home enter-
tainment, appliances

Adray's
Cal Stereo
Federated Group
Golden Bear Home and Sport Centers
Ken Crane's
Leo's Stereo
Pacific Stereo
Rogersound Labs
University Stereo

Home improvement

Builders Emporium
National Lumber
Ole's Home Centers

Music

On-street shopping

Los Angeles:
Plaza
1880s-90s CBD
Broadway (CBD)
Broadway & 87th, South L.A.*
Seventh St.
Flower St.
Hollywood Blvd.
Lankershim, North Hollywood
Miracle Mile, Wilshire Blvd.
Westwood Village (near UCLA)
Other cities:
Beverly Hills: Rodeo Drive
Burbank: Golden Mall
Huntington Park: Pacific Blvd.
Long Beach: Pine St.
Palm Springs: La Plaza/Palm Canyon Dr. - See also History of retail in Palm Springs
Pasadena: Lake Ave.
Pasadena: Old Pasadena
Santa Ana: 4th St.
Santa Monica: Main St. - 3rd St. Promenade

L.A.
shopping center
"firsts"

Oldest origins of a major L.A. chain: Harris & Frank (1876) - 1st dept. store on Broadway: A. Fusenot Co./Ville de Paris - 1st dept. store on 7th off Broadway: J. W. Robinson's (1915) - 1st planned shopping district: Westwood Village (1929) - 1st suburban dept. store branch: B. H. Dyas/Broadway Hollywood (1927) - 1st center with multiple supermarkets: Broadway & 87th Street shopping center (1936) - 1st center with department store anchor: Broadway-Crenshaw Center (1947) - 1st enclosed mall: Lakewood Center (1951) - 1st mall in Orange County: Anaheim Plaza (1955) - 1st center with 4 dept. stores: Panorama City Shopping Center (1964)

Shopping centers

Los Angeles

L.A. Central Area	ARCO Plaza* Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Beverly Center Beverly Connection The Bloc Los Angeles Broadway & 87th Street* Crossroads of the World Eagle Rock Plaza El Mercado de Los Angeles Farmers Market FIGat7th Grove at Farmers Market Japanese Village Plaza Los Angeles Mall Midtown Crossing & Sears-Pico Ovation Hollywood Town & Country Market* Weller Court West Hollywood Gateway
Westside	Airport Marina Hotel* Brentwood Country Mart Edgemar Malibu Country Mart Palisades Village Platform, Culver City Promenade at Howard Hughes Center Santa Monica Place Third Street Promenade Westfield Century City Westfield Culver City
San Fernando Valley	Americana at Brand Burbank Town Center Commons at Calabasas Fallbrook Center Glendale Fashion Center Glendale Galleria NoHo West Northridge Fashion Center Panorama Mall Promenade (Woodland Hills)* Sherman Oaks Galleria* Universal CityWalk Valley Plaza* Westfield Fashion Square Westfield Topanga
San Gabriel Valley	Eastland Center El Monte Shopping Center* El Rancho Santa Anita Indian Hill Mall* Paseo Colorado Plaza West Covina Pomona Mall* Puente Hills Mall Shops at Santa Anita
South Bay	Del Amo Fashion Center Fisherman's Village Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center Old Towne Mall* Peninsula Center Promenade on the Peninsula South Bay Galleria SouthBay Pavilion
Southeast L.A. Co.	Los Cerritos Center Cerritos Towne Center Citadel Outlets Lakewood Center La Mirada Mall* Plaza México Promenade at Downey Quad at Whittier Santa Fe Springs Mall* Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center* Shops at Montebello Stonewood Center Uptown Whittier Whittier Downs* Whittwood Town Center*
Long Beach	Long Beach Plaza Long Beach Towne Center Los Altos Center Marina Pacifica Mall
Northern L.A. Co.	Antelope Valley Mall Valencia Town Center

Elsewhere

Imperial Valley Mall, El Centro
Valley Plaza Mall, Bakersfield

See also: History of retail in Southern California – History of retail in Palm Springs — Note: starred (*) listings indicate former regional mall now site of strip-style community center with new name