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{{Short description| |
{{Short description|Department store chain}} |
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{{About|the former department store|other uses of the term|Broadway (disambiguation)}} |
{{About|the former department store|other uses of the term|Broadway (disambiguation)}} |
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{{More citations needed|date=December 2008}} |
{{More citations needed|date=December 2008}} |
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{{Infobox company |
{{Infobox company |
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| name |
| name = The Broadway |
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| logo |
| logo = The Broadway Department Store Final Logo.png |
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| type |
| type = [[Department store]] |
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| fate |
| fate = Converted to [[Macy's]] |
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| foundation |
| foundation = {{start date and age|1896|2|24}} |
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| defunct |
| defunct = {{end date and age|1996}} |
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| founder |
| founder = [[Arthur Letts Sr.]] |
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| location |
| location = [[Los Angeles, California]] |
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| industry |
| industry = [[Retail]] |
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| products |
| products = Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
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'''The Broadway''' was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Founded in 1896 by English-born [[Arthur Letts]] |
'''The Broadway''' was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Founded in 1896 by English-born [[Arthur Letts]] Sr., and named after what was once the [[Broadway (Los Angeles)|city's main shopping street]],<ref name="lat-1991feb12">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-12-mn-1126-story.html |title=The Broadway: Bright History, Uncertain Future |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 12, 1991 |first=Martha |last=Groves}}</ref> the Broadway became a dominant retailer in Southern California and the Southwest. Its fortunes eventually declined, and Federated Department Stores (now [[Macy's, Inc.]]) bought the chain in 1995. In 1996, Broadway stores were either closed or converted into [[Macy's]] and [[Bloomingdales]], some of which were sold and converted to [[Sears]], including the [[Stonewood Center]] and [[Whittwood Town Center]] locations. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[File:Broadway Department Store, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910 (CHS-2616).jpg|thumb|Original Broadway store as seen around 1908–1910]] |
[[File:Broadway Department Store, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910 (CHS-2616).jpg|thumb|Original Broadway store as seen around 1908–1910]] |
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[[File:View on Hill Street looking south from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910-1919 (CHS-2430).jpg|thumb|Back entrance, east side of Hill between 4th and 5th.]] |
[[File:View on Hill Street looking south from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910-1919 (CHS-2430).jpg|thumb|Back entrance, east side of Hill between 4th and 5th.]] |
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[[File:The Broadway Department Store 01.jpg|thumb|The 1913–1973 [[Downtown Los Angeles |
[[File:The Broadway Department Store 01.jpg|thumb|The 1913–1973 [[Broadway Mart Center|Downtown Los Angeles flagship store]]]] |
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[[File:Broadway Hollywood Building sign.jpg|thumb|Sign atop the former [[Broadway Building (Hollywood)|Broadway-Hollywood branch]], still present today long after the store's closure]] |
[[File:Broadway Hollywood Building sign.jpg|thumb|Sign atop the former [[Broadway Building (Hollywood)|Broadway-Hollywood branch]], still present today long after the store's closure]] |
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=== Origins === |
=== Origins === |
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In 1895, J. A. Williams formed J. A. Williams & Co., built and opened his J. A. Williams & Co. Dry Goods Store on August 29, 1895 in the new Hallett & Pirtle Building designed by [[Frederick Rice Dorn]], who would later design the Marsh-Strong building and The [[Broadway Hollywood]]. Williams had a 30-foot storefront along Broadway, occupying only part of the building's ground floor. Other tenants included Pearson Draperies, the La Veta restaurant, medical offices, apartments,<ref name="pcad1">{{cite web |title=Hallett and Pirtle Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/19294/ |website=PCAD |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="hallett-pirtle-architecture">{{cite news | title = Hallett & Pirtle Block | newspaper = Los Angeles Herald | date = August 4, 1895 | page = 6}}</ref> and later on the Hotel Savoy. |
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In 1895, J. A. Williams formed J. A. Williams & Co., built and opened his Broadway Department Store on August 29, 1895. In February, 1896 the store was liquidated, and Arthur Letts bought the name, assets, fixtures, and the building lease for $8377 and, on February 24, 1896, the Broadway started operating under Letts.<ref name="lat-1991feb12" /><ref name="blogdowntown-2011nov11">{{cite news |url=http://blogdowntown.com/2011/11/6485-38-years-ago-broadway-department-store-moved |title=38 Years Ago: Broadway Department Store Moved Off Namesake Street |website=Blogdowntown |publisher=[[KPCC]] |date=November 16, 2011 |first=Eric |last=Richardson}}</ref><ref name="lah-1896february22">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960222.2.29&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22arthur+letts%22------# |title=City News In Brief |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 22, 1896 |page=7 |volume=45 |number=134 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The stock of the Broadway store has been sold by the board of trade to Arthur Letts for the sum of $8377.}}</ref> The previous owners had a good location in a recently constructed building at the southwest corner of [[Broadway (Los Angeles)|Broadway]] and Fourth Streets,<ref name="lah-1895august04">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18950804.2.28# |title=Hallett And Pirtle Block |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=August 4, 1895 |page=6 |volume=44 |number=115 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The Superb New Broadway Structure at The Corner of Fourth Office and Mercantile Apartments of Modern Proportions The Upper Story to Be Utilized as a First Class Lodging Hotel With a Roof Garden}}</ref> but had all of its assets seized by their creditors for failure to pay its bills after just four short months of operations.<ref name="lah-1895august29">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18950829.2.18&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=Grand Opening Today; Finest Store of the Kind on the Pacific Coast Designed Like "The Fair"; Eighteen Departments Will Be Maintained |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=August 29, 1895 |page=5 |volume=44 |number=140 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The new institution will be styled J.A. Williams & Co., the members of the firm being Mr. J. A. Williams, and Mr. B.F. Overman. The place of business will be styled the Broadway Department Store, and it will occupy apartments in the Hallett & Pirtle building, at the corner of Fourth and Broadway.}}</ref><ref name="sfc-1896january24">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960124.2.47.6&srpos=36&e=-------en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=A Los Angeles Failure. |newspaper=[[San Francisco Call]] |date=January 24, 1896 |page=3 |volume=79 |number=55 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Broadway Department Store Attached by Several Creditors Yesterday.}}</ref><ref name="lah-1896february13">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960213.2.15.2&srpos=37&e=-------en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=For Sale: Stock and Fixtures of Broadway Department Store |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 13, 1896 |page=4 |volume=45 |number=125 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The Creditors' Committee in the matter of J.A. Williams & Co. will receive sealed bids for the stock, fixtures and fittings of the Broadway Department Store, Pirtle Building, southwest corner Broadway and Fourth Street.}}</ref> In contrast, Letts was able to pay off all of his creditors in a short period of time after acquiring the assets for the failed store by the quick sale of the same assets and by watching his expenses.<ref name="lah-1896february23">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960223.2.50.1# |title=Broadway Department Store |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 23, 1896 |volume=45 |number=135 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The entire stock of J.A. Williams & Co. will be placed on sale Monday, February 24th, and must be Closed Out in Thirty Days...Broadway Department Store; Arthur Letts, Assignee; Corner Fourth and Broadway.}}</ref><ref name="smb-1918feb">{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA202 |title=How They Did It |magazine=System: The Magazine of Business |volume=33 |number=2 |date=February 1918 |pages=200–202 |first=Paul |last=Findlay}}</ref> |
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In February, 1896, Williams went bankrupt and his store was liquidated. Arthur Letts bought the (by then "The Broadway Department Store") name, assets, fixtures, and lease for $8,377. On February 24th of that year, The Broadway started operating under Letts.<ref name="lat-1991feb12" /><ref name="blogdowntown-2011nov11">{{cite news |url=http://blogdowntown.com/2011/11/6485-38-years-ago-broadway-department-store-moved |title=38 Years Ago: Broadway Department Store Moved Off Namesake Street |website=Blogdowntown |publisher=[[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] |date=November 16, 2011 |first=Eric |last=Richardson}}</ref><ref name="lah-1896february22">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960222.2.29&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22arthur+letts%22------# |title=City News In Brief |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 22, 1896 |page=7 |volume=45 |number=134 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The stock of the Broadway store has been sold by the board of trade to Arthur Letts for the sum of $8377.}}</ref> The previous owners had a good location in a recently constructed building at the southwest corner of [[Broadway (Los Angeles)|Broadway]] and Fourth Streets,<ref name="lah-1895august04">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18950804.2.28# |title=Hallett And Pirtle Block |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=August 4, 1895 |page=6 |volume=44 |number=115 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The Superb New Broadway Structure at The Corner of Fourth Office and Mercantile Apartments of Modern Proportions The Upper Story to Be Utilized as a First Class Lodging Hotel With a Roof Garden}}</ref> but had all of its assets seized by their creditors for failure to pay its bills after just four short months of operations.<ref name="lah-1895august29">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18950829.2.18&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=Grand Opening Today; Finest Store of the Kind on the Pacific Coast Designed Like "The Fair"; Eighteen Departments Will Be Maintained |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=August 29, 1895 |page=5 |volume=44 |number=140 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The new institution will be styled J.A. Williams & Co., the members of the firm being Mr. J. A. Williams, and Mr. B.F. Overman. The place of business will be styled the Broadway Department Store, and it will occupy apartments in the Hallett & Pirtle building, at the corner of Fourth and Broadway.}}</ref><ref name="sfc-1896january24">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960124.2.47.6&srpos=36&e=-------en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=A Los Angeles Failure. |newspaper=[[San Francisco Call]] |date=January 24, 1896 |page=3 |volume=79 |number=55 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Broadway Department Store Attached by Several Creditors Yesterday.}}</ref><ref name="lah-1896february13">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960213.2.15.2&srpos=37&e=-------en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Broadway+Department+Store%22------# |title=For Sale: Stock and Fixtures of Broadway Department Store |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 13, 1896 |page=4 |volume=45 |number=125 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The Creditors' Committee in the matter of J.A. Williams & Co. will receive sealed bids for the stock, fixtures and fittings of the Broadway Department Store, Pirtle Building, southwest corner Broadway and Fourth Street.}}</ref> In contrast, Letts was able to pay off all of his creditors in a short period of time after acquiring the assets for the failed store by the quick sale of the same assets and by watching his expenses.<ref name="lah-1896february23">{{cite news |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18960223.2.50.1# |title=Broadway Department Store |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Herald]] |date=February 23, 1896 |volume=45 |number=135 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=The entire stock of J.A. Williams & Co. will be placed on sale Monday, February 24th, and must be Closed Out in Thirty Days...Broadway Department Store; Arthur Letts, Assignee; Corner Fourth and Broadway.}}</ref><ref name="smb-1918feb">{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA202 |title=How They Did It |magazine=System: The Magazine of Business |volume=33 |number=2 |date=February 1918 |pages=200–202 |first=Paul |last=Findlay}}</ref> |
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In a short period of time, the business was doing so well, that it had to expand into adjacent store fronts. |
In a short period of time, the business was doing so well, that it had to expand into adjacent store fronts. |
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Between 1900 and 1910, the population of Los Angeles more than tripled. [[Bullock's]], in 1907, and [[Hamburger's]] (later [[May Company California|May Co.]]), in 1908, had both opened stores occupying entire city blocks. It was clear to Letts that The Broadway needed a new, much larger building.<ref name="blogdowntown-2011nov11" /> |
Between 1900 and 1910, the population of Los Angeles more than tripled. [[Bullock's]], in 1907, and [[Hamburger's]] (later [[May Company California|May Co.]]), in 1908, had both opened stores occupying entire city blocks. It was clear to Letts that The Broadway needed a new, much larger building.<ref name="blogdowntown-2011nov11" /> |
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In 1912 The Broadway announced plans for a new nine-story building with nearly 11 acres of floor space to be built |
In 1912 The Broadway announced plans for a new nine-story building with nearly 11 acres of floor space to be built at the same location (320 W. Fourth St., southwest corner of Broadway, now the Junipero Serra state office building).<ref name=archi>{{cite news |title=Plans Out for Mammoth Store |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800220/plans-out-for-mammoth-store/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 29, 1912}}</ref><ref name=conservancy>{{cite web|title=Junipero Serra State Office Building|publisher=[[Los Angeles Conservancy]]|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/junipero-serra-state-office-building/|accessdate=November 17, 2024}}</ref> [[Broadway Mart Center|The building]] was completed in 1915.<ref name=doubled>{{cite news |title=Store Doubled in Few Hours: Expansion of The Broadway Seems Feat of Magic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52801013/store-doubled-in-few-hours/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 17, 1915}}</ref> |
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The new "New and Greater Broadway store", as it was advertised,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Up-Building of the New and Greater Broadway (advertisement) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800115/the-up-building-of-the-new-and-greater/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 3, 1913}}</ref> had {{convert|242|ft}} of storefront along Broadway and {{convert|166|ft}} along Fourth Street. It was 9 stories high and covered {{convert|11|acre|ha}}, stretching from Broadway all the way west to Hill Street, which also had an entrance.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} |
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The first phase was to acquire space in the first three floors of the Clark Hotel Building along Hill St.; the hotel backed up to the Broadway's existing store. This {{convert|71000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} Hill Street "division" (wing), as it was then called, opened as a new part of the store. The departments from the southern half of the existing store along Broadway were transferred to the Hill St. space on November 3, 1913.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flits without Hour's Loss: Big Department Store Moves between Days |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52801917/flits-without-hours-loss/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 2, 1913}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Advertisement for The Broadway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52801558/important-announcement-in-broadway/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 3, 1913}}</ref> |
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The second phase was to demolish the southern building of the existing store complex, along Broadway, and build the southern half of the new Broadway store in its place. This section ({{convert|96600|sqft|sqm}}) opened on August 10, 1914. Departments from the northern half of the store facing Broadway and Fourth streets were transferred into the new space.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Olive |title=Broadway's First Unit Attracts Thousands |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800578/broadways-first-unit-attracts-thousands/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 11, 1914}}</ref><ref name="army">{{cite news |title=Small Army Moves Store Contents: Broadway Department to Open in its New Quarters Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800835/small-army-moves-store-contents/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 9, 1914}}</ref> |
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Finally, the northern half of the store along Broadway was removed and the northern half of the new Broadway store was built. This section opened on June 25, 1915,<ref>{{cite news |title=Greater Broadway Department Store to Throw Open Doors Monday: Structure is Model of Safety and Possesses Conveniences of Special Merit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52801157/los-angeles-evening-express/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 16, 1915}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Store Doubled in Few Hours: Expansion of The Broadway Seems Feat of Magic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52801013/store-doubled-in-few-hours/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 17, 1915}}</ref> although the formal inauguration was during Fashion Week on September 16, 1915.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Store to Greet Guests: Indoor Inspection Plans for the "Broadway" |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800916/new-store-to-greet-guests-indoor/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 15, 1915}}</ref> |
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The new "New and Greater Broadway store", as it was advertised,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Up-Building of the New and Greater Broadway (advertisement) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800115/the-up-building-of-the-new-and-greater/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 3, 1913}}</ref> had {{convert|242|ft}} of storefront along Broadway and {{convert|166|ft}} along Fourth Street. It was 9 stories high and covered {{convert|11|acre|ha}}, stretching from Broadway all the way west to Hill Street, which also had an entrance.{{fact|date=September 2021}} |
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On November 10, 1924, The Broadway added another building, {{convert|80|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|123|ft|m}} deep, immediately west of the main building along Fourth Street, thus adding {{convert|119790|sqft|sqm}} of floor space over ten above-ground and three below-ground floors. It added six passenger and three freight elevators.<ref>{{cite news |title=Latest Features in Dept. Store Construction Here: Congestion in Main Building to be Relieved by Additions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52824535/latest-features-in-dept-store/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 8, 1924}}</ref><ref name="frame">{{cite news |title=Framework is now finished: Construction Started Late Last Fall: Additional Will Be Completed During July: Department Store Growth Is Consistent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52200322/framework-is-now-finished-broadway/ |access-date=2020-05-26 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 23, 1924 |page=91}}</ref> |
On November 10, 1924, The Broadway added another building, {{convert|80|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|123|ft|m}} deep, immediately west of the main building along Fourth Street, thus adding {{convert|119790|sqft|sqm}} of floor space over ten above-ground and three below-ground floors. It added six passenger and three freight elevators.<ref>{{cite news |title=Latest Features in Dept. Store Construction Here: Congestion in Main Building to be Relieved by Additions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52824535/latest-features-in-dept-store/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 8, 1924}}</ref><ref name="frame">{{cite news |title=Framework is now finished: Construction Started Late Last Fall: Additional Will Be Completed During July: Department Store Growth Is Consistent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52200322/framework-is-now-finished-broadway/ |access-date=2020-05-26 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 23, 1924 |page=91}}</ref> |
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[[File:Broadway2.jpg|thumb|Classic logo]] |
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In summary, the Downtown flagship store evolved in size as follows:<ref name="frame" /> |
In summary, the Downtown flagship store evolved in size as follows:<ref name="frame" /> |
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* 1898, {{convert|12000|sqft|sqm acre ha}} |
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* 1900, {{convert|19520|sqft|sqm acre ha}} |
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* 1902, {{convert|28520|sqft|sqm acre ha}} |
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* 1904, {{convert|48040|sqft|sqm acre ha}} |
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* 1913, {{convert|142000|sqft|sqm acre ha}} |
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* 1915, June, claimed "nearly" {{Convert|11|acre|ha sqft sqm}} of floor space |
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* 1924, {{convert|577000|sqft|sqm acre ha}} (added {{convert|119790|sqft|sqm acre ha|adj=on}} Fourth Street building) |
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| 1898 |
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| 12,000 |
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| 30-foot storefront along Broadway, occupying only part of the ground floor of the 1895 Hallett & Pirtle Building, taking over the bankrupt J. A. Williams & Co. dry goods store.<ref name="pcad1">{{cite web |title=Hallett and Pirtle Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA |url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/19294/ |website=PCAD |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="hallett-pirtle-architecture">{{cite news | title = Hallett & Pirtle Block | newspaper = Los Angeles Herald | date = August 4, 1895 | page = 6}}</ref> |
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| 1900 |
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| {{cvt|19520|sqft|sqft|disp=number}} |
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| {{cvt|19520|sqft|sqm|disp=number}} |
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| 1902 |
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| 28,520 |
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| {{cvt|28520|sqft|sqm|disp=number}} |
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| By 1901, had grown to a 200-foot storefront along Broadway<ref name=t1901>{{cite news | title = Manager's Reception | newspaper = The Los Angeles Times | date = October 9, 1901 | page = 5}}</ref> |
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| 1904 |
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| 48,040 |
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| {{cvt|48040|sqft|sqm|disp=number}} |
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| 1905 |
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| c. 89,700 |
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| c. {{cvt|89690|sqft|sqm|disp=number}} |
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| Acquired use of 2nd and 3rd floors above the original 1896 store, which had been the Hotel Savoy. This added {{cvt|41650|sqft|sqm}}.<ref>{{cite news | title = Letts Gets the Hotel Savoy | newspaper = Los Angeles Herald | date = January 8, 1905 | page = 10}}</ref> |
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| {{Convert|457210|sqft|sqft|disp=number}} |
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| [[Broadway Mart Center|New building]] opens. |
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| {{dts|1924|11|10}} |
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| {{cvt|577000|sqft|sqft|disp=number}} |
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| {{cvt|577000|sqft|sqm|disp=number}} |
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| New {{cvt|119790|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building on 4th Street added to the west. |
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=== Suburban expansion === |
=== Suburban expansion === |
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=== Dissolution === |
=== Dissolution === |
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The Broadway's parent Carter Hawley Hale Stores ran into financial difficulties which resulted from poor management decisions and hostile [[takeover]] attempts. In 1996 the chain was acquired by [[Federated Department Stores]] and the majority of locations were converted to the [[Macy's]] nameplate. Several stores in affluent areas where Macy's already had locations, [[South Coast Plaza]],{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} [[Sherman Oaks Fashion Square]], [[Century City Shopping Center]], [[Beverly Center]], and [[Fashion Island]] Newport Beach,<ref name="lat-1996feb16">{{cite news |url= |
The Broadway's parent Carter Hawley Hale Stores ran into financial difficulties which resulted from poor management decisions and hostile [[takeover]] attempts. In 1996 the chain was acquired by [[Federated Department Stores]] and the majority of locations were converted to the [[Macy's]] nameplate. Several stores in affluent areas where Macy's already had locations, [[South Coast Plaza]],{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} [[Sherman Oaks Fashion Square]], [[Century City Shopping Center]], [[Beverly Center]], and [[Fashion Island]] Newport Beach,<ref name="lat-1996feb16">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-16-fi-36659-story.html |title=Going Upscale : Beverly Center Broadway Will Become Bloomingdale's |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 16, 1996 |first=Ealena |last=Callender}}</ref> were closed, refurbished and reopened as [[Bloomingdale's]]. Federated sold many of the remaining stores to [[Sears]]. |
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=={{anchor|Broadway Department Store Downtown Los Angeles Building}} Downtown flagship store == |
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The nine stories Beaux Arts building with its restrained Italian Renaissance Revival ornamentation at the southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth was designed by architects John Parkinson and Edwin Bergstrom to serve as the headquarters and the flagship store for Arthur Letts' Broadway Department store chain with the first phase of construction completed in 1913. Construction, which included demolition of the previous store and expansion to the rest of the block when additional property were acquired, continued on several different stages until 1924. The Broadway occupied this location from 1913 to 1973. |
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In November 1973, the main downtown flagship store was abandoned in favor of a new small store that just opened a few blocks away at Flower and 7th that was known as Broadway Plaza. |
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The property changed hands a number of times and had sat empty for a number of years before coming into possession of developer Roger Luby in May 1984. Luby's plans quickly fell apart the following year when his partners, a consortium of 32 Oklahoma savings and loans defaulted as a result of the [[savings and loan crisis]] and the $56 million renovation project itself defaulted on its loans when half completed in September 1986.<ref name="lat-1988oct05">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-05-mn-2853-story.html |title=John Wayne's Daughter, Friend Attacked |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 5, 1988 |first=Jim |last=Carlton}}</ref><ref name="lat-1988oct07">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-07-me-3382-story.html |title=Luby--a Success Story Plagued With Problems |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 7, 1988 |last1=Davidson |first1=Jean |last2=Carlton |first2=Jim |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> |
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==={{anchor|Junipero Serra State Office Building|Junipero Serra Building}}As state office building=== |
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In June 1995, the State of California paid $1.8 million for the building to the [[Resolution Trust Corporation]], which inherited the property upon the collapse of some of the savings and loans, and $61.5 million for renovation<ref name="lat-1995jun08">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-08-me-10753-story.html |title=State to Buy Broadway Site : Renewal: Officials plan to renovate old department store complex Downtown for government offices. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 8, 1995 |first=Larry |last=Gordon}}</ref><ref name="lat-1997mar17">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-17-me-39180-story.html |title=State to Vacate and Demolish Quake-Threatened Office Building |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 17, 1997 |first=Kenneth |last=Reich}}</ref> to replace the unsafe Junipero Serra State Office Building at Broadway and First streets,<ref name="lat-1994dec26">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-26-me-13046-story.html |title=State Orders Shutdown of Parking Structure : Safety: The 145 S. Broadway facility could collapse in a moderate quake, an engineer says. Severe shaking would threaten adjacent state office building, but it will stay open. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 26, 1994 |first=Kenneth |last=Reich}}</ref> which was later demolished in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/4406/ |title=State of California, State Office Building, 107 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1958-1960) demolished |website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> The renovated building at Broadway and Fourth reopened as the new Junipero Serra State Office Building in 1999.<ref name="laconservancy">{{cite web |url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/junipero-serra-state-office-building |title=Junipero Serra State Office Building |work=[[Los Angeles Conservancy]]}}</ref> To balance the state budget, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sell the office building to private developers as a part of a [[sale and lease back]] scheme.<ref name="ladn-2009dec18">{{cite news |url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/state-selling-two-downtown-buildings/article_0364a1bb-d8e3-5e6c-b3c8-5d8cac96e40b.html |title=State Selling Two Downtown Buildings: Reagan and Junipero Serra Buildings on the Block |website=Los Angeles Downtown News |date=December 18, 2009 |first=Ryan |last=Vaillancourt}}</ref> |
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{{As of|2020|post=,}} the Junipero Serra Building is one of 56 buildings managed by California Department of General Services and only one of two (the other is the Ronald Reagan State Building) that are located in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Resources/Page-Content/Real-Estate-Services-Division-Resources-List-Folder/List-of-DGS-Managed-Office-Buildings |title=List of DGS-Managed Office Buildings |work=California Department of General Services}}</ref> |
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== Store list == |
== Store list == |
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This is a list of the Broadway store numbers with their locations and opening dates:<ref>[https:// |
This is a list of the Broadway store numbers with their locations and opening dates:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mNsbAQAAMAAJ ''Directory of Major Malls, Listing the Most Important Existing and Planned Shopping Centers, Developers, Retailers, Markets in the United States and Canada'', MJJTM Publications Corp., 1981]</ref><ref>[http://www.rapidtransit-press.com/thebroadway.html "The Broadway", Rapid Transit Press]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/2010/06/broadway-los-angeles-california.html "The Broadway", ''The Department Store Museum'']</ref> |
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| Downtown |
| Downtown |
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| 320 |
| 320 West Fourth Street (southwest corner of [[Broadway (Los Angeles)|Broadway]] and Fourth Street)<br>Original 1896 building |
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| [[Historic Core, Los Angeles|Historic Core]], [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
| [[Historic Core, Los Angeles|Historic Core]], [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
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| February 24, 1896 |
| February 24, 1896 |
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| August 8, 1914<ref name="army">{{cite news |title=Small Army Moves Store Contents: Broadway Department to Open in its New Quarters Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52800835/small-army-moves-store-contents/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 9, 1914}}</ref> |
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| August 8, 1914<ref name="army" /> |
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| demolished in phases 1913-5 |
| demolished in phases 1913-5 |
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| Downtown |
| Downtown |
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| 320 |
| [[Broadway Mart Center]], 320 West Fourth Street (southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Street through to Hill Street)<br>("New and Greater Broadway" 1913-5 bldgs.) |
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| [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
| [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
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| March 11, 1913 (W.), October 8, 1914 (S.), June 25, 1915 (N.) |
| March 11, 1913 (W.), October 8, 1914 (S.), June 25, 1915 (N.) |
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| November 15, 1973 |
| November 15, 1973 |
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| Junipero Serra State Office Bldg. |
| Junipero Serra State Office Bldg. |
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| 01 |
| 01 |
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| Plaza |
| Plaza |
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| [[The Bloc Los Angeles|Broadway Plaza (now The Bloc)]], 700 |
| [[The Bloc Los Angeles|Broadway Plaza (now The Bloc)]], 700 South Flower Street |
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| [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
| [[Downtown Los Angeles|Downtown L.A.]] |
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| November 16, 1973 |
| November 16, 1973 |
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| [[Macy's]] |
| [[Macy's]] |
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| 02 |
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| Hollywood<ref name="hwd">{{cite news |title=Dyas purchased |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52217687/dyas-purchased-dyas-hollywood-bought/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 25, 1938 |page=40}}</ref> |
| Hollywood<ref name="hwd">{{cite news |title=Dyas purchased |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52217687/dyas-purchased-dyas-hollywood-bought/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 25, 1938 |page=40}}</ref> |
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| [[Broadway Hollywood Building]], 6300 |
| [[Broadway Hollywood Building]], 6300 West Hollywood Boulevard & 1645 North Vine Street |
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| [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood, L.A.]] |
| [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood, L.A.]] |
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| September 3, 1931<br />as [[B. H. Dyas]] |
| September 3, 1931<br />as [[B. H. Dyas]] |
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| February 13, 1982 |
| February 13, 1982 |
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| August 15, 1980 |
| August 15, 1980 |
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| demolished 1980 |
| demolished 1980 |
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| Crenshaw (renamed Baldwin Hills in 1988) |
| Crenshaw (renamed Baldwin Hills in 1988) |
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| [[Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza| |
| [[Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza|Broadway-Crenshaw Center, later renamed Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza]] |
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| [[ |
| [[Crenshaw, Los Angeles|Crenshaw, L.A.]] |
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| November 21, 1947<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Broadway's New Crenshaw Store to Open Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52748466/broadways-new-crenshaw-store-to-open/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 21, 1947}}</ref> |
| November 21, 1947<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Broadway's New Crenshaw Store to Open Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52748466/broadways-new-crenshaw-store-to-open/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 21, 1947}}</ref> |
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|Albert B. Gardner<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LA Conservancy, Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/baldwin-hills-crenshaw-plaza |
|Albert B. Gardner<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LA Conservancy, Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/baldwin-hills-crenshaw-plaza|access-date=|website=}}</ref> |
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| 200,000 (5 stories)<ref name="times" /> |
| 200,000 (5 stories)<ref name="times" /> |
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| vacant |
| vacant |
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| was Macy's until 1999/[[Walmart]] until 2016 |
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* was Macy's until 1999/[[Walmart]] until 2016 |
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| 05 |
| 05 |
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| [[Milliron's Westchester|Westchester]]<ref name="lat_bway_westch" /> |
| [[Milliron's Westchester|Westchester]]<ref name="lat_bway_westch" /> |
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| 8739 Sepulveda |
| 8739 Sepulveda Boulevard |
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| [[Westchester, Los Angeles|Westchester]], [[Westside, Los Angeles|L.A.]] |
| [[Westchester, Los Angeles|Westchester]], [[Westside, Los Angeles|L.A.]] |
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| August 18, 1950 |
| August 18, 1950 |
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| October 14, 1990 |
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| [[Kohl's]] |
| [[Kohl's]] |
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| March 17, 1949<ref name="millions_westchester_opening" /> as [[Milliron's Westchester]], purchased by Broadway June 29, 1950<ref name="lat_bway_westch" />/first became [[Mervyn's]] until 2009 |
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* March 17, 1949<ref name="millions_westchester_opening" /> as [[Milliron's Westchester]], purchased by Broadway June 29, 1950<ref name="lat_bway_westch" />/first became [[Mervyn's]] until 2009 |
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| Walmart |
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| 07 |
| 07 |
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| Anaheim<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-30-me-1378-story.html "Broadway to Close Store in Anaheim Plaza Mall", Kevin Johnson, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1992]</ref><ref>Jennifer Lowe, [ |
| Anaheim<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-30-me-1378-story.html "Broadway to Close Store in Anaheim Plaza Mall", Kevin Johnson, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1992]</ref><ref>Jennifer Lowe, [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/16/orange-countys-1st-mall-faces-an-overhaul/ "Orange County`s 1st Mall Faces An Overhaul"], ''Chicago Tribune'', August 16, 1992</ref><ref name="bwayana">{{cite news |title=Anaheim Fetes New Broadway Store Opening |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52524883/anaheim-fetes-new-broadway-store-opening/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 15, 1955}}</ref> |
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| [[Anaheim Plaza]] |
| [[Anaheim Plaza]] |
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| [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] |
| [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] |
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| 208,000<ref name="bway_ana_lat">{{cite news |title=Broadway to Open Anaheim Store Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52525258/broadway-to-open-anaheim-store-today/ |publisher=Los Angeles |date=October 14, 1955}}</ref> |
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| January 31, 1993 |
| January 31, 1993 |
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| demolished, now site of power center |
| demolished, now site of power center |
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| originally a [[Fifth Street Store#Walker's Long Beach|Walker's]], became Broadway in 1957,<ref name="Los Angeles Times" /> then became [[Sears]] until 2021 |
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* originally a [[Fifth Street Store#Walker's Long Beach|Walker's]], became Broadway in 1957,<ref name="Los Angeles Times" /> then became [[Sears]] until 2021 |
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| [[Dick's Sporting Goods]] & [[Jo-Ann Fabrics]] |
| [[Dick's Sporting Goods]] & [[Jo-Ann Fabrics]] |
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| was Macy's home until 2014 (now Dick's Sporting Goods) |
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| Sears |
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| 61 |
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| Downtown Phoenix |
| Downtown Phoenix |
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| 1 |
| 1 North First Street<ref name="korricks">[https://departmentphx.com/about "The Department" official site]</ref> |
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| [[Phoenix, Arizona]] |
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]] |
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| acquired 1962 |
| acquired 1962 |
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| August 31, 1992 |
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| now Walmart |
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| 36 |
| 36 |
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| Grossmont<ref name="grossmont">{{cite news |title=Department Store Opens in Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52199026/department-store-opens-in-center/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 12, 1961 |page=150}}</ref> |
| Grossmont<ref name="grossmont">{{cite news |title=Department Store Opens in Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52199026/department-store-opens-in-center/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 12, 1961 |page=150}}</ref> |
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| [[Grossmont Center]] |
| [[Grossmont Center]] |
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| [[La Mesa, California|La Mesa, San Diego |
| [[La Mesa, California|La Mesa, San Diego County]] |
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| June 11, 1961<br />as Marston's |
| June 11, 1961<br />as Marston's |
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|[[Welton Becket]] & Assoc. |
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| [[Bloomingdale's]] |
| [[Bloomingdale's]] |
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| 17 |
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| Huntington Beach<ref name="hbc_ipt">{{cite news |title=Huntington Center to Have Air-Conditioned, Heated Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52312162/ |access-date=May 28, 2020 |publisher=Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram |date=August 15, 1965 |page=113}}</ref> |
| Huntington Beach<ref name="hbc_ipt">{{cite news |title=Huntington Center to Have Air-Conditioned, Heated Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52312162/ |access-date=May 28, 2020 |publisher=Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram |date=August 15, 1965 |page=113}}</ref> |
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| Huntington Center, now [[Bella Terra]], [[Interstate 405 (California)|I-405]] at Edinger |
| Huntington Center, now [[Bella Terra]], [[Interstate 405 (California)|I-405]] at Edinger Avenue |
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| [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]] |
| [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]] |
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| November 15, 1965<ref name="hbc_lbind">{{cite news |title=Grand Opening Slated for Huntington Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52312973/ |access-date=May 28, 2020 |publisher=Long Beach Independent |date=November 17, 1966 |page=82}}</ref> |
| November 15, 1965<ref name="hbc_lbind">{{cite news |title=Grand Opening Slated for Huntington Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52312973/ |access-date=May 28, 2020 |publisher=Long Beach Independent |date=November 17, 1966 |page=82}}</ref> |
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| Kohl's |
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| [[Forever 21]] |
| [[Forever 21]] |
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| [[Anthem Inc.|Anthem]] [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] offices |
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| Demolished 2018<ref name="mclr1">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Shoppers' memories of The Broadway prove indestructible (unlike the store) |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/04/12/shoppers-memories-of-the-broadway-prove-indestructible-unlike-the-store/ |access-date=May 27, 2020 |publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> |
| Demolished 2018<ref name="mclr1">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Shoppers' memories of The Broadway prove indestructible (unlike the store) |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2018/04/12/shoppers-memories-of-the-broadway-prove-indestructible-unlike-the-store/ |access-date=May 27, 2020 |publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> |
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| [[Metrocenter (Phoenix, Arizona)|Metrocenter]] |
| [[Metrocenter (Phoenix, Arizona)|Metrocenter]] |
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| October 22, 1973 |
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|[[Charles Luckman]] & Assoc. |
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|Chaix, Pujdak, Bielski, Takeuchi, Daggett Associated Architects & Planers<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New Mexico Architecture, first quarter 1977|url=https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1979&context=nma|access-date=|website=}}</ref> |
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| UTC<ref name="utc">[http://www.newspapers.com/clip/52144371/the-broadway-la-jolla-opens-10152020/ "Broadway's 44th store to open in La Jolla center", The Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1977,Page 129]</ref> |
| UTC<ref name="utc">[http://www.newspapers.com/clip/52144371/the-broadway-la-jolla-opens-10152020/ "Broadway's 44th store to open in La Jolla center", The Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1977, Page 129]</ref> |
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| [[Westfield UTC|University Towne Centre]] |
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| demolished<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodfill|first=David|title=Fiesta Mall swings out the old|url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/money/fiesta-mall-swings-out-the-old/article_29678ff2-d799-5517-b53a-0b78ae74cf07.html|access-date=2021-02-02|website=East Valley Tribune|language=en}}</ref> |
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The last Broadway Southwest store was originally planned to be built at [[Superstition Springs Center]] mall in [[Mesa, Arizona]]. But due to the attempted hostile takeover by The Limited, construction was halted. And as a result, it started doing business as [[Robinsons-May]] instead in 1994 (now Macy's since 2006). |
The last Broadway Southwest store was originally planned to be built at [[Superstition Springs Center]] mall in [[Mesa, Arizona]]. But due to the attempted hostile takeover by The Limited, construction was halted. And as a result, it started doing business as [[Robinsons-May]] instead in 1994 (now Macy's since 2006). |
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== Gallery == |
== Gallery == |
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Broadway and Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910 (CHS-2616).jpg|The first location, opened in 1896, 4th and Broadway |
Broadway and Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910 (CHS-2616).jpg|The first location, opened in 1896, 4th and Broadway |
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Los Angeles, CA Coulters Department Store (the Broadway) 1972.jpg|The Broadway Wilshire on [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]] in 1973. The branch was originally a [[Coulter's]] department store. |
Los Angeles, CA Coulters Department Store (the Broadway) 1972.jpg|The Broadway Wilshire on [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]] in 1973. The branch was originally a [[Coulter's]] department store. |
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[[Category:Lists of department store branches by company|Broadway]] |
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Company type | Department store |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | February 24, 1896 |
Founder | Arthur Letts Sr. |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Converted to Macy's |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
The Broadway was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1896 by English-born Arthur Letts Sr., and named after what was once the city's main shopping street,[1] the Broadway became a dominant retailer in Southern California and the Southwest. Its fortunes eventually declined, and Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) bought the chain in 1995. In 1996, Broadway stores were either closed or converted into Macy's and Bloomingdales, some of which were sold and converted to Sears, including the Stonewood Center and Whittwood Town Center locations.
History
[edit]Origins
[edit]In 1895, J. A. Williams formed J. A. Williams & Co., built and opened his J. A. Williams & Co. Dry Goods Store on August 29, 1895 in the new Hallett & Pirtle Building designed by Frederick Rice Dorn, who would later design the Marsh-Strong building and The Broadway Hollywood. Williams had a 30-foot storefront along Broadway, occupying only part of the building's ground floor. Other tenants included Pearson Draperies, the La Veta restaurant, medical offices, apartments,[2][3] and later on the Hotel Savoy.
In February, 1896, Williams went bankrupt and his store was liquidated. Arthur Letts bought the (by then "The Broadway Department Store") name, assets, fixtures, and lease for $8,377. On February 24th of that year, The Broadway started operating under Letts.[1][4][5] The previous owners had a good location in a recently constructed building at the southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Streets,[6] but had all of its assets seized by their creditors for failure to pay its bills after just four short months of operations.[7][8][9] In contrast, Letts was able to pay off all of his creditors in a short period of time after acquiring the assets for the failed store by the quick sale of the same assets and by watching his expenses.[10][11]
In a short period of time, the business was doing so well, that it had to expand into adjacent store fronts.
The New and Greater Broadway (1914–15)
[edit]Between 1900 and 1910, the population of Los Angeles more than tripled. Bullock's, in 1907, and Hamburger's (later May Co.), in 1908, had both opened stores occupying entire city blocks. It was clear to Letts that The Broadway needed a new, much larger building.[4]
In 1912 The Broadway announced plans for a new nine-story building with nearly 11 acres of floor space to be built at the same location (320 W. Fourth St., southwest corner of Broadway, now the Junipero Serra state office building).[12][13] The building was completed in 1915.[14]
The new "New and Greater Broadway store", as it was advertised,[15] had 242 feet (74 m) of storefront along Broadway and 166 feet (51 m) along Fourth Street. It was 9 stories high and covered 11 acres (4.5 ha), stretching from Broadway all the way west to Hill Street, which also had an entrance.[citation needed]
On November 10, 1924, The Broadway added another building, 80 feet (24 m) wide and 123 feet (37 m) deep, immediately west of the main building along Fourth Street, thus adding 119,790 square feet (11,129 m2) of floor space over ten above-ground and three below-ground floors. It added six passenger and three freight elevators.[16][17]
In summary, the Downtown flagship store evolved in size as follows:[17]
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Sq ft | Sq m | ||
1898 | 12,000 | 1,100 | 30-foot storefront along Broadway, occupying only part of the ground floor of the 1895 Hallett & Pirtle Building, taking over the bankrupt J. A. Williams & Co. dry goods store.[2][3] |
1900 | 19,520 | 1,813 | |
1902 | 28,520 | 2,650 | By 1901, had grown to a 200-foot storefront along Broadway[18] |
1904 | 48,040 | 4,463 | |
1905 | c. 89,700 | c. 8,332 | Acquired use of 2nd and 3rd floors above the original 1896 store, which had been the Hotel Savoy. This added 41,650 sq ft (3,869 m2).[19] |
June 25, 1915 | 457,210 | 42,476 | New building opens. |
November 10, 1924 | 577,000 | 53,600 | New 119,790 sq ft (11,129 m2) building on 4th Street added to the west. |
Suburban expansion
[edit]In 1931, The Broadway bought the B. H. Dyas Hollywood store which became the Broadway-Hollywood.[20]
In 1940, The Broadway built a landmark three-story store in Pasadena, at the corner of Colorado and Los Robles on the site of the old famous Maryland Hotel. The striking Streamline Moderne building had a 117-foot tower with a marquee facing both streets, and parking for 400 cars.[21] It would be abandoned in 1980 for a newly built store across the street in the new Plaza Pasadena mall.
In 1950, the company merged with Sacramento-based Hale Brothers to form Broadway-Hale Stores. In the same year it purchased the year-old Westchester branch of Milliron's and converted it to a Broadway. The store, designed by legendary retail architect Victor Gruen, was a considered a model of ultra-modern retail architecture at the time, with rooftop parking and striking, angular design designed to attract passing motorists.[22][23]
The Broadway bought out competitors in Los Angeles (B.H. Dyas, Milliron's, and Coulter's), and expanded into new markets through acquisitions of small local chains: Marston's in San Diego and Korricks in Phoenix. In later years the Broadway opened stores in Nevada (Las Vegas), New Mexico, and Colorado. In 1979, it was split into two divisions: The Broadway Southern California, based in Los Angeles; and Broadway Southwest, headquartered in Phoenix, for the stores outside California.
Dissolution
[edit]The Broadway's parent Carter Hawley Hale Stores ran into financial difficulties which resulted from poor management decisions and hostile takeover attempts. In 1996 the chain was acquired by Federated Department Stores and the majority of locations were converted to the Macy's nameplate. Several stores in affluent areas where Macy's already had locations, South Coast Plaza,[citation needed] Sherman Oaks Fashion Square, Century City Shopping Center, Beverly Center, and Fashion Island Newport Beach,[24] were closed, refurbished and reopened as Bloomingdale's. Federated sold many of the remaining stores to Sears.
Store list
[edit]This is a list of the Broadway store numbers with their locations and opening dates:[25][26][27]
Store no. | Store name | Mall or address | (District &) City (state=CA unless stated) |
Opening date | Architect | Sq. ft. at opening | Closing date | Current building use | |
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01 | Downtown | 320 West Fourth Street (southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Street) Original 1896 building |
Historic Core, Downtown L.A. | February 24, 1896 | August 8, 1914[28] | demolished in phases 1913-5 | |||
01 | Downtown | Broadway Mart Center, 320 West Fourth Street (southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Street through to Hill Street) ("New and Greater Broadway" 1913-5 bldgs.) |
Downtown L.A. | March 11, 1913 (W.), October 8, 1914 (S.), June 25, 1915 (N.) | John Joseph (J. J.) Frauenfelder of Parkinson & Bergstrom.[12] | Claimed nearly 11 acres (480,000 sq ft) | November 15, 1973 | Junipero Serra State Office Bldg. | |
01 | Plaza | Broadway Plaza (now The Bloc), 700 South Flower Street | Downtown L.A. | November 16, 1973 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | Macy's | |||
02 | Hollywood[29] | Broadway Hollywood Building, 6300 West Hollywood Boulevard & 1645 North Vine Street | Hollywood, L.A. | September 3, 1931 as B. H. Dyas |
Frederick Rice Dorn[30] | 172,000[29] | February 13, 1982 | ||
03 | Pasadena[21] | 401 East Colorado Boulevard | Pasadena | November 15, 1940[21] | August 15, 1980 | demolished 1980 | |||
04 | Crenshaw (renamed Baldwin Hills in 1988) | Broadway-Crenshaw Center, later renamed Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza | Crenshaw, L.A. | November 21, 1947[31] | Albert B. Gardner[32] | 200,000 (5 stories)[31] | vacant | ||
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05 | Westchester[23] | 8739 Sepulveda Boulevard | Westchester, L.A. | August 18, 1950 | Victor Gruen[22] | 90,000[33] | October 14, 1990 | Kohl's | |
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06 | Valley (renamed Panorama City)[34][35] | Panorama City Shopping Center, now Panorama Mall | Panorama City, S.F.V., L.A. | October 10, 1955[34] | Welton Becket & Assoc. | 226,000[35] | 1996 | Walmart | |
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07 | Anaheim[36][37][38] | Anaheim Plaza | Anaheim | October 14, 1955[38] | Welton Becket & Assoc. | 208,000[39] | January 31, 1993 | demolished, now site of power center | |
08 | Long Beach[40] | Los Altos Market Place | Los Altos, Long Beach | November 14, 1955 as Walker's[41] |
Welton Becket & Assoc. (1955), Charles Luckman & Assoc. (1963 expansion)[42][43] | 100,000[41] | 1996 | vacant | |
09 | Del Amo | Broadway/Del Amo Shopping Center | Torrance | February 16, 1959 | Dick's Sporting Goods & Jo-Ann Fabrics | ||||
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10 | Wilshire | 5600 Wilshire Boulevard | Miracle Mile, L.A. | August 3, 1960 | closed 1980 | demolished | |||
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11 | Whittier[44] | Whittwood Center | Whittier | February 13, 1961[44] | 1996 | Sears | |||
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61 | Downtown Phoenix | 1 North First Street[45] | Phoenix, Arizona | acquired 1962 | Henry C. Trost, Trost & Trost[45][46] | 1966 | |||
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62 | Chris-Town | Chris-Town Mall, now Christown Spectrum Mall | Phoenix, Arizona | August 21, 1961 | Welton Becket & Assoc. | August 31, 1992 | demolished | ||
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36 | Grossmont[47] | Grossmont Center | La Mesa, San Diego County | June 11, 1961 as Marston's |
Welton Becket & Assoc. | 156,000[47] | Macy's | ||
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12 | West Covina[48] | West Covina Fashion Center, became part of what is now Plaza West Covina | West Covina | June 8, 1962[48] | 1996 | vacant | |||
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37 | Chula Vista | Chula Vista Center | Chula Vista | December 11, 1962 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | Macy's | |||
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13 | Ventura | Buenaventura Plaza, now Pacific View Mall | Ventura | September 30, 1963 | Macy's | ||||
14 | Topanga Plaza | Topanga Plaza | Canoga Park, S.F.V., L.A. | August 24, 1964 | 1996 | demolished | |||
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15 | Century City | Century City Shopping Center | Century City, Westside, L.A. | December 10, 1964 | Welton Becket & Assoc. | 1996 | Bloomingdale's | ||
16 | Downey | Stonewood Center | Downey | October 18, 1965 | 143,400[49] | 1996 | vacant | ||
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17 | Huntington Beach[50] | Huntington Center, now Bella Terra, I-405 at Edinger Avenue | Huntington Beach | November 15, 1965[51] | Charles Luckman & Assoc.[52] | 150,000[50] | 1996 | Kohl's | |
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18 | San Bernardino[53] | Inland Center | San Bernardino | August 29, 1966[53] | Charles Luckman & Assoc.[54] | 158,000[53] | Forever 21 | ||
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19 | Boulevard Mall | The Boulevard Mall | Paradise, Las Vegas Valley, NV | October 17, 1966 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield offices | |||
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20 | Bakersfield | Valley Plaza Mall | Bakersfield | February 27, 1967 | Macy's | ||||
21 | Fashion Island | Fashion Island | Newport Beach | November 9, 1967 | William Pereira, Welton Becket & Assoc. | 1996 | Bloomingdale's | ||
22 | Montclair[55] | Montclair Plaza | Montclair | May 8, 1968[55] | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | 142,000[56] | Demolished 2018[55] | ||
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63 | Biltmore Fashion Park | Biltmore Fashion Park | Phoenix, AZ | October 28, 1968 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | Macy's | |||
38 | Fashion Valley | Fashion Valley | Mission Valley, San Diego | August 9, 1969 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | Macy's | |||
64 | Scottsdale[57] | Los Arcos Mall | Scottsdale, AZ | October 18, 1969 | Burke, Kober, Nicolais & Archuleta | 156,000[57] | 1996 | demolished | |
23 | Riverside[58] | Tyler Mall | Riverside | December 10, 1970[58] | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | 156,000[58] | Forever 21 | ||
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24 | Orange[59] | Mall of Orange, now The Village at Orange | Orange | August 16, 1971[59] | Ainsworth and McClellan | 167,500[59] | 1996 | demolished | |
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25 | Cerritos[60] | Los Cerritos Center | Cerritos | September 13, 1971[60] | 178,000[60] | Macy's | |||
26 | Northridge | Northridge Fashion Center | Northridge, S.F.V., L.A. | October 18, 1971 | 1996 | Partially demolished | |||
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27 | Carson | Carson Mall, renamed SouthBay Pavilion | Carson | October 9, 1973 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | 9/1991 | IKEA | ||
65 | Metrocenter | Metrocenter | Northwest Phoenix, AZ | October 22, 1973 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | demolished | |||
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28 | Puente Hills[61] | Puente Hills Mall | City of Industry | February 18, 1974[61] | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | 160,000[61] | 1996 | demolished | |
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29 | Murray, Utah | Fashion Place | Murray, UT | May 8, 1974 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | 1993 | demolished | ||
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66 | Park Mall | Park Mall | Tucson, AZ | August 26, 1974 | Charles Luckman & Assoc. | vacant | |||
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30 | Santa Anita | Santa Anita Fashion Park | Arcadia | November 11, 1974[62] | Macy's | ||||
31 | Laguna Hills[63] | Laguna Hills Mall | Laguna Hills | April 8, 1975[64] | Edward Killingsworth | demolished | |||
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32 | Fox Hills[65] | Fox Hills Mall | Culver City | June 10, 1975[65] | William Pereira | 192,470[65] | Macy's | ||
67 | Albuquerque[66] | Coronado Center | Albuquerque, NM | December 2, 1976 | Chaix, Pujdak, Bielski, Takeuchi, Daggett Associated Architects & Planers[67] | 159,378[66] | Round 1 & Dick's Sporting Goods | ||
33 | Glendale | Glendale Galleria | Glendale | August 8, 1976 | Jon Jerde | Macy's | |||
34 | Hawthorne[68] | Hawthorne Plaza | Hawthorne | December 2, 1977 | Charles Kober & Assoc. | abandoned | |||
39 | UTC[69] | University Towne Centre | San Diego | October 15, 1977[69] | 155,000[69] | Macy's | |||
35 | Sherman Oaks[70] | Sherman Oaks Fashion Square | Sherman Oaks, S.F.V., L.A. | May 11, 1977[70] | 183,000[70] | 1996 | Bloomingdale's | ||
40 | Thousand Oaks | The Oaks | Thousand Oaks | February 18, 1978 | demolished | ||||
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42 | Meadows Mall | Meadows Mall | Las Vegas, NV | July 31, 1978 | Charles Kober & Assoc. | Macy's | |||
41 | Brea | Brea Mall | Brea | October 21, 1978 | Macy's (Women's) | ||||
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68 | Fiesta Mall | Fiesta Mall | Mesa, Arizona | March 10, 1979 | demolished[71] | ||||
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43 | Carlsbad | Plaza Camino Real, now The Shoppes at Carlsbad | Carlsbad | October 20, 1979 | Macy's (Women's and Children's) | ||||
29 | Pasadena[72] | Plaza Pasadena, now Paseo Colorado | Pasadena | August 16, 1980[72] | Charles Kober & Assoc. | 153,000[72] | demolished | ||
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44 | Santa Monica Place | Santa Monica Place | Santa Monica | October 16, 1980 | Frank Gehry | vacant | |||
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45 | Beverly Center | Beverly Center | Beverly Grove, w.L.A. | March 25, 1982 | Lou Nardorf of Welton Becket & Assoc. | 1996 | Bloomingdale's | ||
47 | Horton Plaza | Horton Plaza | Downtown San Diego | April 10, 1985 | Jon Jerde | vacant | |||
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48 | North County Fair | North County Fair | Escondido | February 13, 1986 | Macy's | ||||
46 | South Coast Plaza | South Coast Plaza (Crystal Court) | Costa Mesa | October 31, 1986 | Macy's Home | ||||
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50 | Santa Barbara | Ortega Building, Paseo Nuevo | Santa Barbara | August 17, 1990[73] | John Field | 140,000[73] | vacant | ||
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69 | Tucson Mall | Tucson Mall | Tucson, Arizona | July 16, 1982 | demolished | ||||
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70 | Lakewood, CO | Villa Italia Mall, now Belmar | Lakewood, CO | May 11, 1985 | 1987 | Dick's Sporting Goods | |||
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71 | Englewood, CO | Cinderella City | Englewood, CO | May 11, 1985 | 1987 | Englewood Public Library and City Hall | |||
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72 | Westminster, CO | Westminster Mall | Westminster, CO | October 30, 1986 | 1996 | demolished | |||
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73 | Paradise Valley, AZ | Paradise Valley Mall | Paradise Valley, AZ | February 17, 1991 | demolished | ||||
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The last Broadway Southwest store was originally planned to be built at Superstition Springs Center mall in Mesa, Arizona. But due to the attempted hostile takeover by The Limited, construction was halted. And as a result, it started doing business as Robinsons-May instead in 1994 (now Macy's since 2006).
Gallery
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The first location, opened in 1896, 4th and Broadway
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The Broadway Wilshire on Miracle Mile in 1973. The branch was originally a Coulter's department store.
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A former Broadway branch at Hawthorne Plaza
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Broadway advertisement in December 1909
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Groves, Martha (February 12, 1991). "The Broadway: Bright History, Uncertain Future". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b "Hallett and Pirtle Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA". PCAD. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Hallett & Pirtle Block". Los Angeles Herald. August 4, 1895. p. 6.
- ^ a b Richardson, Eric (November 16, 2011). "38 Years Ago: Broadway Department Store Moved Off Namesake Street". Blogdowntown. KPCC.
- ^ "City News In Brief". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 45, no. 134. February 22, 1896. p. 7 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
The stock of the Broadway store has been sold by the board of trade to Arthur Letts for the sum of $8377.
- ^ "Hallett And Pirtle Block". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 44, no. 115. August 4, 1895. p. 6 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
The Superb New Broadway Structure at The Corner of Fourth Office and Mercantile Apartments of Modern Proportions The Upper Story to Be Utilized as a First Class Lodging Hotel With a Roof Garden
- ^ "Grand Opening Today; Finest Store of the Kind on the Pacific Coast Designed Like "The Fair"; Eighteen Departments Will Be Maintained". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 44, no. 140. August 29, 1895. p. 5 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
The new institution will be styled J.A. Williams & Co., the members of the firm being Mr. J. A. Williams, and Mr. B.F. Overman. The place of business will be styled the Broadway Department Store, and it will occupy apartments in the Hallett & Pirtle building, at the corner of Fourth and Broadway.
- ^ "A Los Angeles Failure". San Francisco Call. Vol. 79, no. 55. January 24, 1896. p. 3 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Broadway Department Store Attached by Several Creditors Yesterday.
- ^ "For Sale: Stock and Fixtures of Broadway Department Store". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 45, no. 125. February 13, 1896. p. 4 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
The Creditors' Committee in the matter of J.A. Williams & Co. will receive sealed bids for the stock, fixtures and fittings of the Broadway Department Store, Pirtle Building, southwest corner Broadway and Fourth Street.
- ^ "Broadway Department Store". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 45, no. 135. February 23, 1896 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
The entire stock of J.A. Williams & Co. will be placed on sale Monday, February 24th, and must be Closed Out in Thirty Days...Broadway Department Store; Arthur Letts, Assignee; Corner Fourth and Broadway.
- ^ Findlay, Paul (February 1918). "How They Did It". System: The Magazine of Business. Vol. 33, no. 2. pp. 200–202.
- ^ a b "Plans Out for Mammoth Store". Los Angeles Times. December 29, 1912.
- ^ "Junipero Serra State Office Building". Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Store Doubled in Few Hours: Expansion of The Broadway Seems Feat of Magic". Los Angeles Times. June 17, 1915.
- ^ "The Up-Building of the New and Greater Broadway (advertisement)". Los Angeles Times. February 3, 1913.
- ^ "Latest Features in Dept. Store Construction Here: Congestion in Main Building to be Relieved by Additions". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1924.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Manager's Reception". The Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1901. p. 5.
- ^ "Letts Gets the Hotel Savoy". Los Angeles Herald. January 8, 1905. p. 10.
- ^ "Broadway buys B.H. Dyas Store", Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1931, p. 1
- ^ a b c "Store to Open in Pasadena". Los Angeles Times. November 14, 1940. p. 34. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Milliron's New Store Will Open Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1949.
- ^ a b c "Broadway Store Buy's Milliron's in Westchester". Los Angeles Times. June 30, 1950.
- ^ Callender, Ealena (February 16, 1996). "Going Upscale : Beverly Center Broadway Will Become Bloomingdale's". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Directory of Major Malls, Listing the Most Important Existing and Planned Shopping Centers, Developers, Retailers, Markets in the United States and Canada, MJJTM Publications Corp., 1981
- ^ "The Broadway", Rapid Transit Press
- ^ "The Broadway", The Department Store Museum
- ^ "Small Army Moves Store Contents: Broadway Department to Open in its New Quarters Tomorrow". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 1914.
- ^ a b "Dyas purchased". Los Angeles Times. March 25, 1938. p. 40. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Joshua (August 8, 2005). "Broadway Hollywood Building Historical Information". City of Los Angeles – Mayor's Office of Economic Development. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Broadway's New Crenshaw Store to Open Today". Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1947.
- ^ "LA Conservancy, Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza".
- ^ Appendix LAX Master Plan EIS/EIR I. Section 106 Report January 2001 Prepared for: Los Angeles World Airports, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (PDF). PCR Services Corporation. p. 43. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "New Broadway Panorama City Store Opens". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b "'Copter Takes Group To Broadway-Valley". Valley Times. October 10, 1955.
- ^ "Broadway to Close Store in Anaheim Plaza Mall", Kevin Johnson, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1992
- ^ Jennifer Lowe, "Orange County`s 1st Mall Faces An Overhaul", Chicago Tribune, August 16, 1992
- ^ a b "Anaheim Fetes New Broadway Store Opening". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 1955.
- ^ "Broadway to Open Anaheim Store Today". Los Angeles. October 14, 1955.
- ^ a b "Walker's Store in Change of Management 4". Los Angeles Times. April 13, 1957. p. 12 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Public Hails Walker's New Store". Independent. October 16, 1955. pp. 148–150 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clipped From Long Beach Independent". Long Beach Independent. November 17, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "Los altos Broadway adds floor". Independent Press-Telegram. December 29, 1963. p. 23. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Broadway Store Opens in Whittwood Center". February 14, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Department" official site
- ^ "Korricks Department Store", Henry Trost Historical
- ^ a b "Department Store Opens in Center". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 1961. p. 150. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "2,000 Attend West Covina Store Opening". Pomona Progress Bulletin. August 7, 1962.
- ^ "Looking back on...Stonewood Center".
- ^ a b "Huntington Center to Have Air-Conditioned, Heated Mall". Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram. August 15, 1965. p. 113. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Grand Opening Slated for Huntington Center". Long Beach Independent. November 17, 1966. p. 82. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Huntington Center construction". Independent Press-Telegram. August 15, 1965. p. 113. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sears Opens New Store Wednesday". San Bernardino County Sun. September 22, 1966. p. 25. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Broadway opens Monday at new Inland Center". Redlands Daily Facts. August 24, 1966. p. 4.
- ^ a b c Allen, David (April 12, 2018). "Shoppers' memories of The Broadway prove indestructible (unlike the store)". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "$40 Million Montclair Plaza Under Construction". Los Angeles Times. February 25, 1968. p. 101. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Music fashion and refreshment await guests at the opening of the latest Broadway department store in Los Arcos…". Arizona Republic. October 12, 1969. p. 187. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ a b c "New Broadway Riverside is Store Within Store". Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1970. p. 25 (E-21). Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c "$30 Million Shopping Center Set in Orange". Los Angeles Times. February 22, 1970. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Store opens". Sacramento Bee. September 13, 1971. p. 20. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Broadway to Open $40-million Puente Hills Mall". Los Ángeles Times. February 17, 1974.
- ^ "Advertisement for The Broadway Santa Anita grand opening". Los Angeles Times. November 10, 1974.
- ^ "10th Buffum's to be introduced". Los Angeles Times. September 2, 1973.
- ^ "Advertisement for Opening Day Sale starting august 4, 1975". Los Angeles Times. August 3, 1975.
- ^ a b c "Fox Hills Mall Stats, Fox Hills Mall advertising supplement". Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1975.
- ^ a b "The Broadway: a chain on the move". Albuquerque Journal. February 15, 1976. pp. 46, 66. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ "New Mexico Architecture, first quarter 1977".
- ^ Gnerre, Sam (October 2010). "South Bay History: Hawthorne Plaza". South Bay Daily Breeze. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Broadway's 44th store to open in La Jolla center", The Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep 1977, Page 129
- ^ a b c "Newest Broadway Store Opens in Sherman Oaks". Valley News. November 10, 1977. p. 35. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ Woodfill, David. "Fiesta Mall swings out the old". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c "New Broadway in Pasadena Rising". Los Angeles Times. April 20, 1980. p. 157. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Broadway to Open Friday". Lompoc Record. August 16, 1990. p. 3. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Hawthorne branch: Gnerre, Sam (October 2010). "South Bay History: Hawthorne Plaza". South Bay Daily Breeze. Retrieved May 25, 2020.