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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 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.
The Broadway division was the largest department store division within the company. The division could trace its roots to the Broadway Department Store that was founded in Los Angeles by Arthur Letts, Sr. in 1896. By 1992, the division expanded throughout Southern California and started expanded outside of California.
With the store's profits, it was able to expand in 1938 with 52,000 square feet (4,800 m 2) of retail space. [3] In 1939, an eight-story modern annex designed by Parkinson and Parkinson was built immediately to the west. [1] [3] The Broadway Department Store served as a tenant until 1982, [9] after which building was reconfigured for office use ...
Globe Department Store, South Broadway between 51st–52nd, South Los Angeles (1920s-1930s) [60] Gottschalks, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores. [61] A few former Gottschalks stores were replaced as Macy's and Forever 21 in the Pacific region.
Postcard view of Broadway c. 1908, showing original store Bullock's logo on bridge across St. Vincent Court, 2019. Bullock's was founded in 1907 at Seventh and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G. Bullock, with the support of The Broadway Department Store owner Arthur Letts. In 1923, Bullock and business partner P.G. Winnett bought out ...
Back in February, American department store chain Macy's announced it would be closing 150 stores as it plans on shifting its priority toward the marketing of its luxury items. It plans to close ...
This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
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