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An indoor swap meet in the United States, especially Southern California and Nevada, is a type of bazaar, a permanent, indoor shopping center open during normal retail hours, with fixed booths or storefronts for the vendors. [1] [2] [3] Indoor swap meets house vendors that sell a wide variety of goods and services, especially clothing and ...
In the United States, an outdoor swap meet is the equivalent of a flea market. However, an indoor swap meet is the equivalent of a bazaar, a permanent, indoor shopping center open during normal retail hours, with fixed booths or storefronts for the vendors. [10] [11] [12] Different English-speaking countries use various names for flea markets.
It was the first indoor swap meet in Southern California. [1] The vendors purchased a former Sears store in Compton, California for $2.8 million, spending another $1.4 million to convert it to a swap meet with 350 stalls. [4] It was near the large Roadium and Paramount swap meets, and targeted a Black and Hispanic demographic. [5]
4th Street is a unique showcase of Long Beach culture, with a collection of independent local businesses. Portfolio Coffeehouse has served as the street's de facto anchor since its establishment in September 1990, [2] when it became the first coffeehouse in Long Beach to present poetry readings. 4th Street also features a number vintage clothing boutiques, antique furniture stores, restaurants ...
This is a list of Long Beach historic landmarks. These sites have been designated as historic landmarks in the Long Beach Municipal Code. The city of Long Beach has recognized certain buildings and neighborhoods as having special architectural and historical value. The City Council designates historic landmarks and districts by city ordinance.
In 1964, Ohrbach's opened a 104,000-square-foot (9,700 m 2) store in the San Fernando Valley's Panorama City Shopping Center (the building is now occupied by the Valley Indoor Swap Meet. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 1965, the Miracle Mile store was relocated in the former Seibu Department Store at Wilshire and Fairfax Avenue .
A view of a part of the eastern end of the Melrose Avenue District in April 2004. Melrose Avenue (sometimes referred to simply as "Melrose") is a shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Los Angeles, California, starting at Santa Monica Boulevard at the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, and ending at Lucile Avenue in Silver Lake.
Manhattan Beach Swap Meet Archived 2011-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, largest in California; Cowtown Hamfest of Fort Worth, first of the year in Texas; Texoma Hamarama Hamfest in Ardmore, Oklahoma Late Oct. every year with forums, swap meet, expo and numerous ham radio vendors. Home of the 2011 ARRL West Gulf Division Convention.