List_of_department_stores_in_Downtown_Los_Angeles

List of department stores in Downtown Los Angeles

List of department stores in Downtown Los Angeles

Department stores' list in Los Angeles

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). They are ordered by geography (Spring Street and Broadway, north to south; Seventh Street, east to west). Part of the History of Retail in Southern California.

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