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. Store Opened Left Moved or closed? Location Sq ft Sq m Architects Current use SPRING ST. BETWEEN TEMPLE AND SECOND Coulter's(1st sequentiallocation) 1884 1898 Moved SW corner 2nd & Spring(Hollenbeck Block) Historic Broadway station Hamburger's (1st seq. loc.) 1888 1908 Moved Franklin & Spring(Phillips Block) Burgess J. Reeve Site of City Hall Mullen & Bluett 1889 1910 Moved 101–105 N. Spring Empty lot Jacoby Bros.(1st seq. loc.) 1891 1900 Moved 128–138 N. Spring at Court Site of City Hall The Hub 1896 1916 Moved Spring at Court(Bullard Block) Morgan & Walls Site of City Hall. The Hub moved to 430 S. Broadway. BROADWAY Broadway from 2nd to 3rd Ville de Paris(A. Fusenot Co.) 1893 1898 Moved 221-223 S. Broadway(Potomac Block) Block, Curlett & Eisen added to Coulter's late 1907, demolished 1958, now a parking lot Coulter's(3rd seq. loc.) 1905 1917 Moved 225-229 S. Broadway through to 224-228 S. Hill. 1907: expanded into 219-223 Broadway (Potomac Block) Block, Curlett & Eisen demolished, site of parking lot Boston Dry Goods(J.W. Robinson Co.) 1895 1915 Moved 237–241 S. Broadway Theodore Eisen, Sumner Hunt Parking lotI. Magnin/Myer Siegel(1st seq. loc.)1899 Moved 251 S. Broadway"We move Monday to 251 South Broadway", I. Magnin advertisement in the Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec 1898, p.4(Irvine Byrne Block) Sumner Hunt Wedding chapel Broadway from 3rd to 4thCoulter's(2nd seq. loc.) 1898 1905 Moved 317–325 S. Broadway through to 314–322 Hill St. (Homer Laughlin Building) John B. Parkinson became Ville de ParisNow Grand Central Market Ville de Paris(2nd seq. loc.) 1905 1917 Moved. 317–325 S. Broadway through to 314–322 Hill Street(Homer Laughlin Building) John B. Parkinson Grand Central MarketJacoby Bros. (2nd seq. loc.) 1899 1935–6 Moved 331-335 S. Broadway John B. Parkinson Was "Boston Store" in late 1930s. Currently independent retail. 2 of 4 floors were removed. J. J. Haggarty New York Store 1905 1917 Moved 337–339 S. Broadway Small retail. Only 2 stories remain. J. M. Hale (Hale's) 1909 341–345 S. Broadway(Karl's Building)Abram M. Edelmanretail, top floors were removed Broadway from 4th to 5th The Broadway(1st seq. loc.) 1896 1973 Moved SW corner 4th & Broadway, later through to Hill(Broadway Mart Center) 1924, Parkinson and Bergstrom Bon Marché 1907 Liquidated 430 S. Broadway(Bumiller Building) Morgan & Walls The Hub(2nd seq. loc.) 1907 1916 Moved 430 S. Broadway(Bumiller Building) Morgan & Walls In 1907, The Hub opened at the former Bon Marché. In March 1916, The Hub moved to 337–9 S. Spring. closing in 1922. Myer Siegel(2nd seq. loc.)1899 Moved 455 S. Broadway Became part of Fallas Paredes Broadway from 5th to 6th Fifth Street Store(Steele, Faris & Walker), later Walker's 1905 Closed SW corner 5th & Broadway(Fifth Street Store Building) 1917: 1917: Alexander Curlett Replaced existing store with new building in 1917.Building later housed Ohrbach's Ohrbach's Closed SW corner 5th & Broadway(Fifth Street Store Building) Alexander Curlett Former Walker's store.Building later housed Ohrbach'sSilverwoods 1904 556 S. Broadway (NE corner of 6th)(Silverwood's Building) 1920:  1920:  Walker & Eisen Broadway Jewelry Mart Swelldom 1920 1970s Closed 555–561 S. Broadway (NW corner of 5th)(Swelldom Building) Davis & DavisHenry F. Withey Small retail Broadway from 6th to 7th Jacoby Bros.(3rd seq. loc.) 1936 1938 Liquidated 605 S. Broadway Became a Zukor's (1940), now mixed-use Central Dept. Store 1907 1908 609–619 S. Broadway Samuel Tilden Norton Demolished, now site of Los Angeles TheatreMyer Siegel(3rd seq. loc.) Moved 617 S. Broadway Samuel Tilden Norton Demolished, now site of Los Angeles TheatreMullen & Bluett (2nd seq. loc.)19101960sMoved 610 S. Broadway(Walter P. Story Building)Morgan, Walls & Clements Mixed-use Desmond's 1924 1972 Closed 616 S. Broadway(Desmond's Building) A. C. Martin Renovated 2019 as office space, a restaurant and a rooftop bar.Vincent, Roger. "Historic home of clothier Desmond's is ready for its comeback on Broadway". latimes.com. Retrieved on 16 April 2019. Harris & Frank2nd concurrent location 1947 1980 Closed 644 S. Broadway(J. E. Carr Building)Robert Brown Young"Los Angeles Union Station Run-through Tracks Project", p. RA6-PP8 Bullock's(1st seq. loc.) 1907 1983 Closedb NW corner 7th & Broadwayby 1934, most of the block 6th/ 7th/ Broadway/ Hill 1907: 1934: "Bullock's Department Store #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA (1906-1907)", PCAD 1907: 1934: Parkinson & Bergstrom St. Vincents Jewelry Mart Broadway from 7th to 8th F.W. Woolworth 1920 719 S. Broadway(Woolworth's Building) Weeks and Day Ross Dress for Less Reich and Lièvre 1917 c.1927 737–745 S. Broadway(Issacs Building) Broadway from 8th to 9thHamburger's(2nd seq. loc.)After 1925:May Company(1st loc.) 1906 1986 Moved SW corner 8th & Broadway(May Company Building) 1906: 1930, >1906: , 1930 Alfred F. Rosenheim Under renovation to become tech campus Eastern Columbia 1930 1957 849 S. Broadway through to Hill(Eastern Columbia Building) 1930: (expanded in 1950) 1930: Claud Beelman Residential condo Broadway from 9th to 10th Blackstone's 1917 901 S. Broadway (SE corner 9th)(Blackstone's Department Store Building) John Parkinson Building became The Famous,now residential, retail SEVENTH STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND FRANCISCO) Seventh from Broadway to Hill Bullock's (see above) Seventh from Hill to Olive Ville de Paris, from 1919 B. H. Dyas 1917 1933 Liquidated 420 W. 7th (SE corner Olive) Dodd and Richards L.A. Jewelry Mart Seventh from Olive to GrandHaggarty's 1917 1963 Closed520–530 W. 7th at Grand(Brockman Building) George D. Barnett,Barnett, Haynes & Barnett Apartments Coulter's (4th seq. loc.) 1917 1938 Moved 500 W. 7th (SW corner Olive) Dodd and Richards Mixed-use. Coulter's moved to Miracle Mile. Seventh from Grand to HopeJ. W. Robinson's (2nd seq. loc.) 1915 1993 Closed 600 W. 7th (7th, Hope & Grand) 1915: 1923: 1915: 1923: Noonan & Richards (1915), Edgar Mayberry/Allison & Allison (1934 remodel) Mixed-use Desmond's 7th St. (2nd seq. loc.) 1934, expanded 1937 Closed 617 W. 7th. St.(2nd Union Oil Building) (1937) Alexander Curlett and Claude Beelman Walgreens Seventh from Hope to Flower The Broadway (2nd loc.), later Macy's 1973 Open Open 750 W. 7th (Hope to Flower)(Broadway Plaza) "Broadway Plaza", Pacific Coast Architecture Database Charles Luckman In operation Desmond's 7th St. (1st seq. loc.)(B'way store remained open) 1927 1934 Moved 717 W. 7th St.(Roosevelt Building) Alexander Curlett and Claude Beelman Shoo Shoo Baby (restaurant)Barker Bros. (final downtown loc.) 1926 1984 Closed 818 W. 7th (Flower to Figueroa) Curlett and Beelman Offices Seventh from Figueroa to Francisco Bullock's (2nd seq. loc.), later Macy's 1986 1996 Closed 735 S. Figueroa(Seventh Market Place) Jon Jerde Gold's Gym (level M1), Target (M2), Zara (M3) May Company (2nd seq. loc.), later Macy's 1986 2009a Closed 735 S. Figueroa(Seventh Market Place) Jon Jerde Nordstrom Rack (level M1), Target (M2), H&M (M3) FLOWER STREET FROM SEVENTH TO EIGHTH Weatherby-Kayser shoes 1925 715–719 S. Flower Myer Siegel (4th seq. loc.) 1927 733 S. Flower Parmelee-Dohrmann (homewares) 1927 741–747 S. Flower aas Macy's, breopened in 1986 at Citicorp Plaza, now FIGat7th. References