# List of department stores in Downtown 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.
| Store | Opened | Left | Moved or closed? | Location | Sq ft | Sq m | Architects | Current use |
| SPRING ST. BETWEEN TEMPLE AND SECOND |||||||||
| Coulter's (1st sequential location) | 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) | 157,000 | 14,586 | 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 lot |
| I. Magnin/ Myer Siegel (1st seq. loc.) | 1899 | | Moved | 251 S. Broadway (Irvine Byrne Block) | | | Sumner Hunt | Wedding chapel |
| Broadway from 3rd to 4th |||||||||
| Coulter's (2nd seq. loc.) | 1898 | 1905 | Moved | 317–325 S. Broadway through to 314–322 Hill St. (Homer Laughlin Building) | 86,000 | | John B. Parkinson | became Ville de Paris Now 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) | 96,000 | 8919 | John B. Parkinson | Grand Central Market |
| Jacoby Bros. (2nd seq. loc.) | 1899 | 1935-6 | Moved | 331-335 S. Broadway | 60,000 | 5574 | 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. Edelman | retail, 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, 577,000 | 53,605 | 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: 278,640 | 1917:25,887 | 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's |
| Silverwoods | 1904 | | | 556 S. Broadway (NE corner of 6th) (Silverwood's Building) | 1920: 115,420 | 1920: 10,723 | Walker & Eisen | Broadway Jewelry Mart |
| Swelldom | 1920 | 1970s | Closed | 555–561 S. Broadway (NW corner of 5th) (Swelldom Building) | | | Davis & Davis Henry 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 | 85,000 | 7897 | Samuel Tilden Norton | Demolished, now site of Los Angeles Theatre |
| Myer Siegel (3rd seq. loc.) | | | Moved | 617 S. Broadway | | | Samuel Tilden Norton | Demolished, now site of Los Angeles Theatre |
| Mullen & Bluett (2nd seq. loc.) | 1910 | 1960s | Moved | 610 S. Broadway (Walter P. Story Building) | | | Morgan, Walls & Clements | Mixed-use |
| Desmond's | 1924 | 1972 | Closed | 616 S. Broadway (Desmond's Building) | 85,000 | 7897 | A. C. Martin | Renovated 2019 as office space, a restaurant and a rooftop bar. |
| Harris & Frank 2nd concurrent location | 1947 | 1980 | Closed | 644 S. Broadway (J. E. Carr Building) | | | Robert Brown Young | |
| Bullock's (1st seq. loc.) | 1907 | 1983 | Closed$^b$ | NW corner 7th & Broadway by 1934, most of the block 6th/ 7th/ Broadway/ Hill | 1907: 350,000 1934: 806,000 | 1907: 32,516 1934: 74,880 | 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 9th |||||||||
| Hamburger's (2nd seq. loc.) After 1925: May Company (1st loc.) | 1906 | 1986 | Moved | SW corner 8th & Broadway (May Company Building) | 1906: 482,475 1930, >1,000,000 | 1906: 44,823, 1930 92,903 | Alfred F. Rosenheim | Under renovation to become tech campus |
| Eastern Columbia | 1930 | 1957 | | 849 S. Broadway through to Hill (Eastern Columbia Building) | 1930: 275,650 (expanded in 1950) | 1930: 25,609 | Claud Beelman | Residential condo |
| Broadway from 9th to 10th |||||||||
| Blackstone's | 1917 | | | 901 S. Broadway (SE corner 9th) (Blackstone's Department Store Building) | 118,800 | 11,037 | 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 Grand |||||||||
| Haggarty's | 1917 | 1963 | Closed | 520–530 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 Hope |||||||||
| J. W. Robinson's (2nd seq. loc.) | 1915 | 1993 | Closed | 600 W. 7th (7th, Hope & Grand) | 1915: 400,000 1923: 623,700 sq ft (57,940 m$^2$) | 1915: 37,161 1923: 57,944 | 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) | 22,500 (1937) | 2090 | 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) | 250,000 | 23,226 | 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) | 1,000,000 | 93,000 | 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 | 2009$^a$ | 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 | | | | |
$^a$as Macy's, $^b$reopened in 1986 at Citicorp Plaza, now FIGat7th.