Nash's (F. C. Nash & Co.) was a
Pasadena, California
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
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-based department store which grew into a small chain. Nash's was founded in 1889 by Hammond G. Nash, who developed his grocery on Colorado Street into a full department store. He continued to open locations in nearby towns:
*Alhambra, downtown at 36 W. Main St.
*Pomona at
Indian Hill Mall, later 450
Pomona Mall, the town's downtown pedestrian mall
*West Arcadia at the Arcadia Hub shopping center (1325 S. Baldwin Ave.), current site of L. A. Fitness
*Whittier at
Whittier Quad, , opened 1954
*Fullerton, Harbor at Orangethorpe
The Pasadena flagship was located downtown 250 E. Colorado, but burned in a 1976 fire and was a total loss. The chain was unable to recover from the associated financial losses and closed entirely.
References
{{History of Retail in Southern California
Defunct department stores based in Greater Los Angeles
Companies based in Pasadena, California