Phelps-Terkel was a

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based department store specializing in men's clothing. Its

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Modernist store at 5550

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, corner of S. Burnside Avenue, was considered a landmark by the

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's Modern Committee. The store was founded by Richard B. Terkel and David S. Phelps in 1923. In 1965 the firm became part of the Phelps-Wilger chain, based in Westwood, Los Angeles; together the new chain had store in: * Miracle Mile * Pasadena * Westwood (2) * Sherman Oaks * Newport Beach (

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) - store was to open in 1965 There was at one time also a store in

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was once a salesclerk at the Sherman Oaks store. In its final years, Phelps-Meager was renamed Phelps, and closed in 1992.

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{{History of Retail in Southern California Defunct department stores based in Greater Los Angeles