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has been home to two regional malls and one open-air shopping center, anchored by department stores.

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(relocated to Whittwood Mall in 1996) and an 8-screen Mann multicinema, is now the site of the Gateway Plaza power center, anchored by

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), El Super (formerly Gigante),

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, and L.A. Fitness. This mall is located on Telegraph Road at the intersection of Carmenita Road.

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from the 1950s through the 1980s, anchored by J. C. Penney. The center is at Washington and Norwalk boulevards and within the city limits of

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were the architects. The center opened in 1955 with parking for 740 cars. Unusually, shops faced both a pedestrian mall as well as the parking lot. In the late 1980s, the mall was demolished and the site was redeveloped into the Santa Fe Springs Marketplace, a neighborhood center anchored by a

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and David's Department Store, is now called a neighborhood shopping center, Santa Fe Springs Promenade, with The dedication of a 40-foot-tall sign spelling out "Santa Fe Springs" at the center in 1956 was the celebrated with a three-day city festival.

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