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Iver's
Iver's was a department store with two locations north of Downtown Los Angeles: one at 5801 North Figueroa Street in Highland Park, Los Angeles, and another at 663 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. The La Cañada Flintridge branch, which measured and had sales of $5 million (~$ in ) per year, was sold to Buffums in 1986. The location is now a TJ Maxx TJ Maxx (stylized as T•J•maxx) is an American discount department store chain. It has more than 1,000 stores in the United States, making it one of the largest clothing retailers in the country. TJ Maxx is the flagship chain of the TJX Comp .... In Highland Park the Iver's store was the heart of the commercial strip (Figueroa Street around the present-day Gold Line light rail station) from 1913 through 1984 when it closed. The chain was founded by Catherine and Jesse William Ivers as a notions and ribbons store. References {{History of Retail in Southern California Defunct department stores based in the City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figueroa Street
Figueroa Street is a major north-south street in Los Angeles County, California, spanning from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington, Los Angeles, Wilmington north to Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Eagle Rock. A short, unconnected continuation of Figueroa Street runs just south of Marengo Drive in Glendale, California, Glendale to Chevy Chase Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, California, La Cañada Flintridge. Route description One of the longer streets in the city, it runs in a north/south direction for more than 30 miles (48 km) from its southern terminus at Harry Bridges Boulevard in the Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, Wilmington neighborhood to Chevy Chase Drive in the city of La Cañada Flintridge, California, La Cañada Flintridge at the north end. From its south end at Harry Bridges Boulevard to downtown Los Angeles, Figueroa Street runs north parallel to the Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110 (California), Interstate 110) in South Los Angeles. The only portion of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Park, Los Angeles
Highland Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located in the city's Northeast Los Angeles, Northeast region. It was one of the first subdivisions of Los Angeles and is inhabited by a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic groups. History The area was settled thousands of years ago by Paleo-Indians, and would later be settled by the Kizh. After the founding of Los Angeles in 1781, the Corporal of the Guard at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Jose Maria Verdugo, was granted the 36,403 acre Rancho San Rafael which included present day Highland Park. Drought in the mid-19th century resulted in economic hardship for the Verdugo family, which eventually compelled them to auction off Rancho San Rafael in 1869 for $3,500 over an unpaid loan. The San Rafael tract was purchased by Andrew Glassell and Albert J. Chapman, who leased it out to sheep herders. In 1885, during the 1880s land boom, it was sold to George Morgan and Albert Judson, who combined it with other parcels t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)
Foothill Boulevard is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles, as well as an arterial road in the city and county of San Bernardino, stretching well over in length, with some notable breaks along the route. Like its name implies, Foothill Boulevard runs across the foothills of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. For much of its length, Foothill Boulevard is the historic Route 66, so many diners and other establishments along the road have been refurbished in a 1950s style, or otherwise trade on the Route 66 association. Route description Foothill Boulevard starts off in Newhall Pass in the Sylmar district of the city of Los Angeles at Sierra Highway near the southern terminus of SR 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway). Foothill Boulevard is a two-lane road through Newhall Pass, paralleling the Interstate 5 truck lanes until its intersection with Balboa Boulevard, where it becomes a four-lane road for the remainder of its length. At the I-5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cañada Flintridge, California
La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just , is a city in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located in the Crescenta Valley, in the western edge of the San Gabriel Valley, it is the location of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Before the city's incorporation on November 30, 1976, it consisted of the two distinct communities of La Cañada and Flintridge. The population was 20,573 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The Tongva were first to settle in the area. Local villages included Tejungna (now the city of Tujunga, west of La Cañada) and Hahamongna (now Hahamongna Watershed Park, east of La Cañada), connected by a network of trails, which passed through what is now La Cañada Flintridge. They made extensive use of the live oaks which still are common in La Cañada, as a source of food and shelter. In 1771, the Tongva were enslaved by missionaries at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, resulting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffums
Buffums, originally written as Buffums with an apostrophe, was a chain of upscale department stores, headquartered in Long Beach, California. The Buffums chain began in 1904, when two brothers from Illinois, Charles and Edwin Buffum, together with other partners, bought the Schilling Bros., the largest dry goods store in Long Beach, and renamed it The Mercantile Co. The store grew to a large downtown department store, and starting in the 1950s, grew slowly over the years to be a small regional chain of 16 speciality department stores across Southern California at the time of its closure in 1990. Over the years, the stores gained a reputation as the "Grand Dame" of department stores in the area. The stores' interiors were known for large chandeliers and other upscale touches. The chain marketed itself as "Buffums Specialty Store," in an attempt to differentiate itself from other local chains, including The Broadway and Bullock's, and the national stores such as May Co. and Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TJ Maxx
TJ Maxx (stylized as T•J•maxx) is an American discount department store chain. It has more than 1,000 stores in the United States, making it one of the largest clothing retailers in the country. TJ Maxx is the flagship chain of the TJX Companies. It sells men's, women's and children's apparel and shoes, toys, bath and beauty products, accessories, jewelry, and home products ranging from furniture and decor to housewares and kitchen utensils. TJ Maxx and Marshalls operate as sister stores, and share a similar footprint throughout the country. Their product prices and inventories are usually identical and they have similar store layouts. In some locations, a Marshalls may be more upscale than a nearby TJ Maxx, carrying their Runway inventory where the TJ Maxx does not. And in other cities, the inverse may be true. Across their chain, though, they are, for all practical purposes, the same store. The CEO of TJX Companies is Ernie Herrman. History TJ Maxx was founded in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Park Station (Los Angeles Metro)
Highland Park station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of North Avenue 57 at Marmion Way (one block north of North Figueroa Street) in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, after which the station is named. The station opened on July 26, 2003, as part of the original Gold Line, then known as the "Pasadena Metro Blue Line" project. The original Highland Park station and freight depot, for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was demolished in 1965. During the construction and planning stages, Highland Park station was originally planned to be named Avenue 57 station, named for nearby Avenue 57. It was one of three stations to be renamed shortly before the line's opening. The station features an architectural sculpture, called 'Stone Tree Inverted Post (Bound Water Light),' created by artist Jud Fine. Service Hours and frequency Connections , the following connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Department Stores Based In The City Of Los Angeles
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