ДЇinally, the northern half of the store along Broadway was removed and the northern half of the new Broadway store was built. Departments from the northern half of the store facing Broadway and Fourth streets were transferred into the new space. The second phase was to demolish the southern building of the existing store complex, along Broadway, and build the southern half of the new Broadway store in its place.

The departments from the southern half of the existing store along Broadway were transferred to the Hill St. This 71,000-square-foot (6,600В m 2) Hill Street 'division' (wing), as it was then called, opened as a new part of the store. the hotel backed up to the Broadway's existing store. The first phase was to acquire space in the first three floors of the Clark Hotel Building along Hill St. with construction starting in 1913 while the current store remained in business. J.) Frauenfelder of Parkinson & Bergstrom. The store would have 11 passenger and 4 freight elevators three entrances on Broadway, one on Fourth St. Fourth St., southwest corner of Broadway, now the Junipero Serra state office building). In 1912 The Broadway announced plans for a new nine-story building with nearly 11 acres of floor space to be built in several phases at the same location (320 W. It was clear to Letts that The Broadway needed a new, much larger building. Bullock's, in 1907, and Hamburger's (later May Co.), in 1908, had both opened stores occupying entire city blocks. The New and Greater Broadway (1914вЂ“15) Д«etween 19, the population of Los Angeles more than tripled. In a short period of time, the business was doing so well, that it had to expand into adjacent store fronts. In contrast, Letts was able to pay off all of his creditors in a short period of time after acquiring the assets for the failed store by the quick sale of the same assets and by watching his expenses. The previous owners had a good location in a recently constructed building at the southwest corner of Broadway and Fourth Streets, but had all of its assets seized by their creditors for failure to pay its bills after just four short months of operations. In February, 1896 the store was liquidated, and Arthur Letts bought the name, assets, fixtures, and the building lease for $8377 and, on February 24, 1896, the Broadway started operating under Letts. Williams & Co., built and opened his Broadway Department Store on August 29, 1895. Sign atop the former Broadway-Hollywood branch, still present today long after the store's closure Origins In 1996, Broadway stores were either closed or converted into Macy's and Bloomingdales. Its fortunes eventually declined, and Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) bought the chain in 1995. Founded in 1896 by English-born Arthur Letts, Sr., and named after what was once the city's main shopping street, the Broadway became a dominant retailer in Southern California and the Southwest. The Broadway was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in Los Angeles, California. JSTOR ( December 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Д¬lothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

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