Nash's (F. C. Nash & Co.) was a
Pasadena, California
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 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 commerci ...
-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 West Main Street
*Pomona at
Indian Hill Mall
Indian Hill Village is a former shopping mall in Pomona, California. It has been redeveloped into a multi-use retail, commercial, and educational facility and is now known as The Village @ Indian Hill, comprising on .
History
The original, open ...
, later 450
Pomona Mall
Pomona Mall was a pedestrian mall in downtown Pomona, California, recognized by the Los Angeles Conservancy as an outstanding example of Mid-century modern and modern architecture and design. It was completed in 1962 and designed by Millard Shee ...
, the town's downtown pedestrian mall
*West Arcadia at the Arcadia Hub shopping center (1325 South Baldwin Avenue), current site of L. A. Fitness
*Whittier at
Whittier Quad
The Quad at Whittier is a shopping mall in Whittier, California.
History
It was built in 1953 and expanded in 1965 with the addition of a 3-story, 248,000-square-foot May Company California department store. Arcadia-based Hinshaw's and P ...
, , opened 1954
*Fullerton at intersection of
Harbor Boulevard
Harbor Boulevard (formerly Spadra Road) is a north–south road corridor in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange. One of the busiest routes in Orange County, the thoroughfare passes through some of the most densely populated areas in the re ...
and Orangethorpe Avenue
The Pasadena flagship was located downtown 250 East Colorado Boulevard, 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 the San Gabriel Valley
Companies based in Pasadena, California