Roberts Department Store
Robert's was a department store based in Long Beach, California.
The chain began when Morris Burman opened the first store in East Los Angeles. In 1950, Burman bought an existing store in North Long Beach at 5350 Long Beach Blvd., and opened it as the Jones Department Store. In 1951, they opened Robert's at 16630 Bellflower Blvd. in Bellflower.
It had branches in:[1]
- Bixby Knolls, Long Beach - opened December 1967, 52,000 sq. ft., 4450 Atlantic Ave.,[2][3] closed in 1994, empty for 15 years,[4] razed only in 2009 to make way for a new Marshall's. The loss of the store was long symbolic of the decline of Bixby Knolls as a retail center[5][6]
- Bellflower, 16630 Bellflower Boulevard
- Burbank (Burcal), 240 N. Golden Mall
- East Los Angeles, 4771 Whittier Boulevard (now Fallas Paredes)
- La Mirada Mall
- Pico Rivera, Whittier Boulevard at Rosemead Boulevard
- Pomona, Indian Hills Mall
- Santa Ana, Honer Plaza
- Santa Fe Springs, Santa Fe Springs Shopping Center
- West Covina, Eastland Center
References
- "Roberts". The Los Angeles Times. October 24, 1985. part. 9, p. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Newest Roberts Department Store Opened in Long Beach". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, CA. December 3, 1967. p. B4. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Robes Meeks, Karen (October 13, 2009). "Former Roberts Store to Be Demolished". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, CA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- "Demolition Begins at Roberts Department Store in BK". October 15, 2009. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- Morrison, Heather (July 15, 2013). "Bixby Knolls Loses Two Big Retailers". The Grunion. Long Beach, CA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- Rodriguez, Olga R. (July 12, 2003). "A Push to Revive Interest in Bixby Knolls". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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