Mervyns Anaheim Plaza - Anahiem, California

This is Mervyn's Department Store at Anaheim Plaza in Anaheim, CA. This store opened in mid to late 1970's when the shopping center was enclosed (originally Anaheim Plaza opened in the 50's as an open air shopping center). When this store opened it joined two other dept. stores, The Broadway which opened in the early 50's and Robinsons that opened in the 60's. In the early 1990's the enclosed mall, Robinsons (which closed in the late 80's) and The Broadway were demolished for a new open air Anaheim Plaza. Mervyns is the only building that survived from the enclosed mall years, there is a Marie Callenders that also survived which is near the plaza entrance.

 

From where I took this shot I believe would have been entrance to the enclosed Anaheim Plaza. The entrance here was inside the mall but was remodeled to match the exterior of the outdoor plaza. The store was also painted and ext trim was added to match the Plaza's theme, but over time the color has faded. Originally the stores ext color was grayish brown I think.

 

This store became Forever 21 in spring 2009

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