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| Walker's opened in downtown San Diego in 1935, but wasn't renamed Walker-Scott until the 1950s. |
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| The 8-story building was a combination of Spanish and Art-Deco influences. |
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| The store eventually took over a few floors of the adjacent Owl Drug building next door. |
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| Walker Scott . . . The Friendly Store |
Walker Scott Company
1014 Fifth Avenue at Broadway
San Diego, California
Belmont 3-8221
Lower Level
Charl-Mont Restaurant and Soda Fountain • Music Center • Records • Piano and Organ Salon • Toys • Televisions
Men' Shop Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportswear • Natural Shoulder Shop • Men's Clothing • Varsity Shop • Cambridge Shop
Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Fine Silver • Watches • Clocks • Costume Jewelry • Hamndbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Fashion Accessories Boutique • Hosiery • Hat Bar • Blouse Bar • Neckwear • Handkerchiefs • Umbrellas • Street Floor Sportswear • Street Floor Lingerie • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Stationery • Cameras • Fine Candies • Epicurean Foods
Second Floor
Closet Shop • Notions • Luggage • Shoe Salon • Boulevard Shop • Complete Optometric Service
Third Floor
Hat Bar • Dresses • Blouses • Sportswear • Coats • Suits • Better Dresses • Town and Country Sportswear • Andrea E Shop • Fifth Avenue Shops • Del Pacifico Shop • Millinery • Bridal Salon • Junior Whirl Shop
Fourth Floor
Lingerie • Robes • Foundations • Bra Bar • Patio Shop • Maternity Shop • Portrait Studio • Beauty Salon
Young World Shops Infants' Shop • Nursery Furniture • 3-6x Shop • Boys' Shop • Girls' Shop • Children's Shoes
Fifth Floor
Gift Shop • Lamps • Pictures • Draperies • Bedspreads • Pillow Corner • Upholstery Fabrics • Rugs • Patio Furniture
Sixth Floor
Linens • Bedding • Bathroom Accessories • Hoover Cleaners • Fashion Fabrics • Needlework • White Sewing Machines • Sleep Shop • Hide-A-Bed Center • Furniture
Seventh Floor
Homewares • China • Glassware
Eighth Floor
Top o' the Town Gift Shop • Major Appliances • Books • General Offices • Personnel • Credit Sales Office • Cashier
(110,000 s.f.)
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| La Jolla Girard at Wall 1959 |
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| College Grove Highway 94 at College July, 1961 160,000 s.f. Helix House |
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Kearney Mesa
2335 Linda Vista Plaza
August, 1963
41,000 s.f.
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| Escondido Village Valley Blvd. and Ash St. East March, 1964 60,000 s.f. |
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| Clairemont Clairemont Square March, 1967/1973 63,000 s.f. |
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| Lomas Santa Fe Plaza of the Four Flags October, 1969 30,000 s.f. |
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El Cajon
El Cajon Plaza
March, 1967
50,000 s.f.
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| Ocean Beach 4878 Newport Avenue February, 1970 |
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Palm Springs
Palm Springs Mall
March, 1970
63,000 s.f.
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San Carlos
1973
Mission Valley
1973
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| Mira Mesa Mira Mesa Blvd. at Camino Ruiz February, 1975 63,000 s.f. |
There was also one at The City complex in Orange, opened in October 1970. This and the Palm Springs store were Walker-Scott's only two stores outside San Diego County. The Orange store was sold to May Co. in early 1974. Also, did this have any connection to Walker's of Long Beach?
ReplyDeleteWhen I get around to adding the history text, you will see that Walker's was first a store in Los Angeles, that opened a Long Beach branch. The next move was to San Diego. The Walker's in Long Beach had a branch, which was taken over by The Broadway. Ralf Walker died before the San Diego store opened, and his widow opened it with Scott, a young business partner under whom the store prospered in San Diego, and it was eventually renamed Walker-Scott. The Los Angeles and Long Beach stores were not as slong-lived.
ReplyDeleteDid Walker Scott have anything to do with Chicago's Carson,Pirie Scott store? The Walker Scott logo looks very much like CPS's....
ReplyDeleteNo affiliation with Carsons. Boston Store of Milwaukee used to have a logo very much like Carsons classic 50s-70s era logo, but Boston Store was owned by Federated, while Carsons was its own company. Federated sold Boston Store to Peoria-based Bergner's in 1985, and moved their HQ's to Milwaukee, then bought Carsons in 1989. Today, they are owned by Bon-Ton Stores of York, PA, along with Younkers of Des Moines, Herbeger's of Rochester, MN, Elder-Beerman of Dayton, OH, and the Parisian stores in the Detroit area (from the former Birmingham-based Nordstrom-esque chain). All divisions, except Bon-Ton and Parisians, have the red hexagons next to their script logos.
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