Boston Stores , originally and later still often called The Boston Store, was a chain of department stores based in Inglewood, California , just southwest of Central Los Angeles , that operated from 1934 through 1996.
56-727: Ira Kaufman started the chain with a single store in downtown Inglewood in 1934. It grew to 20 stores by 1990, 14 in California and 6 in Arizona, with around 1,000 employees. In 1990 its headquarters was moved to Carson , about 13 miles south of Inglewood. There have been dozens of stores called "Boston Store" in the U.S., including J. W. Robinson's which went by that name in the late 19th and early 20th century in its downtown Los Angeles locations; and two unrelated "Boston Stores"—one operating in 1925 at 320 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles in
112-420: A city in such close proximity to metropolitan Los Angeles, various plans for the use of the land have been proposed. One such tract of land located at Del Amo Boulevard, west of the 405 , attracted particular attention in the past as a potential site for a National Football League stadium. An outdoor power center complex called Carson Marketplace was originally planned for the site. In February 2015, however,
168-511: A facility in El Segundo. The Los Angeles Air Force Base and neighboring Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo are a main focus of aerospace research activity and serve as the primary development facilities for military satellites and other space programs. DirecTV , a former subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft , is also headquartered in El Segundo for the same reason. SpaceX is also headquartered in
224-774: A legendary anchor of the busy Pacific Boulevard shopping district in Huntington Park , the busiest in the southeastern Los Angeles suburbs from the 1930s through the 1950s. The company had had ambitious expansion plans in the early 1920s, but wound up retreating to a single location in Huntington Park by the late 1920s. In 1969, it embarked on expansion plans again, and in this era (1969–1983) expanded across Southern California. Boston Stores converted several Wineman's branches to Boston Stores: Boston Stores bought Moore's Department Store in Lompoc in 1990. The Boston Stores underwent
280-580: A new $ 1 million computerized inventory and cash register system, added greatly to the company's debt in the 1980s. In an interview with the Torrance Daily Breeze , Donald Kaufman admitted that the company lost a lot of money in 1985, though it was doing better in 1986. The chain closed some stores around this time, such as Orangefair in Fullerton and Crenshaw-Imperial Plaza in Inglewood. In addition, by
336-558: A nine-story tower, had the Nissan logo on it. Vincent Roger of the Los Angeles Times wrote that it "was a familiar sight to drivers passing the intersection of the Harbor and San Diego freeways." Around 2006 the company had 1,500 employees at the headquarters. In 2005 a leak revealed that Nissan planned to move its offices to Tennessee. In the summer of 2006, the Nissan headquarters completed
392-427: A philosophy of operating intimate, smaller stores of 10,000 to 20,000 square feet (though some were larger, like Rossmore), in neighborhood shopping centers and areas that were relatively far from, or otherwise underserved by malls and mainline department stores. In 1984, Chairman Donald Kaufman led management in a leveraged buyout of his father, Ira. This, in addition to acquiring chains like Wineman's and Malcolms, and
448-764: A racial or ethnic majority. Carson is also the location of Dignity Health Sports Park , a sports complex including a soccer-specific stadium used by the Los Angeles Galaxy and formerly the Los Angeles Sol , C.D. Chivas USA , and the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL), a tennis stadium which hosted the LA Women's Tennis Championships , and a track and field facility. Carson Mall, now SouthBay Pavilion , opened in 1973 and
504-414: A separate race. According to the 2020 U.S. Census , the racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 11.85% (11,325) White , 22.76% (21,752) Black , 1.12% (1,066) Native American , 26.69% (25,501) Asian , 1.79% (1,713) Pacific Islander , 23.61% (22,557) Other Race , and 12.19% (11,644) Multiracial . When residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry were counted in their own category,
560-573: Is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area , located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County . The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay . The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the county. The area is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the south and west and generally by
616-665: Is host to many professional sports teams and entertainment venues. The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood . The LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer play their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson . The Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association will play in their new stadium, Intuit Dome , in Inglewood beginning 2024. Various entertainment venues are located in
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#1732873467354672-524: Is increasingly the primary driver of the Southern California economy. Industrial growth in the Inland Empire is almost entirely attributable to increased port traffic since the 1980s. The massive increase in cargo volume has created significant air pollution (especially of particulate matter in neighboring communities, resulting from the combustion of low-grade marine diesel fuel ). The South Bay
728-675: Is located at the Avalon Boulevard exit off the San Diego Freeway ( Interstate 405 ). One professional sports team currently plays their home games in Carson; The Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL played their home games in Carson from 2017 to 2019. Rugby union , modern pentathlon , tennis , field hockey and track cycling will all be held in Carson during the 2028 Summer Olympics . As Carson has large tracts of undeveloped land, unusual for
784-722: Is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department which operates out of Fire Stations 10, 36, 105, 116, and 127. Ambulance transportation is provided by McCormick Ambulance Service Station 17. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Carson Station in Carson. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Torrance Health Center in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles , near Torrance and serving Carson. Prior to
840-514: Is scarce during the summer in Carson but receives enough rainfall throughout the year to avoid Köppen's BSh (semi-arid climate). Carson, like many of the Southern California coastal areas, is subject to a late spring/early summer weather phenomenon called "June Gloom." This involves overcast or foggy skies in the morning which yield to sun by early afternoon. The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if
896-455: Is the traditional home of Southern California's aerospace industry. While considerably shrunken from its Cold War peak, it still represents a major economic force, employing thousands in high-skill, high-wage engineering positions and generating enormous amounts of tax revenue. Northrop Grumman has a major facility in El Segundo where the F/A-18 Hornet fuselage is manufactured, as well as
952-909: The 64th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Blanca Pacheco . In the United States House of Representatives , Carson is in California's 44th congressional district , represented by Democrat Nanette Barragán . See List of mayors of Carson, California Most of Carson is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District . A portion of Carson is in the Compton Unified School District . High schools serving LAUSD portions of Carson include Carson High School in Carson, Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School in Long Beach , and Banning High School in
1008-810: The COVID-19 pandemic , the city operated the Carson Circuit bus that serves the local community and connects to other bus and rail transit services including the Los Angeles Metro A Line at the Del Amo Station . Service was suspended on March 28, 2020. However, their Dial-A-Ride services remained in service during that time. Historically, the city was served by the Pacific Electric Long Beach Line . Carson's sister cities are: South Bay (Los Angeles County) The South Bay
1064-603: The California Academy of Mathematics and Science is located in Carson on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills , it is actually a part of the Long Beach Unified School District . The school accepts residents of LBUSD, Compton USD, portions of LAUSD (including sections serving Carson), and other districts. LA County Library operates the Carson Branch. Fire protection in Carson
1120-487: The Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California , located 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles (23 km) away from Los Angeles International Airport . It was incorporated on February 20, 1968. The city is locally known for its plurality of Filipino-Americans and immigrants. As of the 2020 United States Census , the city had a population of 95,558. Tongva Indians lived in
1176-570: The Wilmington area of Los Angeles . The area is within Board District 8. Magnolia Science Academy-3 , a public span school (serving grades 6-12) in Carson, is a Magnolia Public Schools campus. Circa 2019 there were plans to open a campus of the charter school Ganas Academy on the campus of the LAUSD public school Catskill Avenue Elementary School, but there was opposition to this move. Although
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#17328734673541232-761: The Blue Line) is a light rail line running between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach . It was the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway 's Red Car system. The C Line (opened in 1995 as the Green Line, together with the Glenn Anderson Freeway ), a freeway-median light rail line, also serves the South Bay. It runs between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in
1288-628: The City of Los Angeles on the north and east. The South Bay includes: The region is bordered on the north by the Westside region of Los Angeles, on the northeast by the South Los Angeles region and on the east and southeast by the Gateway Cities . The South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) is a joint powers authority government agency made of politicians from the sixteen South Bay cities and unincorporated Los Angeles County that share
1344-493: The Marketplace plans were scrapped in favor of a $ 1.2 billion NFL stadium, backed by Goldman Sachs , that would have hosted both the then-Oakland Raiders and the then-San Diego Chargers. The NFL had previously considered the site as a location for a stadium, but the plans stalled after it was discovered that the site was once used as a toxic waste dump and would require an extensive clean-up operation before construction
1400-717: The Myers Dry Goods Company in a 25-foot-wide (8-meter) storefront at 109 S. Greenleaf Ave., with a staff of five. Four years later around 1911, Myers expanded its space to a 50-foot-wide (15-meter) space at 110-2 S. Greenleaf. In 1920, they moved again to new 10,000 sq ft (930 m) space at 141 N. Greenfield, and in 1922 expanded there, doubling in size to 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m). Myers moved to its fourth, final and largest-ever location in Uptown Whittier in 1955, spanning 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m) with parking for 90 cars. Myers rebranded
1456-495: The NFL.com app in Inglewood . The South Bay has a rich history in music, and has produced a number of significant rock bands, like Hawthorne natives The Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and continuing particularly in punk music . Other notable South Bay-based artists include: Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn 's SST record label, a seminal alternative rock label of the 1980s, maintained its headquarters in Lawndale. The South Bay
1512-617: The South Bay in Hawthorne . Petroleum refining is another important component of the South Bay's economy. Major South Bay refiners include Tesoro ( ARCO facility in Carson), Chevron (El Segundo), Phillips 66 (Wilmington), PBF Energy (Torrance), Tesoro (Wilmington), and Valero (Wilmington). These refiners supply a large share of petroleum products for Southern California as well as for Nevada and Arizona . Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda maintains its North American headquarters in
1568-503: The South Bay, in the city of Torrance . ( Nissan was also headquartered in the South Bay until late 2005, but relocated to Tennessee, citing the high cost of running a business in California. Toyota relocated to Plano, Texas in 2017 for many of the same reasons.) While these locations are largely the legacy of the region's historical importance as a Japanese-American population center, it has proven fortunate for two reasons; first, it enables closer oversight of vehicle import operations at
1624-427: The age of 18 living in them, 14,178 (55.7%) were married couples living together, 4,787 (18.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,761 (6.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. 3,776 households (14.8%) were made up of individuals, and 1,790 (7.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.56. There were 20,726 families (81.5% of all households);
1680-605: The area. Carson lies on part of the Spanish land grant Rancho San Pedro , from the King of Spain in 1784. The Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum on Alameda Street in Compton (not far from Carson's city limits) is the historic ranch home of the grantees Juan Dominguez and Manuel Dominguez . Carson was named after George Henry Carson, who married a daughter of the Dominguez family in 1857 and managed
1736-611: The average family size was 3.90. There were 21,992 people (24.0%) under the age of 18, 9,964 people (10.9%) aged 18 to 24, 23,105 people (25.2%) aged 25 to 44, 24,013 people (26.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 12,640 people (13.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males. There were 26,226 housing units at an average density of 1,382.6 per square mile (533.8/km ), of which 19,529 (76.8%) were owner-occupied, and 5,903 (23.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate
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1792-458: The census-designated place of West Carson . It was founded as "South Bay College" and then renamed California State University at Palos Verdes. It moved to the City of Carson to meet a significant need for higher education opportunities in the largely black middle class suburbs of Los Angeles. Today it is among the most racially diverse campuses in the United States. The student body does not have
1848-490: The city was $ 17,107. About 7.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over. Carson has the distinction of being the only incorporated city in the United States where the black population has a higher median income than the white population. Philippines (43.7%) and Mexico (39.3%) are the most common foreign places of birth in Carson. Irish, German, English, Nigerian and African are
1904-477: The city was 25.69% White, 25.41% Black or African American, 0.56% Native American, 22.27% Asian, 2.99% Pacific Islander, 17.98% from other races , and 5.09% from two or more races. 34.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 60,457, and the median income for a family was $ 66,468. Males had a median income of $ 33,579 versus $ 31,110 for females. The per capita income for
1960-496: The city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $ 96.3 million in revenues, $ 81.8 million in expenditures, $ 611.4 million in total assets, $ 129.2 million in total liabilities, and $ 187.2 million in cash and investments. In the California State Legislature , Carson is in the 35th Senate District , represented by Democrat Steven Bradford , and in
2016-550: The first producer on the site: Callender No. 1-A well at a depth of 4,068 feet (1,240 m) and 1,193 barrels per day (189.7 m /d). In 2011, Shell was ordered by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to clean up the Carousel Tract neighborhood after the discovery of benzene and methane gas contamination, as well as soil and groundwater contamination. In 2021, Carson
2072-587: The following historic expansion across Southern California and Arizona: California stores opened prior to 1986 Converted from Wineman's in 1984 California, opened 1986– As of December 1985, Boston Stores operated 13 locations in California and 6 in Arizona. Store openings thereafter were: Arizona stores The Corona, Garden Grove, Monrovia Wineman's stores were no longer listed in advertisements in 1986. The chain had long promoted moderately-priced national brands such as Hart, Schaffner and Marx , as it promoted them: "quality leadership brands", with
2128-484: The goal of maximizing the quality of life and productivity of the South Bay region of Los Angeles. The SBCCOG members are Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Torrance, the Harbor City/San Pedro/Wilmington communities of the City of Los Angeles and
2184-658: The headquarters of the Space Technology division in Redondo Beach and a facility at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport . Howmet Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of Howmet Aerospace , has their corporate headquarters located in Torrance with manufacturing facilities in both Torrance and Carson. Boeing and Lockheed Martin also maintain extensive production facilities throughout the South Bay and Raytheon maintains
2240-511: The median of the Century Freeway ( Interstate 105 ), providing indirect access to LAX via a shuttle bus and future automated people mover. The K Line opened from Expo/Crenshaw station to Westchester/Veterans station , but is expected to be fully operational to Aviation/Imperial station in 2024. Several ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island , a popular resort. In addition, LAX borders El Segundo to
2296-455: The mid-1980s, times were tough for the local junior department stores as larger malls had reached most areas of Greater Los Angeles. They had fewer nice markets, areas where they could do well. In 1992, Boston Stores sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Some stores closed. Remaining stores were liquidated in 1996. Carson, California Carson is a city in the South Bay and
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2352-407: The most common ancestries. The most common non-English languages spoken in Carson are Spanish and Tagalog. As of 2021, the top ten employers in the city were: Nissan previously had its North American headquarters in Carson. The 42-acre (17 ha) property consisted of 13 buildings, with a total of 700,000 square feet (65,000 m ) of office and light industrial space. One of the buildings,
2408-652: The move. Over half of the employees chose to stay in the Los Angeles area. County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Carson Regional Library and the Dr. Martin Luther King Library. Both libraries are in Carson. Carson is the site of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). CSUDH is a major commuter school, particularly for students from the surrounding cities of Long Beach , Compton , and
2464-432: The nearby ports; and second, it gives them proximity to the automobile customization culture that is prominent in nearby South Los Angeles . Tesla is stationed near the headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne . The Harbor ( I-110 ), San Diego ( I-405 ), Gardena ( SR 91 ), and Century ( I-105 ) Freeways provide the region with its principal transportation links. The Los Angeles MTA 's A Line (opened in 1990 as
2520-718: The north in the neighborhood of Westchester, Los Angeles . The area is also home to two public airports; Zamperini Field in Torrance and Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Hawthorne . In addition to the Los Angeles Times , the South Bay cities are served by daily papers, the Daily Breeze , the weeklies The Beach Reporter , The Easy Reader and South Bay Community News , a bi-monthly real estate magazine, South Bay DIGS and lifestyle publication 'Southbay Magazine'. The National Football League has its West Coast headquarters and production facility for NFL Network , NFL RedZone and
2576-649: The old Blackstone's Department Store building; and another in 1939, with branches at 331 S. Broadway in the old Jacoby Bros. store and at 4755 Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles. Neither were related to the Inglewood-based Boston Stores. Boston Stores acquired the Myers Whittier department storr in Whittier in 1972. Myers dated back to about 1905 when brothers Lemuel A. and Wilbert S. Myers founded
2632-438: The population was 6.87% (6,569) Non-Hispanic White , 22.25% (21,264) Non-Hispanic Black , 0.19% (185) Native American , 26.17% (25,011) Asian , 1.66% (1,585) Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.51% (484) Other Race alone (non-Hispanic) , 2.95% (2,817) Multiracial and 39.39% (37,643) of Hispanic or Latino origin. The 2010 United States Census reported that Carson had a population of 91,714. The population density
2688-420: The population was of Mexican ancestry, 1.1% Salvadoran, 1.0% Guatemalan, 0.6% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Cuban, 0.2% Honduran, 0.2% Peruvian, and 0.2% Ecuadorian. The Census reported that 90,411 people (98.6% of the population) lived in households, 1,170 (1.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 133 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 25,432 households, out of which 10,980 (43.2%) had children under
2744-895: The rancho. The year 1921 marked the first drilling for oil at Dominguez Hill, on the northwest side of the Rancho San Pedro (also called Rancho Domínguez), site of the famous battle during the Mexican–American War called the Battle of Rancho Domínguez in 1846. The mineral rights to this property were owned by Carson Estate Company, the Hellman family, the Dominguez Estate Company, and the Burnham Exploration Company of Frederick Russell Burnham . On September 7, 1923, Burnham Exploration partnering with Union Oil brought in
2800-483: The southeast, West Carson on the southwest and Compton to the north. Bixby Marshland , a 17-acre wetland habitat, is located in Carson. Carson experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csb ), similar to that of the Los Angeles Basin with noticeably cooler temperatures during the summer due to the nearby Pacific Ocean (which is approximately 6 to 8 miles away). Rainfall
2856-429: The store "Myers Whittier". Initially, after it acquired Myers Whittier in 1972, Boston Stores kept the existing name and branding. It even opened a new store in the Whittwood Center mall on May 2, 1974, as "Myers Whittwood". However, it changed the names of the two Whittier stores to "Boston Stores" in 1976. In 1984, Boston Stores acquired Wineman's department stores, with origins in Ventura and Oxnard but since 1924
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#17328734673542912-400: The unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles District 2 and 4. The Port of Los Angeles , sprawling across the shorelines of San Pedro and Wilmington , is the busiest in the United States. When combined with the Port of Long Beach , it is the fifth-busiest in the world. Traditionally, most of the populations of Wilmington and San Pedro have worked for the port in some capacity. It
2968-486: Was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 68,924 people (75.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 21,487 people (23.4%) lived in rental housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 89,730 people, 24,648 households and 20,236 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,762.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,838.7/km ). There were 25,337 housing units at an average density of 1,344.7 per square mile (519.2/km ). The racial makeup of
3024-617: Was 4,835.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,866.9/km ). The racial makeup of Carson was 21,864 (23.8%) White (7.7% Non-Hispanic White), 21,856 (23.8%) African American , 518 (0.6%) Native American , 23,522 (25.6%) Asian (20.9% Filipino, 0.8% Japanese, 0.8% Korean, 0.5% Chinese, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.4% Asian Indian, 0.2% Cambodian, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Thai), 2,386 (2.6%) Pacific Islander (2.2% Samoan, 0.2% Guamanian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian), 17,151 (18.7%) from other races , and 4,417 (4.8%) from two or more races. There were 35,417 residents of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (38.6%); 32.6% of
3080-448: Was legally allowed to commence. In May 2015, the Carson City Council allocated $ 50 million to clean up the site for either the dual NFL stadium or the originally planned Carson Marketplace as a fallback should the NFL stadium not come to fruition. On January 12, 2016, NFL owners rejected Carson's bid to host an NFL stadium in favor of the competing bid of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood backed by Rams owner Stan Kroenke . According to
3136-435: Was subjected to an air pollution event as a result of hydrogen sulfide emanating from the nearby Dominguez Channel . According to the United States Census Bureau , Carson has an area of 19.0 square miles (49 km ). 18.7 square miles (48 km ) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ) of it (1.29%) is water. Carson is bordered by West Rancho Dominguez on the north, Rancho Dominguez and Long Beach on
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