Ezra B. Hinshaw, founder and owner of Hinshaw's Department Stores in Arcadia and Whittier, died December 2 at the age of 82. Biographical notes included.
A major renovation of the Hinshaw's shopping area should include the addition of a very large store plus additional space for smaller stores and a new facade for the buildings.
Lillian Mowdy of Arcadia has worked in the men's department at Hinshaw's Department Store for 10 years and is the first and only woman at the Arcadia store to sell men's suits.
View of west side of Baldwin looking north from intersection with Naomi Avenue. Street trees obscure names of most shops but Nash's Department Store and Hinshaw's Department Store are visible.
Hinshaw's new section: a child's dream world. New children's area for children's clothing was formerly occupied by JC Penney. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.
Looking west across intersection of Baldwin and Duarte Road to Hinshaw's Department Store, which was located at 1201 S. Baldwin. The street trees planted by the City of Arcadia are seen as an attractive addition to the street. Hinshaw's went out of business in 1992.
Pete Kinnahan, assistant city manager in Arcadia, told City Council that Target Department Stores were interested in the Arcadia Datsun property and the adjacent city-owned property on Third Avenue.
Construction of a $21 million Target Department Store in Arcadia's redevelopment area became a distinct possibility when the City Council unanimously agreed to sign an exclusive "right to negotiate" agreement with the development firm of Dean Beck and Associates.
Prior to signing an exclusive "right to negotiate" with the city, Beck and Associates, developers of the proposed Target Department Store are asking the city to contact business and property owners to determine if they want to be participants in the project.
Dean A. Beck and Associates, developers of a proposed Target Department Store on East Huntington Drive in Arcadia, want to know the status of owner participation opportunities which might be available to people owning property within the project area.
Proposed Department store targeted. Members of Arcadia City Council acting as redevelopment agency have approved Exclusive Right to Negotiate with Beck and Associates of Los Angeles for development of a Target Department Store with satellite shops at Third Avenue and Huntington Drive.
The draft environmental impact report for the proposed Target Department Store was attacked at Tuesday night's meeting of the Arcadia City Council as failing to adequately address possible traffic problems and the loss of moderate-income housing.