A visit to the Broadway-Spring Arcade at 541 S. Spring St in downtown Los Angeles in 1953 almost provided you with one-stop shopping. You could pick up clothes at Richards, shoes at Thom McAn, have some waffles at Dixie, then bowling where apparently you can have a cocktail too, then go upstairs for a Budget Loan to pay for it all!
The arcade itself used to be a street known as Mercantile Place. These days, it has had a second life as a renovated, cool arcade as new businesses have moved in. This image is from December 2020 – isn’t it nice to see that decorative work around the arch intact?
Kinda looks like New York city. Nice looking Bldg.
When I worked at 4th and Spring, while City Hall was being renovated in the mid1990s, this building had a big electronics store on the ground floor. I remember you could still by 1980s-style enormous boom boxes there. You definitely couldn’t see that lovely tile floor, as it was covered with tables displaying the store’s wares.