South Bay Galleria

South Bay Galleria, formerly named Galleria at South Bay, is a shopping mall in Redondo Beach in Los Angeles County, California. It is anchored by Macy's, Kohl's, Target, Wonder of Dinosaurs, and a 16-screen AMC Theatres multiplex. It also includes H&M & Forever 21.

In February 1955, it was announced that a major shopping center on a 50-acre site at 174th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard would be constructed. The center was officially opened on August 22, 1959 as the "South Bay Center" . The architects were A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons and Victor Gruen & Associates. The center included a large, freestanding, 4-story May Company department store . The store also included a book and record department, furniture department, camera shop, soda fountain and the sit-down "Bay Shore Tea Room" restaurant. Surrounding the department store was an "open air" shopping center with shaded outdoor "breezeways." There were 37 tenants on opening day: Adlee's, Aitken's Chic Accessories, A-1 Photo Service, Armand's Sewing Center, Bakemasters, Bank of America, Beacon Cleaners and Dyers, Center Stationers, Children's Fair, Children's Shoeland, Gallenkamp Shoe Store, The Hair Stylists, Harris & Frank Men's Clothes, Hartfield's, Helen Grace Candies, Innes Shoes, Dr. Irving, Optometrist, Jaxson's, Lawson's Jewelers, Leeds Shoes, Moran Drapery Stores, Modern Woman Store, Motherhood Shops, J.J. Newberry Co. Department Store , Norm Manning, Pavsner's Barber Shop, Ralphs Super Market, Randall's Shoes, Rancho Music Box, South Bay Bakery, South Bay Bowling Center , South Bay Liquors, South Bay Shoe Repair, Sweet ‘n Eat Shoppe, Thrifty Drug , Vitamin Bay, and Wragg’s For Men. The grand opening featured a circus in the parking lot and a draw for a car as a grand prize.

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