Los Angeles-based The Broadway anchored the center section of HAWTHORNE PLAZA. The store was the only 3-level tenant in the shopping venue. The Montgomery Ward and J.C. Penney stores each had 2 floors.
Defining so-called '70s Brutalist architecture, the HAWTHORNE PLAZA J.C. Penney opened, along with the bulk of the mall, in February 1977.
Drawing from Charles Kober Associates
In its original state, HAWTHORNE PLAZA spanned approximately 835,000 leasable square feet and contained 135 stores under its roof. There were three anchor department stores and free parking for 4,200 autos.
HAWTHORNE PLAZA TENANTS 1977:
J.C. PENNEY (with coffee shop and beauty salon) / MONTGOMERY WARD (with Buffeteria Snack Bar and attached Auto Center) / THE BROADWAY (with beauty salon and Chafing Dish restaurant) / B. Dalton Bookseller / Bar-B-Que Pit Stop / Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream / Boulevard Florist / California T-Shirts / Cap'n Maury Buster Brown Shoes / Carl's Junior hamburgers / Carousel Snack Bar / Casual Corner ladies' wear / Chan's Wigs / Chess King men's wear / Chuckburger / Citizens Savings & Loan (outparcel) / Contemporary Casuals ladies' wear / County Seat men's wear / Creative Corners gifts / Daniel Jewelers / Deanna's Casuals ladies' wear / Doctor Shimazaki, Optometrist / Earrestible Southwest jewelers / Electronic America / English House of Seafood, Chicken & Beef / Fashion Conspiracy ladies' wear / Florsheim Shoes / Foot Locker / Fox Photo Hallmark / Foxmoor Casuals ladies' wear / GNC / Gallenkamp Shoes / Gordon's Jewelers / Gramma Lee's Bakery & Restaurant / Granny's Real Ice Cream Bar / Hanover Shoes / Hansel & Gretel / Hardy Shoes / Hartfield's apparel / Hawthorne 6 Theatres (outparcel) / Honey Glazed Hams / Hot Dog On A Stick / Hot Sam Pretzels / House of Fabrics / International Imports / J. Herbert Hall jeweler / Jack's Men's Wear / Jeans West men's wear / Jewel Heart / K-G Men's Store / Karmelkorn / Ken Crane Magnavox City home electronics / Kinney Shoes / Ko Ko Fashions ladies' wear / Lord Byron Pizza Pub / Leeds Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Malings Shoes / Memory Lane gifts / Miller's Outpost apparel / Miss Bojangles jewelry / M-J Hallmark Shop / Morrow's Nut House / Ms. ladies' wear / Nancy Crane ladies' wear / National Shirt Shops / Naturalizer Shoes / Nobby Shops ladies' wear / Nojima Gifts / Orange Julius / Parklane Hosiery / Radio Shack / Red Eye men's wear / Regal Shoes / Roger Hunter men's wear / Ryan's Men's Shop & Jewelers / Sally's Fabrics / Sandalwood West / Security Pacific National Bank / See's Candies / Singer Sewing Center / Stefano's / Stride-Rite Bootery / Supreme Donuts / Susie's Casuals ladies' wear / Tacos al Carbon / The Boardwalk men's wear / The Cookie Factory / The Cooperidge / The Home Shop / The Little Dragon Chinese restaurant / The Pet Center / The Place To Buy Pants ladies' wear / The "Spirited" Restaurant / The Yogurt Place / The Wherehouse / Thom Mcan Shoes I / Thom McAn Shoes II / Tiffany's Bakery / Topps & Trowzers men's wear / Toy World / Wise Fashions ladies' wear / Woman's World Shops ladies' wear / Zales Jewelers / Zeidler & Zeidler men's wear