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In its early stages, the retail facility covered nearly 500,000 leasable square feet. The mall proper, not counting outparcels, housed thirty-two stores and services. There was free parking for 5,000 autos.

BROADWAY ORANGE COUNTY CENTER TENANTS 1958:

THE BROADWAY (with The Terrace Room Restaurant & Coffee Shop and beauty salon) / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / RALPH'S supermarket (outparcel) / Bank Of America (outparcel) / Bond Clothes / Broadway-Anaheim Car Wash (outparcel) / Burton's Carousel / C. H. Baker Shoes / Cabot's Children's Shoes / California Federal Savings / Carats For Men / Clifton's "On The Mall" Cafeteria / Del Mar Accessories / Doctor Gordon, Optometrist / Empire Silk / Gladys Fowler Candies / Gudes-Barnett Shoes / Hall's Jewelers / Hug J. Lowe & Sons / Judy's ladies' wear / Kinney Shoes / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Manning's Coffee Cafe / Norm Meager's / Paul Allen Shoes / Quad Stationers / Jean Ryan ladies' wear / Sav-On Drugs (outparcel) / Security First National Bank (outparcel) / See's Candies / Singer Sewing Center / Silverwoods apparel / Still's Store For Men / Tandy Crafts / The Hobby Horse / Toyville / Union Oil Company service station (outparcel) / Vandermast's For Boys & Men


By 1963, BROADWAY CENTER has been renamed ANAHEIM CENTER. A J.W. Robinson's anchor store (in light gray) has just opened on its north end. The complex spans approximately 642,000 leasable square feet, houses around thirty-three stores, and includes parking provisions for 4,200 autos.

ANAHEIM CENTER TENANTS 1963:

THE BROADWAY (with The Terrace Room Restaurant & Coffee Shop, beauty salon and freestanding Tire Center) / J.W. ROBINSON'S (with Mission Room Restaurant, Round Robin Coffee Shop and Antoine Beauty Salon) / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / S.S. KRESGE (with luncheonette) / RALPH'S supermarket (outparcel) / C.H. Baker Shoes / Bank Of America (outparcel) / Bond Clothes / Cabot's Children's Shoes / California Federal Savings / Carats For Men / Clifton's "On The Mall" Cafeteria / Del Mar Accessories / Empire Silk / Gladys Fowler Candies / Gudes-Barnett Shoes / Judy's ladies' wear / Kinney Shoes / Lerner Shops / Hug J. Lowe & Sons / Manning's Coffee Cafe / Norm Meagers / Paul Allen Shoes / Quad Stationers / Jean Ryan ladies' wear / Sav-On Drugs (outparcel) / Security First National Bank (outparcel) / See's Candies / Singer Sewing Center / Silverwoods apparel / Still's Store For Men / Tandy Crafts / Toyville / Vandermast's For Boys & Men