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3 unusual facts about May Company


May Company

The May Department Stores Company, a defunct retail company acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2006

May Company Ohio, a defunct Ohio department store which was merged into Kaufmann's

May Company California, a defunct California department store that merged with J. W. Robinson's to create Robinsons-May


Fairfax Avenue

At the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax is the former May Company department store building, which has been converted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Henry Segerstrom

Originally anchored by a May Company that had opened in late 1966 and Sears, the initial phase of the center was designed by Victor Gruen.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano and innovative contemporary architect Zoltan Pali, the Academy Museum will be located next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) campus in the landmarked 1939 May Company building on Wilshire Boulevard.


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Inland Center

In 1993, the May Company store closed leaving the mall with only two anchors, The Broadway and Sears, which reduced overall traffic.