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Originally Posted by odinthor
e_r, I believe we're looking at the May Co which anchored the Lakewood Mall (with which I was most familiar indeed in the late 1950s through the 1980s). Pep Boys, the sign of which edges into the pic, opened a location across the street in 1959:
LA Times, 5/24/1959.
The May Co building, though altered, is still there. The ant is not.
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When I saw May Co and Pep Boys I thought of the South Bay Galleria, formerly South Bay Center which had a May Co which is still standing but the whole complex is slated for demolition or a massive makeover. There was also a Pep Boys location on Artesia Blvd. which was nearby but not as close as what is seen in the photo.