Looking northeast from across Wilshire Boulevard towards an Adray’s store and other businesses located at addresses ranging from 5557-5575. Years later, the storefronts on the right occupied by Barton’s Bonbonniere, Janet Shore Corsets, and Miracle Shoe Repair were remodeled to create one structure and replaced with a Smart and Final store. Adray’s later became a Rite Aid pharmacy. (Marlene Laskey Collection; Los Angeles Public Library)
Rite Aid Pharmacy and Smart and Final. I bought my first tv from Adray’s. You could find anything in that store from dishes, appliances, beds you name it.
You may have bought it from Leonard. He was the oldest salesperson in the TV department. He knew how to sell TVs.
I worked in this store at the time the photo was taken, and also a few years later, after a stint at ABC Premiums on Beverly Blvd.
Worked there 11 years ! 1984-1995