La Plaza (Palm Springs)

It is located between the main southbound artery through downtown, South Palm Canyon Drive, and the northbound artery, Indian Canyon Drive, along a divided road called La Plaza, with storefronts on all of those streets as well as on the north backside (Tahquitz Canyon) and south backside (Arenas).

Palm Springs Plaza, as it was then called, opened November 1, 1936, one of the first shopping centers in Southern California with a single developer, owner and a uniform appearance, after Westwood Village (1929).

[10] After La Plaza was built, additional junior and full-line department stores started to be established on Palm Canyon Drive immediately adjacent to La Plaza.

Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire (#151, 1947-1990), J. W. Robinson's (#333, 1958-1987),[11][12][13] and Saks Fifth Avenue (opened October 16, 1959 at #490),[14] forming a large shopping district.

Joseph Magnin Co. opened a 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) department store in the mall in 1969,[16] meaning that together with a Sears at 611 Palm Canyon Dr., for two decades, downtown boasted seven department stores, plus the Palm Springs Mall 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the east operating from 1959 through 2005.