Town & Country Market was a shopping center in theFairfax District ofLos Angeles, at the southeast corner of Third and Fairfax, across Third fromFarmer's Market. it incorporated elements of afarmer's market but profiled itself as a "small town of 100 smart shops". Opened in 1942, authorRichard Longstreth, who calls it an example of the "shopping court", notes that it was one of the first shopping centers in Los Angeles built with parking lots for customers arriving by car, being much larger than the earlierBroadway & 87th Street shopping center and preceding the largerBroadway-Crenshaw Center (opened 1946) by 5 years. It was more regular in plan and more pretentious in appearance than Farmer's market across the street. It promoted its entertainment and had 26 restaurants onsite, in this sense a precursor to thelifestyle center of today.[1][2][3] The market opened on May 14, 1942.[4]
The site continues as acommunity shopping center signed Town & Country Center. The anchors are:[5]
As of 2023, it is currently being redeveloped by Regency Centers as Bloom on Third, with a new mixed-use complex under construction on the site of the demolished Kmart. It will have apartments on the upper floors, and the Whole Foods Market will move into the lower levels when it is completed.[6]
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