Rite-Aid Moving Corners?

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at 12:34PM

Jewelry Trades Building Eric Richardson [Flickr]

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Several weeks ago I noticed a Public Notice sign on one of the closed storefronts in the Jewelry Trades Building on the southeast corner of 5th and Broadway. I thought I saw that it said Rite-Aid on it, but I figured that couldn’t be right – the Rite-Aid’s across the street.

Last night, though, I made a special trip over there and can confirm that the notice is a liquor license transfer for the Rite-Aid, moving the permit to 500 S. Broadway. The applicant name is Thrifty PayLess, the chain Rite-Aid bought in 1997.

So it would seem to me that the Rite-Aid is changing buildings. I’m all for it; the present location is ugly both inside and out. Hopefully Rite-Aid moving out will lead to a total rehab of that bit of retail.

The Thrifty PayLess bit is one I didn’t know before. Thrifty Drug Stores were headquartered in Downtown, so perhaps that explains why there are three Rite-Aids within six blocks or so of the Historic Core.

Update (2:20pm): I walked over at lunch to take a picture for this post and noticed that the sidewalk in front of the Jewelry Trades Building had one of the little glass tiles missing. Through the hole you could see down about 25 feet into the basement.



Comments

1
Tim Quinn writes:

Maybe they could get a new crew, too … service is bad there (though the pharmacy is OK)

# on Apr.26.2006 AT 03:07 PM
2
Bill M writes:

The Title Guarantee & Trust Building on Hill and Fifth has a terrazzo “Thrifty” outside the corner entrance. Their old HQ?

# on Apr.26.2006 AT 03:50 PM
3
Eric Richardson writes:

Bill: Good catch. I knew I had seen that outside a building somewhere, I just couldn’t come up with where. I walked over that yesterday.

I’ve read that the headquarters were on Wilshire, but I don’t know 100% where they were. It’s times like these where I miss being in school and having access to Proquest.

# on Apr.26.2006 AT 04:00 PM
4
danny writes:

Just visited the Barry Shy Lofts building today .. learned that the Rite Aid will be replaced with new parking .. looks like barry is making more money off of parking than retail tenants!

# on Apr.26.2006 AT 04:05 PM
5
Jeff writes:

Is the jewelery trades building being converted into lofts? I have been tracking the construction process for a while but have not been able to figure out was is going on/planned.

# on Apr.27.2006 AT 12:19 AM
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Tim Quinn writes:

you can get Proquest with a library card number. Best deal in town. go to the databases link on lapl.org

# on Apr.27.2006 AT 12:07 PM
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Eric Richardson writes:

Unfortunately the Historic LA Times archive (the only interesting one, in my opinion) is only available through LAPL if you’re at a library branch. That’s the one that goes back to the early 1900s.

# on Apr.27.2006 AT 12:40 PM

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