Anaheim Town Square

Anaheim Town Square (originally East Anaheim Shopping Center, later East Anaheim Center, East Anaheim Plaza), is a 372,185-square-foot (34, 577 m2) community shopping center, the largest center in East Anaheim, California which was built at the intersection of Anaheim-Olive Road (renamed Lincoln Avenue in 1962) and Placentia Avenue (now State College Boulevard). The center began construction in 1953 with 140,000 square feet (13, 000 m2) on 16.75 acres, with Alpha Beta supermarket opening in March 1954, and shortly thereafter a Woolworth variety store, a Sav-on Drug Store at no. 2120 on July 11, 1957, a 17,500 sq ft (1, 630 m2) W.T. Grant variety store opening on February 27, 1958. The center underwent a major expansion to 302,600 sq ft (28, 110 m2), adding a 40,000 sq ft (3, 700 m2) Boston Stores junior department store on November 14, 1968. W. T. Grant moved to a new 86,800-square-foot (8, 060 m2) building that opened on October 24, 1968, more than quadrupling its space. Architects Burke, Nicolai and Archuleta designed both. East Anaheim Shopping Center also added a Jolly Roger restaurant and a branch of the Commercial National Bank. In 1968 the center sales volume was $20,000,000. As of 1970 there were 42 stores and parking for 2000 cars, and the anchor supermarket had changed to Thriftimart. The Boston Store branch was rebuilt in 1984. In mid-2017, the Kmart closed and was replac

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