Levy's (department store)

Levy's, also known as Levy Brothers, was a department store based in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1950 by Jewish brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson.[1]

A second Levy's was later added at El Con Mall, Tucson's oldest shopping mall, in 1960.[1][2][3] This store was followed by one in Foothills Mall in 1983.

The store at El Con Mall relocated to a different building in the mall in 1969[4] (the old building becoming Steinfeld’s[5]), which changed names several times. The store was owned by Federated Department Stores, which absorbed it into its other subsidiary (Sanger-Harris) in 1985; Sanger-Harris became Foley’s in 1987 and was sold to May Company in 1988. Foley’s became Robinsons-May February 2, 1997.[6] It would hold this name until a 2006 conversion to Macy’s. This location closed in 2008, and has been demolished.[7] The Foothills Mall store similarly became Sanger-Harris, and then Foley’s; however, it was closed in 1994 as Foley’s,[8] and is now divided between Ross Dress for Less, Nike Factory Store, and a vacant space last occupied by Linens ‘N’ Things.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Vitu, Teya (2007-10-18). "Synagogue's revival celebrated". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  2. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eOwiR6Wo2N0J:newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1960/11-16/page-10+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&lr=lang_en
  3. ↑ Poole, B. (2007-09-23). "Deserted core of El Con Mall may be razed". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  4. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1oT913rTc0QJ:newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1968/07-19/page-19+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&lr=lang_en
  5. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S57SirSrmOsJ:newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1970/10-27/page-24+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&lr=lang_en
  6. ↑ http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1996/12/09/225137-street-talk/
  7. ↑ Arizona Daily Star LEVY'S/MACY'S BEING TORN DOWN TODAY
  8. ↑ http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1994/05/06/131509-closings-shock-workers-patrons/
  9. ↑ http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1996/11/11/127126-clemens-column/


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