MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana Opens on the Grounds of Fashion Square
Bullock’s Fashion Square opened in 1958 at 2800 N. Main Street in Santa Ana. Built for $11.5 million and designed by Pereira & Luckman, it was introduced as an open-air center.
The first lineup held 32 stores, among them I. Magnin, Desmond’s, Haggarty’s, and Mandel’s. A Jolly Roger restaurant opened alongside a parking facility planned for 3,000 cars.
Opening day drew 40,000 people from across Orange County. Bullock’s soon renamed the site Santa Ana Fashion Square, linking it with Sherman Oaks and West Covina projects in its chain…