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{{Short description|Business in Tucson, Arizona}}
[[File:Levy's Department Store Logo.png|thumb|Levy's logo]]
'''Levy's''', also known as '''Levy Brothers''', was a [[department store]] based in [[Tucson, Arizona]], [[United States]]. It was founded in 1950 by brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson.<ref name="syna"/>
The Levy brothers started department stores in Southern Arizona mining towns such as Douglas, Clifton and later Tucson.  They were the main goods stores in the active towns during the early part of the 20th century and carried a full line of clothing.  The chain was similar to one in Northern Arizona founded by the Goldwaters.
A second Levy's was later added at [[El Con Mall]], Tucson's oldest shopping mall, in 1960.<ref name="syna">{{cite web |url=http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/history_culture/66181.php |title=Synagogue's revival celebrated |accessdate=2007-11-20 |last=Vitu |first=Teya |date=2007-10-18 |work=Tucson Citizen}}
</ref><ref>[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1960/11-16/page-10] {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref name="deserted">{{cite web |url=http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/202609 |title=Deserted core of El Con Mall may be razed |accessdate=2007-11-19 |last=Poole |first=B. |date=2007-09-23 |work=Arizona Daily Star}}</ref> This store was followed by one in [[Foothills Mall (Arizona)|Foothills Mall]] in 1983.
The store at El Con Mall relocated to a different building in the mall in 1969<ref>[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1968/07-19/page-19] {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref> (the old building becoming [[Steinfeld's]]<ref>[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1970/10-27/page-24] {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>), 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 [[The May Department Stores Company|May Company]] in 1988. Foley's became [[Robinsons-May]] February 2, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1996/12/09/225137-street-talk/|title=Street Talk – Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993–2009)|website=tucsoncitizen.com}}</ref> It would hold this name until a 2006 conversion to [[Macy's]]. This location closed in 2008, and has been demolished for a [[Walmart Supercenter]].<ref>Arizona Daily Star Levy's/Macy's Being Torn Torn</ref> The Foothills Mall store similarly became Sanger-Harris, and then Foley's; however, it was closed in 1994 as Foley's,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1994/05/06/131509-closings-shock-workers-patrons/|title=Closings shock workers, patrons – Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993–2009)|website=tucsoncitizen.com}}</ref> and is now divided between [[Ross Dress for Less]], [[Nike Factory Store]], and a vacant space last occupied by [[Linens 'N' Things]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1996/11/11/127126-clemens-column/|title=Clemens Column – Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993–2009)|website=tucsoncitizen.com}}</ref>
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