Inside Fayette Mall, looking down towards one of it’s anchor stores, Sears, Sept. 17, 1992. The Hess’s department store at right is where the JCPenny is today. In May 1993, the mall expanded, adding nearly two dozen businesses in a new south wing that was accessed through the Sears. The expansion made it Kentucky’s largest mall. The Sears store closed in Jan. 2014 and it was renovated to it’s current form. Note the women in the orange shirt walking towards the camera is smoking. Click on the image for a closer look and click here to see more Fayette Mall images from our archives including bear-wrestling at the shopping center, the food court opening and an aerial picture of the farmland the mall was built on. Photo by Frank Anderson | staff

Interior of Fayette Mall, Sept. 17, 1992. At left, partially cut off is the arcade Aladdin’s Castle. At right is shoe store Stride Rite, Chestnut Street Gallery, The Bombay Company and a Chick-fil-A restaurant. Click on the image for a closer look. Photo by Frank Anderson | staff