On the west end of TURFLAND was a 2-level McAlpin's. It was the fifth branch of the Cincinnati-based chain and McAlpin's first Bluegrass State store. 

Photo from "Wonderful Lexington Kentucky" brochure / The Greater Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce / Windsor Publications / 1969

The "spacious, ultra modern" McAlpin's included a Beauty Salon, Community Room, bridal registry and Turfland Room restaurant.

Photo from "Wonderful Lexington Kentucky" brochure / The Greater Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce / Windsor Publications / 1969

Here, and in living color, we see the McAlpin's Turfland Boy's Shop.

Photo from Mercantile Stores Company, Incorporated Annual Report 1967

On to the air-conditioned and carpeted TURFLAND shopping concourse. The mall entry of the W.T. Grant ("Grants") variety store appears on the right. It was the largest Grants in Kentucky.

Photo from Frank Properties

A closer view reveals a fountain, which serves as the focal point of Center Court. Graves Cox & Company, a Lexington-based men's wear retailer, operates the store on the left.

Photo from "Wonderful Lexington Kentucky" brochure / The Greater Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce / Windsor Publications / 1969

A wonderful world of stores without doors. In the summer of 1967, the shiny new TURFLAND MALL spanned around 531,200 leasable square feet and housed thirty-eight stores and services. Free parking was provided for 3,000 autos.