Documentary sparks memories of secret passage at Fairgrounds Square Mall

Documentary sparks memories of secret passage at Fairgrounds Square Mall

A friend of mine worked at a store in the Fairgrounds Square Mall in the early 1980s, back when malls were the social hub for suburban teenagers. “Michelle” told me how she learned — through the informal network of mall employees — about a passage into the building that bypassed the crowded public entrances, where parking was scarce. You had to push through a few sets of security doors, but if you kept going the hallway emptied into the main cor…