Skip to main content Currently Reading The last two Lord + Taylor stores in Connecticut are closed. The struggle to fill those spaces is just beginning. FacebookTwitterEmail A store closing sign hangs on the exterior of the Lord + Taylor store at the Westfield Trumbull mall in Trumbull, Conn., on Sept. 1, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media The Lord + Taylor era has ended in Connecticut. Now comes the challenge of filling hundreds of thousands of square feet vacated by the oldest department-store chain in the country. Last Saturday marked the final day of business at Lord + Taylor’s stores in Stamford and at the Westfield Trumbull mall, after the closing at the end of December of its stores at Danbury Fair mall and Westfarms mall in Farmington. The Stamford and Farmington locations are being marketed for potential redevelopment for office space, while the future of the Danbury and Trumbull sites appears less clear.