My cousins and I would take our dates there to get something to eat and then go to the movies.
Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield County, VA (right outside the Richmond city limits) went downhill over the years. Got to be unsafe. There was public housing about 2 miles away and the buses came by the mall.
Article about dead malls around Richmond, lots of pics. “The first in our series on Richmond’s “dead malls” takes a look at Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield, which opened in 1972, closed in 2008 and was demolished in 2011.” The county had to buy and demolish it, then managed to get stand-alone stores to come in, along with many apartments. The Kroger super center has a police station inside and they apparently will walk you to your car.
They named several of the streets in the new development after fallen troops from the County, including my son. They even included the branch of service seal on the signs.
My cousins and I would take our dates there to get something to eat and then go to the movies.