A 2-story-high fiberglass "fountain" graced the original mall's Center Court. This feature was unceremoniously removed during the mall's first face lift, which was done in 1984-'85.
Photo from http://www.crabtree-valley-mall.com/anniversary (Website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

Here we have a different vantage point view of Center Court. This shows the fiberglass "fountain," a set of escalators and the Thalhimers mallway entrance.
Photo from "Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, & Theory" / Virginia Commonwealth University Theses & Dissertations / Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt / 2005

A vintage view inside the Spencer Gifts store shows its selection of t-shirts and posters.
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The freestanding Convenience Center opened for business over a year before the adjacent mall was dedicated. It contained stores such as a barber shop, post office, beauty salon and Big Star supermarket. The Valley Theatres I & II (whose entrance is seen on the right) showed its first features in February 1971.
Photo from http://www.crabtree-valley-mall.com/anniversary (Website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)