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and won’t drive back, he said.
Malls create a feeling of close
ness, and Lester said, “J.Q. Public
is lazy and doesn’t want to walk. If
they can’t park right in front down
town, customers won’t park a block
away.”
Lester’s original store was on
Main Street, but a fire destroyed it in
1976 and it was never rebuilt.
“It’s not feasible to rebuild,” Les
ter said. “The problem with down
town Bryan is that it’s all right for a
small store with a small volume.
“It’s all right for a mom and pop
business because the rent is
cheap,” he added.
Kenny Martin’s jewelry store falls
into this mom and pop category. He
opened a small store in uptown
Bryan in 1978 and will soon move
into his own larger store in the heart
of Main Street.
“Business has been good,” he
said. Like Dodson, Martin said he
relies on loyal customers making
repeat purchases and telling their
friends.
He didn’t open in a mall for eco
nomic reasons. In a mall, Martin ex
plained, the rent is high and in
cludes a percentage of the gross.
“That’s gross,” he stressed, “not
profit.”
Montemayor agrees with Martin.
“Everyone keeps shuffling off to the
malls and in my opinion they’re not
doing as well,” he said.
Montemayor opened his down
town restaurant in September and
said he’s doing great.
“The area is better than ever,” he
said. “People see one or two build
ings empty and that’s what catches
the eye. It’s very much alive.”
Both businessmen were
attracted to the area in part by one
of downtown’s chief charms — low
overhead.
But he hesitates in calling this a
trend. There are still too many
vacancies, he said, which hurts the
area.
“They tend to bring down proper
ty values,” Miller said. “Buildings
deteriorate more rapidly when
they’re just sitting there."
This is due to the lack of mainte
nance and vandalism, he ex
plained. The resulting run down
appearance tends to discourage in
vestors, Miller added.
“Buying a vacant building is the
difference between buying an occu
pied house and an empty one,” he
said. “It’s hard to imagine what it’ll
look like when it’s not fixed up.”
But it’s anyone’s guess if down
town Bryan will ever be fixed up.
Neither the city Of Bryan or the
downtown merchants are involved
in any revitalization project. But the
land and space is available for
those who are interested in becom
ing a part of this aging but often
attractive area.
EVENING
7:00 O ELISSA A look at the resto
ration of the Elissa, one of the
last iron-hulled square-rigged
sailing ships left afloat.
11:30 0 CHINA: LAND OF MY
FATHER Asian-American jour
nalist Felicia Lowe documents
her recent journey to China
with a special look at young
working couples and their
methods of coping with work
and family.
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EVENING
6:30 HBO THRILL SPORTS! A hang
gliding competition in Hawaii, a
cliff-jumping event in Arizona
and the 1980 World Speed
Skating Championships in Col
orado are highlighted in a pres
entation of \dangerous and
exciting sports events.
8:00 © © QD NFL FOOTBALL New
England Patriots at Miami Dol
phins
11:00© WRESTLING Host: Paul
Boesch.
11:35© © COLLEGE FOOTBALL
’80 Weekly highlights of key
contests scheduled during the
1980 NCAA season are pre
sented.
12:35© COLLEGE FOOTBALL ’80
Weekly highlights of key con
tests scheduled during the
1980 NCAA season are pre
sented.
AFTERNOON
3:00© ★★ “The Battle Of Neret-
va” (1971) Yul Brynner, Hardy
Kruger. Yugoslavians struggle
for freedom against local Chet-
niks as well as Italian and Ger
man troops.
4:00 HBO “The Man With The Gold
en Gun” (1974) Roger Moore,
Christopher Lee. Secret agent
James Bond tries to find a
stolen solar energy device while
tracking down an infamous
assassin who collects a million-
dollar fee for each killing. (PG-2
hrs., 5 min.)
EVENING
7:30 HBO “El Cid” (1961) Charlton
Heston, Sophia Loren. A great
Christian hero saves Spain and
Christiandom from the attack
ing Moors in the 11th century.
(2 hrs., 55 min.)
8:00© © © “My Kidnapper, My
Love” (Premiere) James Stacy,
Glynnis O’Connor. A crippled
vendor plots to kidnap an emo
tionally disturbed runaway and
extort money from her wealthy
parents.
© ★★'/a “Off Limits” (1953)
Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney. A
fight manager continues his
career even after being induct
ed into the Army.
10:30 HBO “Big Bad Mama” (1974)
Angie Dickinson, William
Shatner. A woman cuts a path
of violence and romance
through the Southwest of the
1930s. (R-1 hr., 23 min.)
11:00© ★★★ “Till The Clouds Roll
By” (1947) Robert Walker, Van
Heflin. Jerome Kern makes his
mark upon the musical world as
a composer.
12:00 HBO “Mad Max” (1980) Dennis
Hopper. Residents of Australia
are terrorized and brutalized by
motorcycle gang members in a
future civilization where law is
no solution to the rampant vio
lence. (R-1 hr., 29 min.)