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Feasibility Study Shows Multiple Granada Hotel UsesBY V ALERIE LEVYDowntown Brooklyn%u2019s Granada Hotel is the subject of a recently published feasibility study which suggests future possibilities for the functional but deteriorating building. Feasible additions or renovations, according to the in-depth study, include housing for the elderly, banquet facilities, and a health club. The report suggests over 25 alterations and combinations of programs.The study, compiled by the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (BECA), is divided into five phases: programming, existing conditions, preliminary design, financial analysis and final design. Renovations are estimated at a bottom line cost of $1,760,000 for necessary plumbing, electrical, heating and elevator systems for the 51-year old hotel at Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place.%u201c The response to the study has been good,%u201d said Howard B. Hornstein, Executive Director of BECA. %u201c Already tw'o developers wished tocontact the owner of the building (Morris Rubin and Associates) to negotiate. We presented enough combinations of programs and enough money value that developers and owners can really do something with it.%u201dAlthough the interior mechanicals of the building need to be replaced, the basic foundation of the hotel is %u201c structurally sound,%u201d the study says.Room and ground floor space allocations encourage housing for the elderly or private rehab with subsidized rents. Ground floor utilization, according to the study, is best suited for a commercial potential including conference and banquet facilities and / or a health club. Another possible use would be for guest or visiting troup accommodations for performers and speakers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). This last possibility can be deterred only by the probable high costs of the renovation and maintenance of the accommodations.Hornstein noted that althoughthe feasibility study centers around the Granada Hotel, the possibilities for other locations in Downtown Brooklyn which might stem from the investigation are %u201c numerous.%u201d He added iliai in conjunction with the renovation and construction of both the Long Island Railroadterminal at Atlantic Avenue and the Fulton Street Mall, the proposed revitalization plans for the Granada Hotel might encourage perspective store owners and contractors.I he history of the hotel was compiled from newspaper clippings, mortgage records and printed data.indicating that although its first 25 years proved to maintain its financial stability despite the Depression, its second 25 years consisted of a steady decline in the mechanical systems. This would require at least the replacement of both the heating system and the elevators.LIRR Terminal Model Goes On DisplayA sixty-cubic foot illuminated model of the projected Long Island Railroad Flatbush Avenue Terminal will be on display in the main lobby of the Brooklyn Union GasCompany building through Monday, September 18. From October 5th through the 13th it will be on a turntable in a large display window in the building, facing thestreet. Construction on the $20 million terminal is scheduled to begin this year and is expected to take eighteen months to complete.N e w s b r i e f s ;Planning BoardsAnnounceMeetingsAfter a summer recess, Community Planning Boards 2 and 6 have announced the dates of their first meetings.Planning Board 2 will meet on.; September 20 at 6 p.m. at the Wonderland Day Care Center, 143 Waverly Avenue.Planning Board 6 will meet on September 13 at 6 p.m. at Borough Hall, in the third floor courtroom.Renovation LoanObtainedAfter a two year delay, renovation of the historic Cobble Hill Towers at Hicks and Warren Streets is slated to begin in a few days.A $3.4 million construction loan was obtained from Chemical Bank on August 25, allowing the first phase, demolition, to start. The project may be completed within 16 months.%u201cI%u2019m ecstatic,%u201d said Towers owner, Frank Farello. %u201cI was speechless a week ago. We%u2019ve been wanting this a long time.%u201dThe nine-building complex is 102 years old and includes four unoccupied buildings. The renovation will begin with these four buildings and when completed will house the tenants from the other five buildings while work continues. In total, 187 units will be renovated within 16 months, %u201c barring any complications,%u201d said Ira Levine, lawyer for Farello.Renovation will include inside and outside improvements including new plumbing, an upgraded heating system and a > television security system.Farello said rents will be 30or40 percent of market value, or about $70 per room. About 50 current tenants may be eligible for federal rent subsidies, he added. %u2014 G.F.Kramer ResignesAs DBDADirectorBarbara Kramer, executive director of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association (DBDA), is resigning her post to accept a job with Citibank. No replacement has been named for her post.Kramer said her desire to work in the private sector of business rather than the public motivated her resignation. %u201c There is a long time line on any project here,%u201d she said. %u201c I hope to see more immediate results in the private sector.%u201dKramer held the DBDA post six months, coming to the job from the Brooklyn Economic Development Department of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. - G.F.Bastedo: NewDirector of LIHSRussell Bastedo is the new Executive Director of the Long Island Historical Society. Bastedo took over September 1, replacing James Hurley, who resigned last Spring.Bastedo, who is 39 years old, comes from Kenmore, an Eighteenth Century plantation and mansion in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he was director for five years. He received a B.A. from Colorado College. He continued his studies at the University of Stockhoim, in Sweden and tne New School for Social Research. He received his M.A. from the University of Delaware in American Studies.Society President Dwight B. Demeritt said Bastedo was chosen because he was %u201c highly qualified in terms of both experience andeducation.%u201d He added that the Society was %u201c looking forward to doing a lot more things with Mr. Bastedo%u2019s help.%u201dBastedo says his three goals for the Historical Society are %u201c a more visible profile in the community, increased accessibility for scholarship and research, and the development and presentation of a greater number of programs to the general public.%u201dDumping Stopsin Prospect ParkSanitation Department streetsweeping machines will no longer use Prospect Park as a site for dumping. They will now drop their sweepings in front of the Sanitation District 42 garage on Crown Street between Bedford and Franklin Avenues.The park location, behind the Children%u2019s Zoo, had for years been a %u201ctransfer site\street-sweeping machines drop their loads until larger trucks can haul the trash away. On August 3, however, Parks Manager for Brooklyn, David Singer, prohibited any dumping in the Park after city Councilman Robert Steingut complained about its use as a transfer site and requested the selection of a new location.T ransitionalClasses DevelopCommunity School Board District 15 President Phillip Kaplan has announced the establishment of%u201c Transitional Classes%u201d for nearly z,uuu ennaren in that district held-over in early grades. 31 teachers will be involved in the classes. Also announced were the reduction in class size in the first grade to approximately 20,students and the continuation of special afternoon and evening centers throughout District 15, supplyingremedial services.In another matter, the board has. sent letters to all parents %u201cof all children in district schools reminding them of the New York State Education Law, which says that all new entrants to City schools must be immunized against diptheria, polio, myolitis, measles, mumps and rubella before admission. It is hoped the message will travel through these parents to parents of new entrants who have not yet registered.The public meeting the District 15 Community School Board originally scheduled for Wednesday, August 30, has been postponed until Wednesday, September 6. The meeting will deal largely with the budget for the 1978-79 school year.Search for AxMan ContinuesPolice from the 11th Homicide Division say there are no developments in the investigation of the Carroll Park %u201c ax m urder.%u2019%u2019 Detective Harold Ruger says that since the July 7 murder of two men who lived in Carroll Park by a man who identified himself as %u201cThe Ax Man,%u201d nothing has turned up. Police impounded the car in which one of the bodies was found, but no %u201c substantial evidence%u201d was found.At this point, detectives have resorted to canvassing the neighborhood, in hopes of finding someone with information on the killing. %u201c No one is coming forth. People just don%u2019t want to get involved,%u201d complains. Ruger, who believes that it is %u201c quite possible%u201d that there were witnesses to the murder.Police say the investigation will continue indefinitely, but the mood seems pessimistic. With no real leads,- the police can only ask around in Carroll Gardens and continue to look at arrest records in the hope that something turns up.As for the park, things seem tohave returned to normal. According%u2019to Ruger, the nine other men who fived in the park at the time of _the murder have returned to the park, and the neighborhood as a whole seems to have forgotten about the %u201c Ax Man.%u201dCuban HeritageWeek CelebratedThe eighth annual festival honoring the Our Lady of Charity Cuban Patroness will commence on Sunday, September 10, at Saint Peter%u2019s and Saint Paul%u2019s Church on 190 Court Street. This year%u2019s activity will begin with a solemn mass to be delivered by Monsignor Mugavero and Rev. Gabriel del Real. Immediately following the Mass will be a procession from Court to Bergen Streets featuring a flag exhibition, Cuban bands and dancers, and representatives from religious, civic, and cultural organizations, Representatives from the Mayor%u2019s and Governor%u2019s office will be in attendance as well as members of the Spanish speaking community.September 4 through September 10 is Cuban Heritage week and this festival will top off a week%u2019s celebration of Cuban culture and heritage. Food will be available and, everyone in New York is invited to attend this religious and cultural event. For further information call Analdo Perez at 624-2922 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.CorrectionIn the September 1 edition of liie PHOENIX me story concerning Helene Weinstien%u2019s campaign to unseat Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut stated that Weinstein had listed her Manhattan address on a January 1978 affidavit to the State Bar Assoication. The correct affadavit %u2022filing date was January 1977.September 7,1978, TH E PHOENIX, Page 73 , . VJmAAfcX %u2022' I 11 S bifh'