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Inside: W ho i _ . y \\ . .. is %u25a0<>-. Y \\rm s W elfare Hotel?Riverside TenantsFear The W orstA Meeting With Building Owner*Sparks New Rumors Of ACo-Op Conversion, Page 3Boerum Hill WantsLocal Hookers OutA Six-Block Area Will RecieveExtra Police Protection To DeterProstitution Activity, Page 4Philharm onicSalutes A m ericaThe Brooklyn PhilharmonicFetes American Composers InPark, Pictures, Story, Page 7The F ood 's The M ain ThingOne Main Opens In Fultont J : i a / * a 1_ %u00bb f i _ l _ i f rL a i i u m g / m i n * f i | | i t m a i i u f i nFood, And View, Page 9It%u2019s All Happening AtThe Prospect Park ZooBY ROB TAYLORNearly two years after reconstruction o f the zooat Prospect Park was scheduled to begin, officials ofthe City%u2019s Department o f Parks and Recreation arehopeful that the project will be underway by the fallo f 1987.Reconstruction o f the existing, antiquated zoo into a new children%u2019s zoo was originally expected tobegin in 1984 and to be completed by 1986. But withthe cost overruns and construction delays experienced by the City in the renovation o f the CentralPark Zoo, the City%u2019s O ffice o f Management andBudget (OMB) has now required a value engineeringstudy to assure that similar occurances do not happen with the work on the Brooklyn facility.%u201c Zoo construction is very com plicated,%u201d saysKaren Geiger, deputy assistant director at OMB.%u201c We had som e very large changes in the CentralPark Zoo between the original design and what isfinally being constructed. Value engineering studiesare a new concept and we are doing them in hopesthat we will be able to make the project more efficient.%u201dPlans for the new zoo, which will be operated bythe New York Zoological Society, are now beingreviewed by a special team o f outside investigators.An introductory meeting between the speciallyappointed investigators and the City officials responsible for the zoo was held July 17 at Prospect Park.Tupper Thom as, Prospect Park administrator,says that a series o f workshops will be held in earlyAugust asking questions about why one design andconstruction method was used over another. Thestudy team will then draft some conclusions that thedesigning and planning team will then try to implement. Anticipating that the plans will be finalizedsix to nine months later and that the bid process willContinued on Page 5Plans to rebuild the Prospect Park Zoo into a children%u2019szoo call for the rem oval of this elephant to another zoofacility. (Phoenix/Pearson Photo)%u25a0fe.BY LIZ KOCHLong a symbol o f the strength and individuality o fthe borough, the Brooklyn Bridge is taking on yetanother symbolic meaning. It will not only span theEast River, but also link nations and peoples if agroup o f Brooklyn citizens succeeds in their effort.On July 19, supporters o f the Brooklyn Sister CityProject, marched through Carroll Gardens, CobbleHill, Park Slope and into Prospect Park to mark theSeventh Anniverrsary o f the overthrow o f the Somozagovernment in Nicaragua by the Sandanistas and pushthe idea o f a symbolic link between the peoples o fBrooklyn and the Central American nation.The theme o f the marchers was %u201c Build a Bridge o fPeace,%u201d between Brooklyn and a town in Nicaragua,and citizens o f Brooklyn seemed warm to the idea asthey hung from their windows to watch the crowdmove down the street, accompanied by drums and alarge camouflaged tank with a Ronald Reagan pup- %u2022pet at the helm. A few waved and a few laughed andpointed at tne rolling tang as tne group stowiy m ovedup Court Street heading toward Carroll Gardens, redballoons waving over their heads and small childrenthe streets last Saturday to m ark th e seventh anniversaryof the Sandanista revolution in N icarag u a (Phoenix/Pearson Photo)Continued on Page 3