April 27, 1997

MAKING IT WORK 3 From Tokyo to Harlem: a singer's unlikely journey. NEW YORKERS & CO. 4 Brew pubs: heady or flat?

Much of damaged properties in South-Central Los Angeles have been repaired or rebuilt 5 years after rioting that caused some $1 billion in damages; renewal was spurred in part by heavy government and private-sector investment; legacy of rioting remains in form of vacant lots, lower rents and higher vacancies and fear of some white residents in areas near rioting; blacks are perhaps more disaffected than ever by city establishment; map; photos (L)

Rebirth in oystering industry on Long Island's Sound off Connecticut is causing conflict over rights of commercial fishermen and recreational use of the Sound; district in Indian Neck section of Branford may buy oyster beds offshore to limit commercial harvesting; residents are concerned about boat moorings, sharp oyster shells on beaches, lime used to kill oyster-eating starfish and noise; map; photos (L)

Classical music industry has desperately embraced show business, as evidenced most recently by success of Shine, movie about pianist with history of mental illness, David Helfgott; turnout for likes of Helfgott and the Three Tenors has little effect on day-to-day operations of musical institutions; the attempt to make classical music a mass medium has failed; making classical music available to everyone is one thing; trying to create endlessly expanding market for it is another; photos (L)

Trial of Timothy J McVeigh for Oklahoma City terrorist bombing could have wide political fallout; defense plans to put Government on trial and show that Federal Bureau of Investigation laboratory mishandled evidence; bombing seems to have dealt political setback to conservatives, whose rhetoric may have inflamed McVeigh; photo (M)