After two years of planning and fundraising, led by Howard Chernoff, Children's Zoo committee chairman, the

1957

Innovation 1957 - 1966

The biggest event of 1957 was the addition of “the Little Zoo within the Zoo”—the opening of the Children’s Zoo on June 30. Entrance was 15 cents, and the entrance line on that first day snaked all the way out to the main Zoo front plaza.