Closing Bell: Brooklyn Down East Tour
The Municipal Art Society will be giving a walking tour of the architecture of Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills and Highland Park Saturday. The tour, led by Joe Svehlak, will start with the 1849 Evergreens Cemetery and include mansions, civic buildings, row houses and a church by Richard Upjohn. Above, a 1910 postcard showing Arlington Avenue in…
The Municipal Art Society will be giving a walking tour of the architecture of Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills and Highland Park Saturday. The tour, led by Joe Svehlak, will start with the 1849 Evergreens Cemetery and include mansions, civic buildings, row houses and a church by Richard Upjohn. Above, a 1910 postcard showing Arlington Avenue in Cypress Hills.
The tour takes place April 26 at 11 am. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for others. For more information and to buy tickets, check out the listing on the MAS page.
Image via East New York Project
Wish I was still in NY for this. Hopefully this is the first of more to come so I can take a tour when i’m visiting home.