The PLG House & Garden Tour is This Weekend

Fenimore Street Garden, recipient of 2006 award from Assoc. of Professional Landscape designers (By Jennifer Rish)

The 39th Annual Prospect Lefferts Gardens House and Garden tour will happen this Sunday, May 31st, from noon until 5 p.m. According to the organizers, the tour will include 11 stops ranging from "a 1905 brick home where 'urban archaeology' has revealed original beauty beneath a century of paint and various remodeling; restoration/rejuvenation is given an exotic twist by adding ancient Moroccan, Portuguese, and Turkish accents" to "the eco-friendly renovation of a two-family 1910-11 home, with an abundance of stained and slag glass, maintains its historic detail while providing an open, airy and contemporary feel." The photos above give a taste of some of the tour's stops. Tickets cost $20 if you buy them in advance and $25 day-of; tickets can be purchased on the day of the tour at K-Dog & Dunebuggy at 43 Lincoln Road, which is also the event's starting point. Tour proceeds will benefit the Lefferts Manor Association. More info is available by calling 718.284.6210 or 718.462.0024.

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Here's a list of the advance ticket sales locations--still plenty of time to save five bucks:

Prospect Lefferts Gardens
K-Dog & Dunebuggy
Gabrielle Lowe
43 Lincoln Road
(Between Ocean and Flatbush Avenues

Brooklyn Heights
Brown Harris Stevens-Brooklyn
Bill Sheppard
129 Montague Street
(at Henry Street)

Park Slope
Aguayo & Huebener Realty Group
Roslyn B. Huebener
138 Seventh Avenue
(between Carroll and Garfield)

Brown Harris Stevens-Brooklyn
Bette Cunningham
100 Seventh Avenue
(at Union Street)

Sterling Place
Robert Wilson
352 Seventh Avenue
(at Tenth Street)

Under The Pig Antiques & Collectibles
Troy Files
355A Fifth Avenue
(at Fifth Street)

Boerum Hill
Sterling Place
Robert Wilson
363 Atlantic Avenue
(between Hoyt and Bond Streets)

Grand Army Plaza Farmers’ Market
Saturday—May 30th only, weather permitting

Brooklyn Flea Market
Lafayette Avenue (between Vanderbilt and Clermont Avenues)
Saturdays—May 23rd and May 30th only, weather permitting

Posted by: Bob Marvin at May 28, 2009 10:09 AM

My Goodness, that staircase is gorgeous!

hhhhmmmm......Sunday, you say.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at May 28, 2009 10:21 AM

Looks very nice. I am tempted. Would be nice to get a jump on shopping for a new neighborhood should I need to move at the end of the year.

Posted by: CG_ups at May 28, 2009 10:59 AM

That staircase is gorgeous. Kitchens and garden ain't bad either. Should be good!

Good luck to the organizers, it's a ton of work putting these things together.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at May 28, 2009 11:34 AM

BRG,

These staircases are found in several of the 4-story houses the developer W.A.A. Browne build on Midwood I in 1898. Those were his expensive houses, costing $11,000! My house, on Midwood II, is one of the cheaper $7,250 three story houses he built the following year (using a different architect). It has a very nice staircase, with a similar configuration, but much plainer than the "deluxe" models. I still love it.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at May 28, 2009 11:48 AM

Damnit! We have a five year old's pizza and bowling party to attend Sunday, smack in the middle of the damn day. I would SO much rather go to this. Sigh.

Posted by: Nokilissa at May 28, 2009 12:57 PM

Nokilissa,

Stick your husband with the kid--blame it on me :-)

Posted by: Bob Marvin at May 28, 2009 1:02 PM

Thanks for the info Bob.
Am going to check with Hubby about what he's doing on Sunday and you might see our faces.

Is there a list of the Brooklyn house tours somewhere?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at May 28, 2009 1:11 PM

BRG,

Brownstoner posted a list of house tours:

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/03/its_almost_hous_2.php

And this list, from the NY Times has house tours all over:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/garden/30webtours-001-001.html?_r=2&ref=garden