I can't help but make comparisons with the Park Slope tours which I've been attending for a long time. The PLG tour was like a breath of fresh air in comparison-everyone there was friendly and oh so down to earth. One owner at the PS tour one year told me to get out of the chair I was sitting on in her garden. Hey, it was a hot day and hers was the 8th house on a long tour. Get over yourself already. On PLG's all were welcome to sit in the lovely gardens, and in one of them to take some refreshments.
At PS you had the sense you were expected to feel privileged having the opportunity to marvel at the owners' tastes and precious "objets". My husband and I always laughed at the airs put on by the more insufferable owners. Not so the PLG tour-all the people I met were wonderful. The house selections were great, particularly the side by side identical ones showing the owners' different treatments.
The houses'lay-outs were far more practical than the older brownstones in PS. After building so many in more central Brooklyn, the architects seemed to have finally gotten a clue. I suppose a dearth of cheap household help must have had something to do with it too.
I can't help but make comparisons with the Park Slope tours which I've been attending for a long time. The PLG tour was like a breath of fresh air in comparison-everyone there was friendly and oh so down to earth. One owner at the PS tour one year told me to get out of the chair I was sitting on in her garden. Hey, it was a hot day and hers was the 8th house on a long tour. Get over yourself already. On PLG's all were welcome to sit in the lovely gardens, and in one of them to take some refreshments.
At PS you had the sense you were expected to feel privileged having the opportunity to marvel at the owners' tastes and precious "objets". My husband and I always laughed at the airs put on by the more insufferable owners. Not so the PLG tour-all the people I met were wonderful. The house selections were great, particularly the side by side identical ones showing the owners' different treatments.
The houses'lay-outs were far more practical than the older brownstones in PS. After building so many in more central Brooklyn, the architects seemed to have finally gotten a clue. I suppose a dearth of cheap household help must have had something to do with it too.
Posted by: ally at June 2, 2009 3:45 PM in response to PLG House Tour Recap