It's Almost House Tour Time
Birds chirping, daffodils budding…home and garden tours, on the horizon! Nine house and garden tours have been scheduled for the coming months. First up is the Fort Greene House Tour, which’ll take place on Sunday, May 4th; the following weekend the Brooklyn Heights House Tour will happen, followed by the Park Slope Civic Council House…
Birds chirping, daffodils budding…home and garden tours, on the horizon! Nine house and garden tours have been scheduled for the coming months. First up is the Fort Greene House Tour, which’ll take place on Sunday, May 4th; the following weekend the Brooklyn Heights House Tour will happen, followed by the Park Slope Civic Council House Tour on May 18th. After that, there are tours scheduled through the beginning of fall for Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Boerum Hill, Victorian Flatbush, Crown Heights North, and Bed-Stuy. A full listing with info on which organizations to contact for more info is on the jump.
Thirty years ago or more, the house tours were to persuade people that the brownstones in the “slums of Brooklyn” were not beyond saving. They often featured works in progress. The home values you see today are the result. There are thousands of people who enjoy the tours, to shop for houses, to pick up ideas or even just to look at museum-quality renovations/modern reinterpretations and get a sense of history. It’s not weird to want to show off work on your house, even if you had to hire somebody to do it! And it raises money for the neighborhood association.
Posted by: guest at April 2, 2008 3:06 PM
Why do you even read this site?
I’ve noticed that in my area (brklyn heights), a lot of house tour home often go on the market in the months following the tour. It’s great exposure. Or, often the owner is also a decorator/architect and I imagine it’s good for business — when I walk by the house across from St Anns and remember THAT house from 2 years ago, I sigh. Owned by an artist and an interior decorator. If I ever get money and am in need of design help, I know who I’m calling.
I LOVE the house tours. LOVE. It’s weird almost how much I love them.
never been to one of these and don’t intend to pump up these owners’ already inflated sense of self-worth. if you want to see nice house interiors, go to corcoran’s website.
I’ve never been to one of these and plan to go since I’m in the market and want to get ideas for build out. However, who are these people who want strangers to come waltzing through and look at their stuff? It so weird and ostentatious.
nothing better than living vicariously
I believe that Fort Greene and Clinton Hill alternate years.
Is there gonna be a Prospect Heights tour?
When is the Clinton Hill House Tour? I had a blast last year…