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There’s been debate over whether Brooklyn brownstone tours are becoming irrelevant; here’s why one longtime reader, whose house has been featured in one of them, thinks the tradition is worth keeping around.

Comment of the Day

My home was on the Bed Stuy house tour last year. And it was actually great to meet so many brownstoners in “real life” and show off a part of Bed Stuy that is still “up and coming”. As for privacy, in this day and age we willing don’t have much but everyone on the tour adhered to the no pictures as far as I could tell and if they wanted photos I pointed them to my Instagram or Brownstoner.

— bedstuyreno in Have Brownstone Brooklyn Home Tours Outgrown Their Purpose?

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