Crown Heights North Tour Open Thread
We were out of town, so we’re dying to hear how the First Annual Crown Heights North House Tour went on Saturday. So far, we’ve only gotten one email from a reader who attended. Here’s what she had to say: This was a different kind of house tour. It was not a tour to showcase…
We were out of town, so we’re dying to hear how the First Annual Crown Heights North House Tour went on Saturday. So far, we’ve only gotten one email from a reader who attended. Here’s what she had to say:
This was a different kind of house tour. It was not a tour to showcase the latest renovation. It, instead, featured the original details of most homes. Several of the homes were a bit run down in my opinion but others were knock-your-socks off worthy. In particular two Crown Heights sisters have the most complimentary taste. The pair, who split a home at 9 Hampton Place (one of CH’s most charming enclaves), have taken the homes original details and added some great antique pieces without feeling stuffy. On the top floor, there is a tin ceiling with a skylight and free standing counters and it is wonderful. In the apartment downstairs, the glass tile and a 1950s lime green stove are whimsical and stunning all at the same time. Lots of preserved wood work and exposed brick help unite the new and the old. Also loved 829 Lincoln Place (photo). It’s owned by a younger couple who have renovated but maintained many original details. The added a parlor floor kitchen with a great counter top made from recycled materials and have a hidden top story. It’s also extremely colorful but still tasteful. One suggestion to the planners for next year, ALLOW PHOTOGRAPHY…
Any other feedback?
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Actually Co chair is not me – I was part of the volunteer effort that put the tour on. I DID NOT SAY I was the co-chair and do not want people jumping on that person for my post.SO whether or not you care to believe it, whether or not you love or hate Crown Heights, liked or disliked the tour is pretty much irrelevant. The tours will go on, and just get better and better. There are always people who have nothing better to do than insult and demean anyone who actually makes a positive effort to make their community better. So if I am “rude” in the defense of my neighborhood and all the hard work and dedication of the organization that put on the tour, so be it. It’s nowhere near as rude or nasty as those who claim “freedom of speech” or the right to an opinion as the excuse for the crap they write. they’re right- they’re entitled, just as I’m entitled to tell someone they’re full of it in response. Funny how it’s ok to post an negative opinion (and as negatively as possible) but it’s “rude” for someone to respond.
While it may not have been the House tour of All House tours, what was important is that this community has fought long, hard and successfully for landmark status and this was the first tour. Anyone with a modicum of brains knows what kind of work goes into getting status and organizing a house tour.
faithful- I hope you do the next tour despite the things posted on the blog. My guess is those who like being negative can’t be bothered to go on the tour anyway. They are only interested in trolling, not in learning about a great neighborhood.
“Next year’s House Tour will go on, and it will be better than this years’.”
Ummm…Co-Chair, what exactly was wrong with this year’s tour? Please don’t just make a negative statement like that without supplying any detail. Were you even at the tour? I’ll bet you don’t even know where Crown Heights is.
Yeah, right Co-Chair. You’re about positive energy the way George Bush is about intellectual depth. Nice attempt to backpedal, though. Oh, and posting little messages of support TO YOURSELF was also a nice touch.
Faithful, I look forward to seeing your house, and in your participation in the tour next year.
I’m about the positive energy and striving that it takes to move our community forward, so we can all live in a better Crown Heights North.
I don’t have time to worry about what some poor deluded person with too much computer time on their hands thinks, or writes. If he/she thinks I suck, then there is nothing I can do to make them think otherwise, and I won’t be staying up nights worrying about it.
The truth means nothing, it’s much easier to be negative, petty and vicious than to be busy with the positive business at hand. When people accuse you of something, the more you protest your innocence, the guiltier you look. I’m not going to bother any longer, as I have nothing to be guilty of, or nothing to apologize for.
Next year’s House Tour will go on, and it will be better than this years’. I’m looking forward to working with anyone who is of a like mind and sentiment.
Co-Chair
Crown Heights House Tour Committee
“I don’t care if anyone loves Crown Heights or not”
This kinda seems like a little bit of a lie in retrospect, now doesn’t it, CO CHAIR??
I just came to this thread, and I must say, I’ve never seen such an positive topic, like a house tour review, devolve into a personal attack on someone who did not even write the comments they have been damned for.
Co-chair, who identified themselves in their first post as the Co-Chair of the Crown Heights North Association’s House Tour committee, has every reason to be proud of what is generally seen to be a great first tour, and every reason to get a little defensive by the end of this thread. The personal attacks are juvenile and totally unjustified. I hope he/she has a thick skin and tosses this off as the nonsense it is. There are more important things to do.
If you say so…I hope next year will be better.
And Co-Chair does suck!
Crown Heights does rock!