2007 Victorian Flatbush Tour: The Day After
From the looks of the massive photoset that local blogger Flatbush Gardener uploaded to Flickr last night, this year’s house tour of Victorian Flatbush was a winner, a sentiment echoed in his blog post on the day. “This was the third year in a row I’ve gone on the house tour [and] this year was…
From the looks of the massive photoset that local blogger Flatbush Gardener uploaded to Flickr last night, this year’s house tour of Victorian Flatbush was a winner, a sentiment echoed in his blog post on the day. “This was the third year in a row I’ve gone on the house tour [and] this year was actually one of the best overall,” he writes. “There was variety in the houses shown, largely because nearly every neighborhood of Victorian Flatbush was represented on the tour.” Were other readers also impressed? What were the highlights of the tour?
2007 Victorian Flatbush House Tour [Flatbush Gardener]
2007 Victorian Flatbush House Tour [Flickr]
4:38,
It’s SOOOO complicated because “Vlachtebos” and “Midwout” were intended to be the same thing:-)
Bob Marvin-
To add to what you wrote and to complicate matters even more- the neighborhood known as “Midwood Park” (not really part of Midwood in spite of the name) is indeed part of Victorian Flatbush.
Actually, Manhattan Terrace, one of the original Victorian Flatbush neighborhoods, has been absorbed into what we consider to be Midwood. The Victorians there, just south of Avenue H between Ocean Avenue and the subway cut, survive in mostly altered states.
Some of the pictures are down, presently, but will give you an idea:
http://home.att.net/~ebasics/manhattanterrace.html
Anon. 1:13 AM
Flatbush is a very large area, after all,it was the second largest town in Kings County prior to being annexed by Brooklyn in 1894.
PLG is part of Flatbush (the northern tip), but, although there are many “Victorian”brownstones, it was never considered part of “Victorian Flatbush.”
I’m not sure of the reason, but I think it’s either because there was already an active neighborhood association at the time the Flatbush Development Corp. was set up, or because people here feel stronger ties to the other brownstone neighborhoods than to the more southern parts of Flatbush.
Prospect Park South IS considered part of Victorian Flatbush. Midwood was originally just an alternate name for Flatbush, going back to Dutch Colonial times. AFAIK the name started to be applied to the part of Flatbush south of Ave. H sometime after WW II. In any case,Midwood is NOT part of Victorian Flatbush. To compllicate things even more “Midwood Street”is in PLG, far from what is now calledd Midwood, but, of course, the distinction didn’t exist in the early 1890s.
As to the “best” side of Prospect Park to be on, there’s no question that, if your criteria is real estate price, it’s the west side. Beyond that I will not venture. My own neighborhood, PLG, is centered on Lefferts Manor (although I’m betraying my LM orientation by saying that)which is a couple of blocks from the park, although there’s a beautiful row of limestones facing the park on Ocean Ave.
I have nothing to add but another compliment. This was my first year attending the house tour and I thought it was wonderful. Kudos!
Hard to find houses that have beautifully preserved interiors and exteriors… Lots of houses that are slathered in asbestos and asphalt shingles are heaving with unpainted woodwork. Others (like mine), have jaw-dropping exteriors and have been pillages of most interior detail, or it’s covered in fifteen coats of paint.
I’m going to disagree that this year was the best, I thought there were more stunning houses on last year’s tour.
Although most of the houses had a really nice amount of wood trim details, stained glass and other period goodies, there were fewer that had me wanting to pack my bags and be adopted by the home owner. The standout house on the 2007 tour was the one with the oval dining room.
But overall the quality of the interior of houses was really nice, but not that many were knock outs on the exterior. Of course it’s wonderful to spend hours strolling through the area and looking at all the houses.
The house on Albemarle was resided just a few years ago…
After the tour, I’m betting Mark Kay’s latest listing will sell for the ask in a heartbeat! Gorgeous! And price seems more than reasonable, given the current market.
http://www.marykayg.com/html/0486.html