Bed Stuy House Tour On Saturday
On Saturday, the Brownstoners of Bed Stuy will be hosting their 29th Annual House Tour. Kicking off from the Boys High School at 832 Marcy Avenue, the tour will feature eight homes, one apartment and two businesses. Advance tickets for self-guided tour, which will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., are available for $20…
On Saturday, the Brownstoners of Bed Stuy will be hosting their 29th Annual House Tour. Kicking off from the Boys High School at 832 Marcy Avenue, the tour will feature eight homes, one apartment and two businesses. Advance tickets for self-guided tour, which will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., are available for $20 at a number of local establishments, including Brownstone Books at 409 Lewis Avenue and Bushbaby at 1197 Fulton Street. There’s also a home ownership workshop from 9 to 10:30 a.m. to provide people with advice about how to finance the purchase of a home in the area.
Bedford-Stuyvesant House Tours Lure Younger Buyers [NY Daily News]
Then I am sorry I missed it, Putnamdenizen. But glad it did focus on the neighborhood as a whole (hey, I’m on Van Buren)!
Oh my GOD! The tour was FAB! some beautiful and clever designs, some brownstone classics, some works in progress, plenty of Museum worthy Art, and an apartment that brought absolute JOY to my heart. Congratulations BedStuy for hosting such a great event, and I met soooo many nice people. JOY! can you do more apartments next time????
I don’t know if you attended the house tour on Sat, 11:24, but I think you would have found it similar to your first experience. The houses (and apartments) were all over the map – literally. And also figuratively, as quite a few were more modest in budget and scope. Only one property was inside the Stuyvesant Heights historic district (and altho lovely, it was the least interesting to me of the group). The tour took as all the way over the Van Buren and Malcolm X. Really lovely time.
I attended my first tour 7 1/2 years ago when I was looking to buy. I was very impressed with that particular tour because it displayed a variety of houses all over the neighborhood – as a single female, it made me realize that I could be a homeowner. There were houses in all $$$ ranges, condition (some with original details, some not) and so many different decorating ideas to draw from. I have attended only one since I moved to the neighborhood and found that unlike the first one, it mostly focused on houses in the Stuyvesant Heights area and on the border of Clinton Hill. Do not get me wrong, they were all beautiful, but many looked the same re the same wood, fireplaces, etc. Moreover, I felt it only focused on a certain part of the community. Looking at those houses, I would have never realized my dream to be a homeowner. As a newcomer, I also gladly signed up for membership to the organization. I received a mailing re upcoming meeting, but there was no info as to where/time the meeting would be held (and no return address). The next time I received mail from them, the meeting had already taken place and they were sending me a flyer re an upcoming fundraiser!
take a look at the crown heights tour thread on here from last week.
you should find out some good info.
I posted some of my impressions of the tour on the bed-stuy blog:
http://www.bedstuyblog.com
The brownstoners did a great job of organizing it and the houses were all lovely in unique ways. I found it inspiring and hope to go again next year.
11:54
How about people have lives, and don’t care to be on the web on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Unlike you’re loser self. (I, unfortunately, have to work today, and while waiting for a deal to close, I’m on line looking for home tips.)
But seriously, you could have done yourself a service by actually going on the tour, and then speaking from experience, you could hate on the neighborhood. But since your just talking out of your ass, it gives you much less merit.
The tour was great.
Quite a few “favorites” on the tour. The first home, I think on Madison, had a “meditation room ” with a Suana to die for. the other… house #4… was a bit like a Museum, but that bathroom was amazing. The Putnam house was absolutely tastefully done.
Can anyone post some pictures??
You know, Manhattanites aren’t this retarded and defensive about their neighborhoods. You people are just plain weird and totally infantile.