PLG House Tour Recap
Here are a few snapshots from inside the Prospect Lefferts Gardens house tour this past weekend.
Photos by Bob Marvin
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Here are a few snapshots from inside the Prospect Lefferts Gardens house tour this past weekend, which offered a look at nine homes on Sterling Street, Lincoln Road, Maple Street, Midwood Street, and Rutland Road. We especially like the garden room in the fourth photograph; check out the Flickr page for a photograph of the balcony and more shots of each home.
Photos by Bob Marvin
Brooklynista, so I was told, that it may be indeed in the Rev’s house next door. There is supposedly a huge safe in the basement, built for the shipping magnate. Yes Bob, it would be a treat indeed.
That free-standing mansion (and the similar, slightly smaller one just east of it) was originally built for the Todd family (of Red Hook shipyard fame). It must be quite something. Wouldn’t it be great to have THAT on a PLG house tour?
Crownlfc, I could be wrong here, but AFAIK the swimming pool urban legend wasn’t attached to the tour house on Maple but rather the one next door — the free standing mansion that used to be the home of the late Rev. Jones. And, in fact, that property does have an in ground pool (albeit one that is far from olympic in size) which can be partially viewed through the hedges.
Nice tour, well organized, thanks to all whose hard work made it so:
7* maple was lovely as it’s always a pleasure to see the insides of one of the block’s stand alone mansions. Pleasant owner, who debunked the urban myth of there being an abandoned swimming pool under his livingroom. I loved the state of the art kitchen, strangely – everyone else I’ve spoken too were not as impressed, said it was “too sterile”.
16* Maple, stunning sunroom, 4* Midwood, impressive renovations – kitchen, baths. 19* Rutland – what can I say. The way the house opens into the backyard – wow.
I can’t wait for next year.
The PLG tour was fantastic again this year. Loved each and every one of the houses I saw (8 of the 9) but my top three favorites were the two Maple Street houses and the Rutland Road house with 2-storey atrium. And speaking of that atrium, FLH, I was so struck with it myself that I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. In fact, I’m now obsessing over how I could import that idea into my own house (pending a lottery win, of course)!
What I also loved about this year’s tour was that it not only offered a glimpse to tourgoers of what’s here already but also the peek at what’s on the horizon in PLG. Towards that end, the tables set up by the Farmers Diner (the new locavore restaurant slated to open in the fall), the Lefferts Community Food Co-Op and the the Lefferts Gardens Charter School were a nice extra touch at the Midwood Street refreshment stop. Another nice added feature was the jazz performance on Midwood Street. (So sorry I missed it!)
Thanks, Bob, for bringing a bit of it back to share with those who couldn’t make it and for the reminders to those of us who did!
the plg tour was truly wonderful this year (and previous years as well). all the homes (at least those I saw) were far above average and the tourgoers were both friendly and enthusiastic. i also loved the brick neo-colonial because of it’s architectural simplicity and kick-ass kitchen! but the home on midwood street with the high-end modern renovation was my personal favorite, it blew me away!
so how does one deal with the structural issues of removing the middle of their parlor floor? I like the idea, but how do you support the floor joists?
Yes M.M., I was sorry I missed you too (although we did run into each other at the Park Slope tour a week earlier).
I was really sorry that I had to miss the Boerum Hill tour because of the date conflict. That’s also one I really enjoy. I hope we can coordinate our schedules better in two years, when BH has their next tour.
Back to clarify that the backyard with the terraces was a different house than the one cocooned by foliage. I didn’t proofread my post.
Also loved the 20th century brick Neo-Colonial. The rooms were so wonderfully spacious, light and airy, and the work the homeowner did to bring it all back to life was amazing.