Victorian Flatbush House Tour Photos, Anyone?
We’ve been trying in vain to track down some photos from last weekend’s house tour of Victorian Flatbush. If you happen to have taken any, please shoot some along to brownstoner@brownstoner.com or put them up on Flickr and send us a link. Thanks
We’ve been trying in vain to track down some photos from last weekend’s house tour of Victorian Flatbush. If you happen to have taken any, please shoot some along to brownstoner@brownstoner.com or put them up on Flickr and send us a link.
Thanks
The lobby of the Apartment building had fantastic ceiling detailing and great mosaic tiles. It’s one of the few places I did take photos, since there was no one there to tell me I couldn’t take photos.
But the actual apartment was nothing spectacular, don’t know why they had it on the tour? Maybe to give people flavor of what the numerous apartment building in the area are like?
Most of the houses on the tour were OK from the outside, but more interesting from the inside and the intact period details. Lots of great stained glass, wood trim, inlaid floors, pocket doors, fireplaces with glazed ceramic tile surrounds and carved wood mantels. Quite a few nifty bench seats and inglenooks.
I had my camera, but didn’t wasn’t inspired to take pictures. First time in that neighborhood. Some of those houses are a wreck (not the ones on the tour). What a shame! And what was with that apartment on Avenue H? Why was that part of the tour? The refreshment stop (the one with sangria) was very, very nice and friendly.
Funny you should mention the hidden staircase. I tried to take a picture of it and was warned by the Tour Volunteer that photos weren’t allowed.
I was just so darn hot out, I was not inspired to take many photos. I only snapped a few and don’t have them posted yet.
There were some really great original woodwork features on several of the houses.
One of my favorites was house with third floor that your reach via a hidden stairway behind a book case.