2009 PLG House Tour Coming Soon

Usually I hear about this first from Bob Marvin but the New York Times had a roundup of house tours around town and included the May 31 PLG tour. Per the Times:

Eleven houses will be open from noon to 5 p.m., including a 1907 limestone house renovated with a mix of pocket doors, antique chandeliers, an exercise room and a contemporary galley kitchen; a 1911 townhouse with original Arts and Crafts interior details and a staircase decorated with vintage maps; and the home of the 2006 Silver Award winner of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, which has a back garden with two waterfalls, charming seating areas and winding paths. Infants in front packs only. Tickets, $25, at K-Dog & Dunebuggy Cafe, 43 Lincoln Road (between Flatbush and Ocean Avenues). Advance tickets, $20. Information: (718) 284-6210 or (718) 462-0024 and at leffertsmanor.org.

As the NYT said, there is a more information at the LMA website, including this important note for parents of young children:

Note: Children under 12 years of age and photographs are not permitted inside tour houses. Infants in front packs only, will be allowed inside the houses.”

There is also a lot about the tour houses, the owners and a feature on Axel Hedman, designer of the row of houses on Ocean Avenue seeking Historic District designation.

Comments

[Bob Marvin]

This is the first year that children aren't allowed on the house tour. As a parent, who brought my son on lots of house tours, in many neighborhoods, I personally think it's unfortunate [although kids, who must be bored to tears on such tours, might not agree--I'll have to ask my son what he remembers]. Still, I [reluctantly]voted for the restriction, along with the rest of the LMA Board because of an incident involving an unsupervised child last year that lead to a tour guide being injured and some damage to the house. Fortunately the kid wasn't injured, but he came pretty close to falling out of a window. The child's negligent parents spoiled things for lots of others--very sad IMO.