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 Last weekend's PLG House Tour was a success and Bob Marvin has the pictures to prove it.
I only got to see two of the houses (kids, family obligations, blah blah blah) but the two houses I saw were amazing. Carrie reports that the additional houses she got to see were eye-popping too. Congratulations to the LMA for pulling off the tour and thanks to all of the families that opened up their homes. Thanks also, to all of the businesses that donated time or food to the cause; off the top of my head, I recall Lefferts Garden Montessori School, K-Dog & Dunebuggy, Cafe Enduro, Gino's Trattoria and Allan's Bakery. Image via Bob Marvin
Throughout June, PLG Arts will be presenting shows of DAYDREAM: A 45-minute "Midsummer Night's Dream at the Imagination Playground in Prospect Park every Saturday at 11 and every Sunday at 3. The show is directed by Rohana Elias-Reyes and is free to all, with open seating in the playground. There will also be post-show art-making activities for children. We'll be bringing Sid sometime this summer even though, at 22 months, he falls outside of PLG Arts' recommended age range of "3 to 103." Since this post is mostly a rewritten press release, I hope you don't mind when I quote a review of the show directly from the release: NYtheatre.com calls the
show "can't miss children's theatre that Shakespeare lovers will truly
appreciate," and with more magic, music, and puppets than ever, PLG Arts
5th annual production of DAYDREAM will have kids and their parents
spotting Puck in the playground and fairies in the fountain. A group of
construction workers comes to rehearse a play in Prospect Park's
Imagination Playground and stumble into a battle between the King and
Queen of the Fairies. Magic, puppets, hard hats & safety vests –
what more could any Brooklyn kid want? (Those from other boroughs
welcome!) Stick around afterwards for the free craft activity or bring
your kids' bathing suits for a splash in the dragon fountain after the
play.
Visit: www.PLGArts.org or call 718-393-7733 for more
information.
 The Church of the Evangel, on the Southwest corner of Hawthorne and Bedford, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.The Brooklyn Eagle provides some background on the history of the building:
Built in 1916, an example of Late Gothic Revival architecture, the
church embodies many characteristics that are typical of a medieval
parish church in England. ... The window is made of the Tiffany stained glass, executed at the Tiffany
Studios in New York City. The window, called the Cromwell Memorial
Window, was bestowed upon the church in 1927 by Emma Cromwell in memory
of her brother, Joseph Milton Cromwell.
 A ceremony recognizing the honor will be held on Saturday, June 5 at the church. Congratulations to Reverend Lisa Johnson and all of her predecessors in maintaining this beautiful building.
Reader Murray Dwertman attended the Community Board 9 meeting last night and sent us the following report (Thanks, Murray!)
The Community Board 9 meeting primarily revolved around this development and the vote associated with whether or not to recommend this project. Two recent housing projects have recently been approved (75 and 200+ units) by the board but were for low income residents WITHIN the immediate community and were not associated with reintegration of convicted persons. Considering this as well as the developer's request for a special zoning exemption, and the concerns of the community, the board members voted 28 to 6 against all 3 motions regarding the project.
People living in the historic district on Lefferts right behind the project as well as a huge contingency from Lincoln Rd. attended. The meeting was raucous and exciting! The evening concluded with the board's recommendation against the project and invitation to the developers and architect working for the Providence House to go back to the drawing board before RE-PRESENTING the project to the community board.
The process is not over. The developer will likely come back with modified plans or try to jam the project through. This is a project that should be of concern for all of those living in the community. Attending future Community Board 9 meetings every time the Providence House project is on the agenda will be necessary in order to be heard as a local resident. Regardless, it looks like the current building is going to be demolished.
UPDATE: The Daily News article about the hearing is here:
pdf; scroll down for the article, which includes quotes from attendees at the hearing and from the Executive Director of Providence House.
 The proposed development we mentioned last week at 329 Lincoln has sparked some all-out NIMBY action. On one side: local residents concerned about a potential "halfway house" in the neighborhood are bonding with those worried about the height of the building (six stories instead of the standard zoned four). Their opponents: local residents annoyed by reflexive NIMBYism and supportive of nonprofit efforts to house disadvantaged populations.
We're not going to wade into the fray without knowing more about the planned development... but perhaps you can make up your mind (or have someone make it for you) by attending the Community Board 9 Meeting Tuesday night, May 25, at Middle School 61 Auditorium, 400 Empire Boulevard, 7 pm. Let us know how it goes.
Many people around don't realize it but there's an Old Navy Outlet a short walk down Flatbush (Flatbush and Tilden) from PLG. Just so you know, everything in the store is 40% off from Tuesday, May 25 to Wednesday, May 26. Lots of deals to be had, yes.
 The Lefferts Gardens Montessori School is holding its 3rd Annual Kiddie Disco this weekend, on Saturday, May 22, at Rustik, 471 Dekalb Avenue, between Kent and Franklin, in Clinton Hill. The fundraiser will set you back $10 per adult and $5 per kid (thought LGM students are free), but, hey, it's for a good cause.
And while we're on the subject of local preschool fundraisers, save the date for the Maple Street Gala, on Saturday, June 12, at the Prospect Park Picnic House.
 I'd like to welcome The Q at Parkside, a blog for people "for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain," to the Brooklyn blogging family. The blog is run by Clarkson resident Tim Thomas, who has lived in the neighborhood with his wife (and now daughter) for 7 years.
The blog has hit the ground running, with a comparison of our four neighborhood grocery stores and a review of Melany, a Dominican restaurant on Flatbush and Lenox (gmap) that I wasn't aware of (and will now be checking out). He also beat me to joking about the DNA testing ads on the dollar vans, which I obviously waited too long to poke fun at.
In addition to blogging, the Thomases started the Clarkson FlatBed block association, which apparently kicked off strong: there will be a clean-up day on June 4 and a block party in August.
Welcome aboard, Q. Don't take too much of our traffic. (Image via The Subway Nut)
That's May 19, 7 pm at 19 Winthrop Street, for the block between Flatbush and Bedford. Come on down!
 The Farmers Diner folks will be in tour Sunday to provide information on the new restaurant slotted for PLG. They'll be manning a table at 77 Midwood from noon to 5 pm to talk with locals about the restaurant and opportunities for investing in it. If you'd like to learn more about it, be sure to come by, even if you can't make it to the house tour. The Farmers Diner is a Vermont-based duo who focus on using locally grown, quality ingredients. They buy directly from local and regional farmers and emphasize organically grown edibles where possible. The Diner is currently reviewing a lease for the former spot of Mike's International (552 Flatbush Ave.), on Flatbush just south of Lincoln. If all goes according the plan, they hope to open in the fall this year.
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