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May 2, 1974, PHOENIX, nous c? TV*. .t* cI U U f . . n \\j i f m i f u v - i ^The Curious & ConcernedResidents Show OffTheir NeighborhoodsBY DAN 1COLARI%u201c Oh yeah, it%u2019s house tour season,%u201d said my friend, not quite yawning. But spring in the brownstone belt is more than just a lot of house tours. It%u2019s really an annual rededication to ourselves, to our streets and communities. We paint, carpenter and plant, and finished or not, we show it all off for the benefit of people who are still living in places called Great Neck and New Rochelle and Murray Hill. And Bensonhurst.Since 1967, I%u2019ve watched hordes of the curious troop through our neighborhoods, telling those of us who chose to live in downtown Brooklyn that we were either crazy, courageous, or very crafty. I prefer to think we liked what we saw and wanted to become a part of it.FORT GREENEThis year%u2019s spate of house tours got off to an %u201camazing%u201d start, according to Diana Finegold, chairman of the Fourth Annual Fort Greene House Tour. Held April 28, the tour attracted 1,000 people who walked, gaped and talked their way through eight houses, a church and two Fort Greene cultural institutions.Sponsored by the Fort Greene Landmarks Preservation Committee, the house tour was designed to promote and raise money for the effort to secure landmarks designation for Fort Greene; it is also a friendly, low-key way of attracting people to the neighborhood.A back-up VIP Mini Tour was held April 26, to which representatives of local banks, institutiofis and city agencies were invited. Jane Collin of the Landmarks Committee feels both tours were successful beyond anyone%u2019s expectations. %u201c Those VIPs who couldn%u2019t attend were extrem ely encouraging--in some cases, with checks. Now that%u2019s encouragement!%u201d she said.CLINTON HILLThis Sunday, May 5, Fort Greene%u2019s neighboring community, Clinton Hill has scheduled a tour ofJerusalemSlide ShowRev. Maurice Coombs will present %u201c Jerusalem %u2019%u2019, color slides picturing the City of Jerusalem as a spiritual center, with sound track of moving script and music Sunday, May 5 at 7 p.m,, at Presbyterian Church at 124 Henry Street. The public is welcome.Now Assistant Minister at Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, Coombs was formerly chaplain to the Episcopal Archbishop in Jerusalem. He was closely associated with the religious leaders of the Moslem, Jewish and Christian communities; and with the political leaders, including those of the Palestinian Arabs.Specializing in Yemenand International CuisineFine Food at Good Prices144 Atlantic Ave.a ---------n _ ; i . . n . _____ i 1 _ __u p cn L/diiy x id .in .-i xp.m .eight houses and one former Pratt family mansion. In promoting the tour, the Washington-Willoughby Neighborhood Association is pointing up the area%u2019s architectural wealth. Except for Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill has probably the greatest diversity of styles and periods of any brownstone community. And when it comes to freestanding mansions, The Heights can%u2019t hold a candle: early Gothic and Italianate frame minimansions; mansions of brick and brownstone, of limestone, of various masonry facades, with large plots and beautiful gardens.In an introductory booklet on the neighborhood, Clinton Hill resident Lucy Sikes, and artist, remarks that %u201c it was never all that b ad .%u2019%u2019 According to Ms. Sikes, the brownstone movement in Clinton Hill has not been concentrated in %u201cgood%u201d pockets here and there, as in other communities. It has spread gradually throughout the area. Probably the single most attractive feature of the community for many people is its ability to draw large numbers of middleclass blacks who, like their white counterparts, are not willing to leave the city for the suburbs. Viewed from this standpoint, Clinton Hill is a close-to-ideal community: nobody%u2019s running anywhere.HouseTourScheduleClinton HillM ay 5IPark SlopeM ay 19 =Boerum HillJune 2K L Y N H E I G H T Sgi 1 Wed. thru Tues.May 1-7 * \TY and DISTURBI NG EROTICISM\Daily NewsU I | T i n LOOKHOWA psychic thriller.At: 2:00-4:00-6:00-8:00-10pmThis elegant brownstone at 123featured in the Annual Park SlopeThe tour will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). Tickets at $3 each or $5 for two will be sold at 374 Washington Avenue. For further information, call 857-5394.PARK SLOPEOther than Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope has probably the greatest number of intact brownstone blockfronts anywhere. But as this year%u2019s tour jyill show, Park Slope attracted builders of singlefamily dwellings into the 2Q%u2019s. Its core area has remained stable, a fact which is probably responsible in large part for the area%u2019s phenomenal growth; the Slope has never been a particularly risky proposition. Its proximity to Prospect Park is a unique resource; Seventh Avenue, the Slope%u2019s mainProspect Park West is one of manyHouse Tour, set for May 19th.shopping street, is packed with appealing shops and restaurants. TTiis year's tour is centered in an area that once was considered the Slope%u2019s hinterlands-the blocks above Third Street-but which now is considered almost as desirable as the blocks closer to Flatbush Avenue.Park Slope's tour is something of a grand-daddy; May 19 will mark the fifteenth annual event. From 1 to 4 p.m., rain or shine, tourgoerswill see blends of modern and traditional; an elegant restoration; an English country Tudor houseall concentrated on Eighth and Ninth Streedts between Sixth Avenue and Prospect Park West. Featured are 1880%u2019s brownstones, brick and limestone dwellings-a total of eleven houses. There will be a plant and flower sale; refreshments will be served at the Lafayette Monument, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street.Tickets are available by mail from Evelyn McBride, 832 President Street, Brooklyn 11215. Or call 636-1588. Or pick them up on the day of the tour at the Lafayette Monument. The tour is sponsored by the Park Slope Civic Council.BOERUM HILLHouse tours have been very, very good for Boerum Hill. But before the mid-Sixties, when the neighborhood began to draw brownstoners, Boerum Hill wasn%u2019t--it was Gowanus or Borough Hall or South Brooklyn.When a tiny group met to %u201c launch\they considered, very briefly, resurrecting an old name for the area-Ponkiesburg--but that name was dropped because of its rather shantytown ring. So the name of a local street, Boerum Place, was adopted, and slowly the name became more than a colloquial eccentricity.At first, when the curious would call for further information on the tour, they%u2019d ask, almost as an afterthought, %u201c Where is Boerum Hill anyway?%u201d But no more. Boerum Hill very definitely is.Proof positive is the area's newly-won landmarks designation, the result of years of hard work by a great many people. Like Park Slope or Cobble Hill or Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill no longer has to be defensive; its convenient location, proximity to downtown shopping and pleasant architecture have proven their appeal.The tour begins June 2 at 314 State Street at 2 p.m. and will run until 5; tickets are priced at $3.THE KANE STREETNURSERY236 Kane S treet petw een Court $ Clinton SteSOME OPENINGS FOR SEPT. 7*1 CHILDREN A6ES 3^4Transportation Available- 875-3974 %u2022 269-344Hw - y : //'s//////// /y//s//////////////////////////////////v/////////////////,.a t i e n zPRIMITIVE PAINTINGS May 4-25, 1974T u rs -S u n 2 00-6 00 P M NOVEMBER 20 HENRY ST GALLERY BROOKLYN N V. m tn d ly i H rljtl, . i ?12i 596 2212%u2022 %u2022 * %u2014* u nH E I G H T SP L A Y E R S170 HENRY ST at ORANGf ST , Tel 596-7 0 7 0 _ _ Wed. thru Tues.May 1-7IN A CLASS by ITSELF\I - Judilh CristGeorge * Glenda56821 Touch J*ck%u201c%u2019n,iOf ClassAt: 2:! 5-5:55-9:35pm andMNE SANCMFT- BUSTM1 MtffMJtN iTHE GRADUATE fAt: 4:05-7;45pmNew Works May 3-29NANCy dE I a u r o tAhMAd ANTUIMG SufiUse w illia m s IIS J91t t f n j 7 /.V /////7 Jvs/7.< ..%u00bb * /P< %u00bb r,%u00ab < %u25a0 , t A %u2018 - <%u2022- , . _ 4 %u00bb*i r*,H A H * 1 0 U 1 2UM13139 a.It o U M t t M t 2 3 99MVEKSifssUd !%u00a7I f tk jtt l a a r n / P * \6 Willow Place *R e se r. 237-2752*>cFree Introductory Lectures on:Transcendental Meditation%u2022 EXPANDS AWARENESS e CAN BE EASILY LEARNED BY ALL %u00bb %u2019ROVIDES DEEP RESTFOR DYNAMIC ACTIONThursday, May 9thi Dr. Stuart Rothenberg, Guest Lecturer%u2014 Noon- BROOKLYN COLLEGE72 Schermerhorn St., Student Lounge i _ 8 p.m. UNITARIAN CHURCH50 M onroe S Place, Frances W hite Room J Introductory lectures every Tuesday, 8 p.m at i M S , 2726 Beutotd Ave I OR .tjfOKMATIC( t-iepr Brooklyn 'Colege L----------* \s u eCALL