Take A Walking Tour Of Crown Heights Architecture

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — If you walk through the same neighborhood several times a day, it's easy to take your surroundings for granted and not dive into some of the history behind them, if you notice at all.

Crown Heights residents (and anybody interested in Brooklyn architecture) can get a closer look at the neighborhood next week on a walking tour of the Southern part of the area.

The Municipal Art Society is hosting the tour on Saturday, July 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will showcase the history and architecture of South Crown Heights.

"Encouraged by the new subway lines, residential developers began building entire blocks at a time, filling them with a wide variety of styles representing row house architecture of the early 20th century," an event page for the tour says.

"Prominent Brooklyn architects such as Montrose W. Morris, Axel Hedman, J. L. Brush and Slee and Bryson designed one and two family houses in the Revival styles of the day: Renaissance, Colonial, Flemish, Tudor and more."

The tour will cost $30 for the general public and $20 for members.

"Crown Heights South was one of the last of Brooklyn's row house neighborhoods to be developed," the event page reads. "It represents the best of the grandeur of the late 19th century's institutions and rowhouse blocks, as well as the innovative changes made when the automobile changed the lives of everyone in the city."

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