City Modern Brooklyn Home Tour

On Sunday, my mom and I met up at the opening gong (9:45 a.m. on the dot!) for the Brooklyn portion of the City Modern Home Tours, co-sponsored by New York Magazine and Dwell. Despite the steady rain, it was an amazing day. In fact, I can't imagine a better way to spend a Sunday than poking around my neighborhood's most spectacular homes. My favorite part of the day was comparing notes with my mom at the end of the tour.

There were five houses in total-- two in Brooklyn Heights, one in Cobble Hill and two in Boerum Hill. The architects, it seemed, were always present. In some cases, the homeowners elected to be around too. And in at least one case, possibly two, the architect was the homeowner. (Note: Dwell allowed personal photographs only. Out of respect for the homeowners, I am only including photographs sourced from Dwell or the respective architects' websites. Sorry!)