Viva Las Victorians. Did you know America’s largest concentration of Victorian houses can be found in Flatbush? They’re in a cluster of mini-neighborhoods, one of which is Prospect Park South. What a picturesque place. Right before the turn of the 20th century, Dean Alvord bought 50 acres of land from the Dutch Reformed Church and […]
I don’t have much money, but boy if I did I’d buy a big house where we both could live. — Elton John Dean Alvord would be so pleased. Victorian houses in the neighborhood he developed a century ago are worth a bundle. Alvord was the creator of Prospect Park South. On landmarked blocks in […]
Prospect Park was designed for people — and horses. The park’s grounds, which included carriage drives and bridle paths, were the site of horse shows and parades. In the early 1900s, hundreds of horses were stabled there. Today, the park’s equestrian facilities are one step closer to their former grandeur, thanks to Brooklyn industrialist and […]