9. A Walk through Historic Sunnyside Gardens

Architect Laura Heim and urban historian Jeffrey Kroessler will lead a tour of this 1920s garden suburb in Queens designed by Clarence Stein, Henry Wright and Frederick Ackerman, with landscape architect Marjorie Cautley. The tour begins with a presentation on the history of Sunnyside, the struggles over preservation and the difficulties and opportunities of practicing architecture there.

The tour will walk through several of the courtyards and includes a stop at Lewis Mumford’s house, and ends at the designated Phipps Garden Apartments, model tenements designed by Clarence Stein built in 1931. In addition, the tour will highlight renovation projects completed since designation in 2007. The tour will start in the architect’s storefront office.

Time: Saturday, May 6th at at 10 AM