TRIBECA — A TriBeCa fundraising tour is giving New Yorkers the chance to stroll through some of the neighborhood’s most impressive lofts next month.
The 15th annual Inside Loft Tour, set to take place on Oct. 19, lets ticket holders get a peek into nine sprawling, high-ceilinged — and impeccably designed — apartments in Tribeca.
The tour, which almost always sells out its 400 available tickets, peeks into a variety of massive loft spaces — some, this year, with quirky art, historic steel columns and unusual amenities, like a dedicated karaoke room.
The proceeds from the four-hour, self-guided tour, benefits nonprofit groups Friends of Duane Park and Friends of Bogardus Garden. Funds will help maintain Duane Park, a small triangular slip of greenery and benches that is the city’s second oldest public park, as well as nearby Bogardus Garden and Plaza.
Featured on this year’s tour is the home of celebrity interior designer Deborah French. Her carefully curated home includes a dining room table made from pieces of an old Philadelphia bridge, a coffee table crafted from an 19th-century Indian grain grinder, and a custom-made couch with an assortment of pillows from Uzbekistan.
Other apartments on the tour feature creative children’s rooms, with an indoor teepee and hammock, and outdoor gardens with expansive views of the city.
“The first Inside loft tour was so successful that it became a tradition that many residents and non-residents alike look forward to each year,” organizers wrote in a statement. “The lofts this year will again continue to inspire and surprise participants.”
The Inside Tribeca Loft Tour will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 19. Advance tickets purchased online cost $60. Day-of tickets cost $65 and will be sold in Duane Park, at Hudson and Duane streets, starting at 12:30 p.m. The tour's 400 tickets are expected to sell out.
