The story behind The Sunnyside Gardens Guide
A guide shaped by living here.
The Guide grew from Lauren Bennett’s effort to understand Sunnyside Gardens more carefully—its courts, homes, planning history and shared landscape. It exists to make that context easier for the community to explore.
Why this Guide exists
Sunnyside Gardens deserves more than shorthand.
The Guide brings together close observation, official records and original research without flattening the neighborhood into a single story.
Shared landscapes
Interior gardens, paths, street edges and the differences among the principal courts.
House types and change
Original forms, additions and the architectural vocabulary that connects varied blocks.
Evidence with context
First-hand observation and public sources, with uncertainty and privacy handled clearly.
Continue through the neighborhood
Begin wherever curiosity takes you.
Explore the courts, compare house types or follow the Guide’s research.
Property question? Discuss it with Lauren.