UPDATE! In 2019, after years of neglect and little dialogue with community members, the owner of the marina property located at the former American Venice Administration Plaza/Laguna San Marco sold it to Angelo Costanza of Blue Marlins Boats. With support from the American Venice Civic Association, Mary Cascone (Babylon Town […]
Tag: Architecture
Peter Matthiessen’s East End Home-Studio-Zendo
Preservation Long Island joins the Peconic Land Trust and others to support plans to establish a center for writing, conservation, and Zen at the influential author’s Sagaponack homestead.
Endangered Historic Places 2019
The Founding and Future of Sag Harbor’s Azurest Subdivision
Rapid redevelopment threatens the historical landscape of Sag Harbor’s remarkable SANS community. Learn about the urgent preservation needs of this locally, regionally, and nationally important neighborhood, focusing on the creation of Azurest, the earliest of the three subdivisions, founded by women of color in the late Jim Crow era.
Preserving the Homan-Gerard House: A Sixty-Year Journey
Preservation Long Island’s archive of 1960s photos and research materials is informing restoration work at the Homan-Gerard House.
Rediscovering Smithtown’s Golden Age of Progressive Architecture (1911–1948)
Among Smithtown’s underappreciated examples of exceptional 20th-century architecture is a house designed by Gustav Stickley. Originally built in 1912 as a private residence for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Wagner, the house has served as a rectory since the mid-20th century.