This April marks the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel that transformed Long Island’s North Shore into a symbol of Jazz Age glamour and ambition. Preservation Director Tara Cubie explores the real people, places, and estates that inspired Fitzgerald’s fictional world—and how the Gold Coast’s legacy continues to shape our fascination with Gatsby a century later.
This Women’s History Month, Chief Curator Lauren Brincat shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobs’s (1813–1897) autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, detailing the author’s experience staying at the grand Marine Pavilion in Rockaway during the summer of 1843.
An update on the site’s deeper history and noteworthy design.
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.