Category Archives: Other Views

The Atlantic Ocean, Briefly

My blogger friend, Jennifer, wrote a thoughtful post about the ocean on her blog Goodness Graciousness. Since I had a little video of the Atlantic Ocean shot at Sagg Main Beach a month ago, I couldn’t resist posting a bit … Continue reading

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The Importance of Historic Preservation

Sometimes I read something and am so struck by its “rightness,” that I just have to share it with everyone I know. That happened today when I read a column in the March 1, 2007 edition of The Southampton Press by Anne Surchin, a Sag Hampton-based architect and writer. Ms. Surchin used the Press’ s architecture column to discourse on …
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What Sag Harbor Can Learn From Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards

Ordinarily, you wouldn’t expect to find a lot of similarities between Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. But while reading an Op-Ed piece in Saturday’s New York Times by Jennifer Egan (author of the novel The Keep), about the proposed Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, I was surprised at just how many parallels exist between Brooklyn’s struggle with that project, and our own issues
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The View from Park Slope

Ever wonder how Sag Hampton appears to those who are only visiting during the summer? Here’s a link to a Brooklyn blogger’s description of her family’s summer in Sag Harbor and environs. It’s good to know that they appreciate and … Continue reading

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A Nice Little Film About Sag

Lauren, a former Sag Hampton resident and current art-blogger over at  Sketchlabc brought this charming little film by Amanda Switzer to our attention. My hat’s off to Ms. Switzer whose camera work successfully captures  much of the charm of our … Continue reading

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