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the Independent
February 7
2018
Community News
$1.3 Million To Primp Preserved Lands value.
By Peggy Spellman Hoey
“We don’t see this building as just a building, we see the synergy of it,” he said.
Now that’s high maintenance for ya.
The East Hampton Town Board on Thursday night approved a roughly $1.3 million management and stewardship plan for its preserved properties with $865,000 in funds going toward the former homestead of artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park.
The town has budgeted a total of $1,280,452 with roughly one million set aside to pay for subcontractors to undertake historic restoration and demolition work. The 11-acre former homestead of James Brooks and Charlotte Park and their two artist studios on Neck Path in Springs will be allocated $15,000 for an outside professional to make recommendations for the property and $850,000 for subcontractors to conduct restorative work. The property was purchased in 2013 for $1.1 million from the heirs to the artists’ estate. Director of Land Acquisition and Management Scott Wilson said the property has fallen into disrepair and the main home has broken windows and holes in its roofing.
The remaining $150,000 set aside for projects will be used to demolish the former Star Room Niteclub, Maloney home on Springs Fireplace Road, and the barn known as “555” in Amagansett, Wilson said. Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey The East Hampton Town Board voted on Thursday night to purchase 90 Gerard Drive in Springs using $275,000 from the Community Preservation Fund.
Wilson said that this year’s plan was unique in that there
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“It needs a really big hug,” he said.
Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said the purchase and restoration of the property is significant because the artist-couple were part of the abstract impressionist movement and they were friends of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. The home was taken by barge to Springs by Jeffrey Potter, he said.
Robert Strada, of Peconic Historic Preservation, said the property is in “desperate need of repair,” however, his group believes it should be restored because of its historical
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The town’s lease agreement with Peconic Historic Restoration will be in keeping with the CPF’s mission in allowing public access to the property through the group’s activities, according to Van Scoyoc.
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“It has been designated as a historic structure and it is an important part of the history of the abstract impressionist movement,” he said.
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