Revitalization And They Don't Even Know It

9 July 2002 - 2:00pm

Commercial project in the 'gateway' to the upscale Hamptons gets new urban features through half dozen hearings and 12 site plan revisions.

Is it possible to overcome the challenge of conservatism in places that regard their charm and character to actually continue building on that heritage? This project features zero-lot line structures two stories high, brick sidewalks and parking in the back. All on a site that was formerly blighted. The community's input and the planning departments fervor apparently enabled the developer to break the traditional mould.

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Source: Newsday, July 8, 2002
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.