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Pines Modern is a brand-new, non-profit 501(c)(3) endeavor dedicated to the rediscovery of all that the Pines has created, particularly its mid-century architectural and cultural heritage. We ask for your support in the form of tax deductible contributions to help us to continue discovering, documenting, and sharing the best that Fire Island Pines has to offer. There is much more to document! Our significant expenses include professional photography, drum-scanning of vintage images, creation and maintenance of the web site, required non-profit insurance, preservation consultations with homeowners, and the staffing of Pines Modern functions. Our officers are not paid for their efforts.
Donors at the $50 annual level and above will receive priority notification for house tours and other Pines Modern events. Each donor who contributes $150 and above will receive a free ticket to the next Pines Modern house tour. Please contact us if you would like to place an advertisement on our site.
For support regarding donations, send your message here.
2019 Contributors
Adam Wade
Pines Modern is a brand-new, non-profit 501(c)(3) endeavor dedicated to the rediscovery of all that the Pines has created, particularly its mid-century architectural and cultural heritage. We ask for your support in the form of tax deductible contributions to help us to continue discovering, documenting, and sharing the best that Fire Island Pines has to offer. There is much more to document! Our significant expenses include professional photography, drum-scanning of vintage images, creation and maintenance of the web site, required non-profit insurance, preservation consultations with homeowners, and the staffing of Pines Modern functions. Our officers are not paid for their efforts.
Donors at the $50 annual level and above will receive priority notification for house tours and other Pines Modern events. Each donor who contributes $150 and above will receive a free ticket to the next Pines Modern house tour. Please contact us if you would like to place an advertisement on our site.
For support regarding donations, send your message here.
2019 Contributors
Adam Wade
LOST MODERN 21 WIDGEON WALK
Architect: HARRY BATES, c. 1961.
Harry Bates orchestrated his poetic influence upon the Pines from this diminutive but easily-expanded 600 square feet home. It was raised off the ground so that a guest room could be tucked in underneath, with room to the side for a sleeping pavilion to be reached via a breezeway. Louvers were added to the façade for privacy as the lots around him began to fill up. Red cypress planks formed the walls and louvers. Bates’ signature freestanding fireplace, surrounded by gravel, subdivided the dining and living areas. With this home the architect established a template for “townhouses” on the beach, featuring expansive glass walls front and rear, contrasted with blank walls facing the neighboring homes on Fire Island’s narrow lots. The Southern-born architect then shaded his open facades with covered porches. Thanks to these porches, the cypress louvers and an enclosed garden, a surprising diversity of spaces were wrought from a tiny footprint. Bates’ home was published in The American Home’s Vacation Houses issue in 1964, alongside 137 Beach Hill Walk, 214 Beach Hill Walk, and 491 Tarpon Walk.
21 Widgeon Walk was demolished to make way for a rental property.
House Photos: Bill Maris © ESTO. Bates portrait: Courtesy Bates + Masi.
