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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.
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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
284 BAY WALK
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Architect: Unknown, c. 1955. Interior Renovation: Buster Seccia, beginning 1995.
284 Bay Walk packs uncommon grace into its diminutive proportions. One of the original prefabricated homes which was floated over by barge in the early to mid-1950’s, it even has the original kerosene sconces and water pump from the time before the Pines had any municipal services. While most of the barge houses were architecturally undistinguished, this cottage is endowed with giant sliding glass doors that bring the outside in. One slide of the sky-blue barn doors front and back secures the home when not in use.
Buster Seccia, a visual stylist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchased the house in 1995. He refreshed the interior with clean white surfaces, streamlined mid-century furniture, and terrific pops of color. The single turquoise tile on the kitchen cabinets is inspired by a Cynthia Rowley mini-skirt Seccia saw while watching “Fashion File.” And the outdoor shower in back is a recreation of one depicted in a 1940’s painting by Paul Cadmus, one of Fire Island’s most famous artists.
Photos: Tom Sibley. Painting: The Shower by Paul Cadmus.
