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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
600D SEAVIEW WALK
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Architect: JAMES MCLEOD, 1976.
Built on a highly-wooded lot without views at the time of its construction, 600D Seaview Walk creates an interior landscape through courtyards that connect its five freestanding pavilions. There is a stillness to the architecture, its measured symmetry foiled only by the dappled light across its cedar surfaces. All views are filtered through the imposing frame of its courtyards, which originally featured pocket doors that completely sealed the voids in the façade.
The home was part of a grand complex that extended across the Great South Bay from Tuna Walk to Beach Hill Walk, and was originally accessed from the east. It was commissioned by Charles de Rohan Chabot, a storied aristocrat who was a partner in the 1980 incarnation of The Pavilion. A 1947 portrait of Chabot is included here. Its architect was James McLeod, who also designed 632 Fire Island Boulevard. Its kitchen is a near-exact copy of several designed by Horace Gifford, though the formal similarities to Gifford’s work end there.
First entry photo: Richard Limoges. Other photos: Tom Sibley. Site plan: courtesy Richard Limoges.
