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A unique and special midcentury modern house has sold. The Otto Spaeth house, at 30 Spaeth Lane (what are the odds?), East Hampton, was designed in 1956 for an art collector, who was also a vice president of the Whitney Museum. The architect was Gordon Chadwick, an associate at distinguished […]
This house, designed by Charles Gwathmey in the late 70s, still sports many of the built-in furnishings the master created for it. It’s snuggled in the Amagansett Dunes, about a block from the beach. The current owners purchased the place in 2014 for $4.25 million and then renovated; changing the […]
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that pharma billionaire Stewart Rahr, who once cut a swath through Hamptons parties of the past decade calling himself Stewie Rah Rah, is in contract to sell Burnt Point, his 24-acre estate on the Wainscott side of Georgica Pond. Rahr first listed […]
Actress Julianne Moore has sold her adorable Montauk cottage, right on Fort Pond, for the asking price of $2.85 million. Five years ago, her asking price for the 0.69-acre spread was $3.5 million, which seemed overpriced then. The house is small, with three bedrooms and just one bath, but it’s […]
Kit houses were the latest thing in North America a hundred years ago. It’s estimated that between 1908 and 1940, more than 100,000 kit homes were sold. These houses made the latest technology–central heating, indoor plumbing, electricity–available at an affordable price. The purchaser would receive all of the supplies by […]
We’re crazy in love with this adorable house, perfect for a small family or a downsizer, which is repped by Sarah Minardi at Saunders. Set on a manageable quarter acre of land, the house manages to combine country charm with up-to-the-minute chic. Outside, there’s a deck and patio, as well […]
Croquet on the rolling lawn. Badminton. Lemonade on the patio, served by uniformed staff. One of the original East Hampton summer mansions, Onadune harks back to a slower, more gracious past. And now it can be yours for $25 million. It was built by John Custis Lawrence between 1903 […]
Last week, the Sag Harbor residence of John and Elaine Steinbeck hit the market, asking a cool $17.9 million. Set on 1.8 acres of waterfront on Bluff Point Lane, the house is a modest 1930 two-bedroom cottage; there are also several outbuildings, including Steinbeck’s “Writing House,” which is basically a […]
Have you been looking for a modern house in Sagaponack? Beautifully presented, right on Fairfield Pond, with ocean views? Then have we got a place for you. If you move fast, we bet you can make a really good deal right about now. Why? The owners, Philip and Lisa Falcone, […]
Ah, Martell’s. Time was a young Hamptons Hot Sheet editor would ride her pennyfarthing downtown to this shop to purchase molasses candy and a new slide whistle. “What news?” she would ask the proprietor. “Has Mr. McKinley won election? Why, hello, Mr. Roosevelt.” OK, so actually it was a little […]
