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"The Hamptons have long served as a release valve for the urban pressures of New York City. In Weekend Utopia, journalist Alastair Gordon traces the always competitive and often humorous development of this inescapably beautiful but maddeningly self-conscious place. Gordon gets past the hype to reveal the true legacy of the Hamptons as a laboratory of experimental art, architecture, and lifestyle that has redefined the very idea of American summer leisure.". "What drove the restless seasonal migration to the Hamptons? Who went and why? To answer these questions, Gordon looks to the…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2001Princeton Architectural Press · 181 pages · 9781568982724
- Other · English · 1999Guild Hall of East Hampton · 20 pages · 9780933793514
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