tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post8440316401561091445..comments2024-03-02T21:28:03.033-05:00Comments on Old Long Island: The Mrs. P.F. Collier ResidenceZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-62225867380716770352010-06-18T08:46:55.322-04:002010-06-18T08:46:55.322-04:00DED: I saw the same article and thought the same t...DED: I saw the same article and thought the same thing. The only thing more painful than reading about it was seeing it over the years. I visit Planting Fields often, and it was a truly demoralizing experience to view that wonderful garden fenced off for years on end with nothing in process but a huge crop of weeds and a large sign grandly announcing its imminent restoration.magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181183756484194127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-4561967113990592502010-06-17T15:39:33.397-04:002010-06-17T15:39:33.397-04:00Not a complete look at the book - at the bottom is...Not a complete look at the book - at the bottom is a opportunity to read 104 pages digitally. <br /><br />http://www.acanthuspress.com/ps-14-3-houses-of-the-hamptons-1880-1930.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-15981254786053609092010-06-17T15:25:18.892-04:002010-06-17T15:25:18.892-04:00Union labor and rules perhaps???Union labor and rules perhaps???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-81341534957846711052010-06-17T12:21:20.149-04:002010-06-17T12:21:20.149-04:00In a completely unrelated story (the comment above...In a completely unrelated story (the comment above is me in my other guise, forgot to change accounts), I saw the Times article about the restoration of the Planting Fields garden today. HOW, even when a state bureaucracy is involved, can a garden whose original hardscaping probably was finished in six months, in a time of hand labor, take EIGHT years to restore?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-86172170831492799552010-06-17T10:54:37.003-04:002010-06-17T10:54:37.003-04:00Some very sweet details---the quirky little hall f...Some very sweet details---the quirky little hall fireplace arrangement (appears false?), lovely pergola with bench...very Hollywood New EnglandEmerson Antiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964339902243090151noreply@blogger.com