Cosmetics mogul Ronald Lauder has not yet made a decision on whether he will seek to rebuild his small oceanfront cottage in Wainscott, which was almost destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.
But contractors for Mr. Lauder’s family do plan to start bringing in thousands of tons of sand to reshape a semblance of the natural dunes that once protected the small cottage and stretched across the entire southern end of Wainscott Pond.
William Fleming, the East Hampton lawyer representing Mr. Lauder, said this week that the Lauders want to see the entire dune restored, not only to protect their extensive land holdings along the oceanfront and shores of the pond, but to protect all the properties along the pond and inland from the flooding effects of another severe storm that might wash over... more
But contractors for Mr. Lauder’s family do plan to start bringing in thousands of tons of sand to reshape a semblance of the natural dunes that once protected the small cottage and stretched across the entire southern end of Wainscott Pond.
William Fleming, the East Hampton lawyer representing Mr. Lauder, said this week that the Lauders want to see the entire dune restored, not only to protect their extensive land holdings along the oceanfront and shores of the pond, but to protect all the properties along the pond and inland from the flooding effects of another severe storm that might wash over... more



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