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Condos proposed in return for saving Canoe Place Inn
Jul 7, 10 11:54 AM
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Apr 28, 10 10:25 AM
moreA Westhampton Beach High School sophomore is circulating a petition to save the 88-year-old structure known as the Canoe Place Inn on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays, located just west of the Shinnecock Canal.
During the Southampton Town Board meeting on Tuesday evening, Colby Herbst of East Quogue presented the petition, which included 223 signatures, to the board.
Though he now lives in East Quogue, Colby said he previously called Hampton Bays home for 12 years and does not want to see an important part of the community torn down.
“I learned about Canoe Place Inn, grew up around it, and would be sad if it was destroyed,” he said.
The owners of the 5-acre property, cousins Mitchell and Gregg Rechler of R Squared LLC in Melville, have stated that they want to demolish the inn to make way for a $100 million condominium complex.
The building is currently leased and operated as the Whitehouse nightclub during the summer.
“We’ve been taught that it’s good to be green,” Colby said during the meeting. “But it can’t be green to tear down a whole building and put condos in its place.”
Local historians who do not want to see the structure demolished have criticized the project and other critics have stated that the proposed 75-unit condominium complex is too dense for Hampton Bays.
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The Rechler company is a class act and will help us make our community a more beautiful place to live.
let me ask a question what pupose does the inn serve our area?
I want to see this area improved, i am tired of the drunks and drug ... more addicts
that use the premises only to give our town a bad name. its time to change!!
Total comments by Peterk: 5
The Canoe Place Inn has a glorious history in our community and it is wrong to destroy it. It can preserved and restored to a Historic Inn that would compliment our area. There are other options besides condos, that would bring revenue to this town without crowding our schools and being ... more a burden on our resources. We need to think out of the box here!
Total comments by bb: 88
Total comments by pmofo: 36
Besides, there are petitions by many of the motels in the area to turn into condos. This is only one plan. Our hamlet can not shoulder anymore of this type of building. Southampton ... more Town needs to start thinking of alternate places to put all this building.
Total comments by bb: 88
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