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State Preservation Award Another Feature For Sag Harbor's SANS Neighorhoods

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Members of the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Ninevah (SANS) steering committee were honored at the New York State Preservation Awards at the Huxley Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany last month. Among those in the photo are, from left to right with plaques, SANS president Renee Simons, Sarah Kautz of Preservation Long Island, and Georgette Grier-Key, the director of the Eastville Community Historical Society. Other guests included, from left to right, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Eglon Simons, the past Sag Harbor Hills president, and attorney Lisa Stenson Desamours. The group, which was joined by representatives of state's Office of Parks and Historic Preservation, is standing in front of a photo of the 2019 Labor Day weekend gathering of SANS residents taken by John Pinderhughes.

Members of the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Ninevah (SANS) steering committee were honored at the New York State Preservation Awards at the Huxley Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany last month. Among those in the photo are, from left to right with plaques, SANS president Renee Simons, Sarah Kautz of Preservation Long Island, and Georgette Grier-Key, the director of the Eastville Community Historical Society. Other guests included, from left to right, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Eglon Simons, the past Sag Harbor Hills president, and attorney Lisa Stenson Desamours. The group, which was joined by representatives of state's Office of Parks and Historic Preservation, is standing in front of a photo of the 2019 Labor Day weekend gathering of SANS residents taken by John Pinderhughes.

Amaza Lee Meredith, a prominent black architect and co-founder of the first SANS community, Azurest.

Amaza Lee Meredith, a prominent black architect and co-founder of the first SANS community, Azurest.

On the beach in Sag Harbor.

On the beach in Sag Harbor.

A family on the beach in Sag Harbor, circa. 1958.   COURTESAY DONNAMARIE BARNES ARCHIVE

A family on the beach in Sag Harbor, circa. 1958. COURTESAY DONNAMARIE BARNES ARCHIVE

William Pickens Jr. with his wife Emilie Brown Pickens, who purchased the first model home in Sag Harbor Hills.

William Pickens Jr. with his wife Emilie Brown Pickens, who purchased the first model home in Sag Harbor Hills.

Members of the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Ninevah (SANS) steering committee were honored at the New York State Preservation Awards at the Huxley Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany last month. Among those in the photo are, from left to right with plaques, SANS president Renee Simons, Sarah Kautz of Preservation Long Island, and Georgette Grier-Key, the director of the Eastville Community Historical Society. Other guests included, from left to right, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Eglon Simons, the past Sag Harbor Hills president, and attorney Lisa Stenson Desamours. The group, which was joined by representatives of state's Office of Parks and Historic Preservation, is standing in front of a photo of the 2019 Labor Day weekend gathering of SANS residents taken by John Pinderhughes.

Members of the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Ninevah (SANS) steering committee were honored at the New York State Preservation Awards at the Huxley Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany last month. Among those in the photo are, from left to right with plaques, SANS president Renee Simons, Sarah Kautz of Preservation Long Island, and Georgette Grier-Key, the director of the Eastville Community Historical Society. Other guests included, from left to right, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Eglon Simons, the past Sag Harbor Hills president, and attorney Lisa Stenson Desamours. The group, which was joined by representatives of state's Office of Parks and Historic Preservation, is standing in front of a photo of the 2019 Labor Day weekend gathering of SANS residents taken by John Pinderhughes.

authorStephen J. Kotz on Jan 21, 2020
When Sag Harbor expanded the boundaries of its historic district 25 years ago, the three largely African-American neighborhoods that flank one another on the east side of the village, and... more

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