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Southampton Village ARB Members Still Split On Gin Lane Compound, Despite Reconsideration

authorStaff Writer on Mar 12, 2019
Nearly 17 months after a divided Southampton Village Board of Architectural Review and Historic Preservation narrowly approved a plan to build a home and guest house on a Gin Lane... more

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