PINES MODERN CORPORATION

AMONG THE MANY UNIQUE FACETS OF FIRE ISLAND PINES IS ITS UNMATCHED MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE, A LEGACY OF ITS STATUS AS A "SAFE SPACE AND A PREMIER RESORT FOR TASTEMAKERS IN THE 1960'S AND 70'S. AIDS TOOK A TERRIBLE TOLL ON THE POPULATION HERE, WHICH IN TURN LED TO A "DARK AGE" IN WHICH SO MUCH HISTORY AND CULTURE WAS LOST. PINES MODERN IS A NON-PROFIT ENDEAVOR DEDICATED TO THE REDISCOVERY OF ALL THAT THE PINES HAS CREATED, PARTICULARLY ITS MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. THESE ARE ASSETS THAT, PROPERLY NOURISHED, WILL ENSURE THAT THE PINES REMAINS A MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT DESTINATION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE CANNOT BRING BACK A LOST GENERATION, BUT WE CAN PRESERVE THEIR MOST SALIENT ARTIFACTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY FLOURISHED.