The Wild Story of Ocean Castle in Southampton

Oceancastle as it appears today in Southampton
Dan’s Papers

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, members of High Society in the City of New York built grand summer mansions by the ocean in Southampton. There was tennis, golf, sunbathing and brisk salt sea air, considered a healthy restorative. One of the largest such mansions — still standing today — is “Ocean…

The Story Behind the Omni in Southampton, a Beautiful Space

The Omni building/Jitney stop in Southampton
Dan’s Papers

One of the most attractive interior spaces in the Hamptons, in my opinion, is the passenger waiting area of Hampton Jitney in the Southampton Omni. About the size of a small airline terminal, you can relax in one area where sofas and chairs are set up in a living room arrangement, sit at café…

Will Montauk Airport Be Subdivided?

Montauk Airport has a new owner!
Dan’s Papers

When he was a powerful New York State Assemblyman in the 1970s, Perry B. Duryea Jr. was called a man in a hurry. So much so, that he used to pilot his own plan to Albany, from Montauk Airport, just about every week. Duryea, who served as Speaker of the Assembly and was the…