An update now on the plight of the Pearlroth House, architect Andrew Geller's beachfront brassiere that is facing a Westhampton extinction. Turns out we were a little off on the cost of the campaign to save the 1959 house. As the May 15th move-it-or-lose-it deadline looms, the nonprofit in charge needs to raise $50,000 to move the house a mile down the road and $150,000 to restore it to its curious glory, a large sum of money coming in "dribs and drabs," the group's director told the Times. C'mon people, who's going to step up and save those rickety old boxes?
· A Double Diamond May Not Be Forever [NYTimes]
· Saving Westhampton's Twin Peaks [Curbed]
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