, was sitting down with his crew for dinner when one of them saw the tide coming in strong.
The foundations for rebuilt homes are now required to allow for future water surge to go underneath them. Otherwise, the structure must be totally open underneath its first floor with just concrete pillars enclosed with lattice. According to Lighthall, this doubled how much homes were previously raised off the ground.
“Their history was taken away from them. Their memories were taken away from them,” said Balukas, a summer resident who has shared his own Breezy Point photos and videos that were spared from damage because they were stored at his primary residence in Brooklyn. “There was a strong desire to try to get some of that back by going to other people who didn't lose everything.
The 18-member board of trustees is also on the lookout for anything from the late 1800s or prior. The historical society is trying to discover what came before the beach tents, and how far back it can travel in local history. The organization believes hotels and beach clubs may have once dotted the peninsula’s coastline.