Nobody wants to live next to a nightclub, but apparently nobody wants to live next to a mixed-use building with a market, offices, and apartments either. At least that was the vibe at a public hearing before the East Hampton Town Planning Board last week, where residents sounded off on a proposed change of use to a building at 44 Three Mile Harbor Road.
Those coming of age in the 1960s and ‘70s have either arrived at retirement or are about to enter that stage of life soon, comprising a demographic that studies show is both returning to marijuana and trying it for the first time. “It’s the legalization that is piquing people’s curiosity once again,” said David Falkowski, a cannabis expert, grower of industrial hemp, and producer and seller of CBD products. “Old people love weed.”
A new East Hampton Town senior citizens center on Abraham’s Path in Amagansett took another step toward reality on Tuesday when the architects selected for the project presented updated plans to the town board. Design development and construction documentation will continue for another six months, with hopes of putting the project out to bid in the first half of 2024.
The house in question, once known as the Apaquogue, is “the best-preserved 19th-century East Hampton hotel, or boarding house,” according to a report compiled by Robert Hefner, the village’s former director of historic services, but it has no historic protections. Its new owner wants to add dormers, not only to restore it to its original appearance, but also to make the fourth floor more accessible.
