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Gencorelll, of the architectural firm of Genco- relli and Salo, hired by Mr. Landow to design the reconstruction. “The Montauk Manor was the first reinforced concrete structure built on Long Island. Its floors are flat slab construction. Steel rods support it’s concrete walls. It is a real pillbox and,was made to last forever. It very likely will.\ Mr.Gencorelli noted that in going over the original building plans for the Montauk Manor, he noticed that it was designated as HOTEL NUMBER ONE, as if the Manor were just the first of several hotels planned by the builder in 1926. Indeed the Manor was HOTEL NUMBER ONE. Hotels number Two and Three, planned for Westlake Drive and Hither Hills respectively, never got off the drawing board after the crash of 1929. 1 On the drawing board, anyway, they dwarfed the Manor. The builder, Carl Fisher, had grand ideas for Montauk im'the 1920’s. Mr. Landow’s ideas for the 1970’s revolve . around his plan to convert the Manor into 100 condominium apartments, each of which would be sold as a unit to a private .buyer. He plans to take his proposal before the East Hampton Town Board within the next few weeks, and if he can get approval, begin work immediately. The apartments would be ready by one year from today. ~ “We intend to restore the Manor’s exterior to very nearly its original Tudor state,” Mr. Lan- • dow said. “Its interior will be vastly renovated, with four elevators serving the building where there were previously only two. We will convert the upper three floors to condominium apart ments ranging in price from $10,000 to $30,000 each. That is our target. The lower floor will remain as a public space, with card rooms, TV rooms and other attractions.. There will be a swimming pool in the back.’’ Mr. Landow plans to leave a lawn of be- , t,ween 8 and 1S acres surrounding the Manor. His plans for the, remaining 20 acres of the Man- or site remain’ necessarily vague (“one thing at a time,” he says,) but he does mention the possi bility of building a luxury motel on the site currently occupied by the “Lodge” building, a> barracks type building constructed as a dispen sary, also by the Navy in World War II. It is hard to find fault with Mr. Landow’s plans. Fishermen, second-home buyers, and the semi-retired, will find much to attract them to a condominium at Montauk Manor. There are spectacular water views on three sides, with a splendid view of the Montauk Golf and Racquet Club on the fourth. And there is some comfort in knowing that one’s apartment might have been slept in by the likes of Wiley Post, Gene TUnney or Governor Alfred.E. Smith. “What do you plan to name the Condom inium?” “I hadn’t given that any thought. Why, of course it has to be the Montauk Manor. That’s a household word. What else could it be?” he said. -DR THE MONTAUK PIONEER - August 30. 1969 - 9 The firm that owned the Montauk Manor in the 1950’s also built and owned the “Kitchen” at the Moscow Trade Fair of 1956 inside which Krushchev and Nixon held their famous debate. SALE LADIES , SUMMER r SPORTSWEAR \ 20 to SOX OFF DRUG & DEPARTMENT STORE. On the Plaza in M o n tauk * 6 6 8 -2 9 9 4 f Shop in air conditioned comfort iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitM illlllllillllllllillillllWlllllllllllllllilllllllililllllllllllllllllllllllM Dine in the NEW glass enclosed terrace g IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMWI / overlooking beautiful Lake Montauk § M THE DEEP SEAl MARIN A & RESTAURANT! A Sportsman’s Paradise on Lake Montauk near West Lake Drive M OS-2844 ED MUELLER CONTRACTOR TRUCKING • BULLDOZER • CRANE SERVICE CESSPOOLS BUILT - CLEANED AND CHEMICALLY TREATED Industrial Road, Box 502, Montauk S m E4 o a map S'!\ I lllllllllllllllllflllljlllflljll gs, | ' --- '*•' It Enjoy the Spectacle of a fine Sport Fishing Fleet Excellent Dock Facilities BREAKFAST LUNCH COCKTAILS DINNER DANCING SATURDAY Rest.—668-21/5 668-2176 M a rina-668 2 1 6 0 M M t t r i C l l » W » llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllljllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllll1! Star Island | i Montauk t.| Sm 04 on mapjl MARTELL S. BY THE SEA 8PIRIT0US LIQUORS, DINING, DANCING - MONTAUK HIGHWAY. AMMABSEHLLk D in n e r 6 - 1 1 p m r « ? K t ’S n a c k s 1 1 - 2 a n t OPEN SAT, and SUN. AFTERNOONS Visit MARTELL’S THIRD AVENUE at Eighty Third St., NA a t3 P M l,
