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Ronald Lauder Asks To Rebuild Wainscott House Destroyed During Superstorm Sandy

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Ron Lauder is asking to rebuild a small oceanfront house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Ron Lauder is asking to rebuild a small oceanfront house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Ron Lauder is asking to rebuild a small oceanfront house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Ron Lauder is asking to rebuild a small oceanfront house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The staircase and small deck that had been at the rear of the house were all that remaind following Sandy. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The staircase and small deck that had been at the rear of the house were all that remaind following Sandy. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Contractors for Ronald Lauder had used stacks of giant sandbags called geocubes to fend off storm waves in the past

Contractors for Ronald Lauder had used stacks of giant sandbags called geocubes to fend off storm waves in the past

but they offered no protection from Sandy's storm surge. MICHAEL WRIGHT

but they offered no protection from Sandy's storm surge. MICHAEL WRIGHT

A year after Sandy struck

A year after Sandy struck

contractors for Ronald Lauder had rebuilt a new line of dune between the remnants of the former house and the sea. MICHAEL WRIGHT

contractors for Ronald Lauder had rebuilt a new line of dune between the remnants of the former house and the sea. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Ronald Lauder has asked East Hampton Town for permission to rebuild a house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy on a stretch of dunelands he owns near Beach Lane in Wainscott. The lone remnants of the old house

Ronald Lauder has asked East Hampton Town for permission to rebuild a house that was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy on a stretch of dunelands he owns near Beach Lane in Wainscott. The lone remnants of the old house

a former rear deck and staircase

a former rear deck and staircase

can be seen in foreground. The new house is

can be seen in foreground. The new house is

authorMichael Wright on May 16, 2018
Billionaire businessman Ronald Lauder has asked East Hampton Town for permission to rebuild an oceanfront house that was almost completely destroyed in 2012, during Superstorm Sandy—with its remnants scattered in... more

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