Site Directory

Architecture

• 471 Fire Island Blvd (1980)

• A Dual in the Sun House (1965)

• David Barrett House (1955) / The Domesticated Pig House (2015)

• Dune House (1968)

• Fire Island Pines Community House / Whyte Hall (1854-2007)

• Grey Gardens (1960s)

• Jay Hyde Crawford House (1969)

• Lincoln Centre (1977)

• Octagon House (1966)

• Ponderosa House (1957)

• Pyramid House (1960)

• Reflections (1980)

• Solar House (1976)

• Superman House (1987)

• The (First) Jerry Herman House (1961)

• The A Frame House (1965)

• The Angelo Donghia / Ron Chereskin / Howard Goldfarb Home (1964-2005)

• The Co-Ops (1960)

• The Continental Baths (Steve Ostrow / Paul Bernstein) House (1970s)

• The Doll/Fresco House (1974)

• The Fire Island House

• The Frank House (1958) / The Boys in the Sand House (1970)

• The Future of the Pavilion (2013)

• The Gifford, Wittstein, Miller, & Bromley House (1963-1981)

• The History of Fire Island’s Carrington House

• The House that John Whyte Built (1960s)

• The Leedom-Cott House (1963)

• The Sloan / Calvin Klein / David Geffen House (1972)

• The Twin Arch Houses (1974 & 1976)

• The Valerian Rybar / Jerry Herman / Pines Club (1983)

• Tommy Tune House (1968)

• TV House (1965)

Art

• Bernard Perlin

• David Hockney

• Ferron Bell

• George Platt Lynes

• George Stavrinos

• Jack Brusca

• Jim French

• John Laub

• Meryl Meisler

• PaJaMa - Paul Cadmus, Jared French & Margaret French

• Peter Bennett

• Peter Hujar

• Robert de Michiell

• Robert Mapplethorpe

• Rockshots Greeting Cards by Michael Rock & Tolin Greene

• Rodger Duncan

• The Fire Island Muses of George Platt Lynes & The PaJaMa Collective

• The Fire Island Pines Arts Project (FIPAP) Art Show

Books & Magazines

• Beach, by David Morgan (2000)

• Fire Island Pines: Polaroids, 1975-1983, by Tom Bianchi (2013)

• Welcome to Fire Island: Visions of Cherry Grove and the Pines, by Jack Nichols (1976)

• After Dark Magazine (1972)

• Drum Magazine (1965)

• Felice Picano

• Frank O’Hara

• Island Scene Magazine (2004)

• Shel Silverstein & Playboy (1965)

• The Fire Islander Magazine (1970s)

• W. H. Auden

Celebrity

• Andy Cohen

• Andy Warhol

• Barbra Streisand

• Carol Channing

• Cher

• Colleen Dewhurst

• David Geffen

• Debbie Reynolds

• Diahann Carroll

• Dionne Warwick

• Donna Summer

• Elizabeth Taylor

• Holly Woodlawn

• Jerry Herman

• Jim Stryker

• Joan McCracken

• Joan Rivers

• Kay Ballard

• Lady Gaga

• Liza Minnelli

• Madonna

• Marilyn Monroe

• Mart Crowley

• Montgomery Clift

• Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe

• Peter Allen

• Peter Berlin on the Art of Cruising in Fire Island

• Priscilla Presley

• Rock Hudson

• RuPaul

• Sal Mineo

Cherry Grove

• Frank Olson & Don Morrison

• Johny Poole

• Michael Fesco

• Rose (Bob) Levine

• The Belvedere (1957)

• The Copa (1980)

• The Dolly Parton Look-Alike Contest (1978)

• The Ice Palace (1970)

• The Invasion (1976)

• The Monster (1969)

• The Pines Invasion of the Grove

• The Sea Shack (1952)

Community

• A Walk in the Pines (1976)

• An Ode To The Women Formerly Known As “Fag Hags”

• Crew’s Quarters (1982)

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visits Fire Island (1967)

• Fire in the Pines (2011)

• Fire Island National Seashore (1964)

• Gary & Owen: The Wedding (1983)

• Harvey Milk on Fire Island (1950s)

• Keeping Out the Gays: The Pines in the Late 1950s

• Louis Katz: Murderer on Midway

• Mel Fante’s Melbarmar Boutique (1970s)

• Nudity on Fire Island

• PAWS (1984)

• Postcards from Fire Island Pines

• Ship N Shore (1953) / Pines Pantry (1974)

• Talisman, Fire Island (1960-64)

• The Beach Olympics (1975-1981)

• The Carrington Chronicles: Chapter 1: The History of the Estate

• The Carrington Chronicles: Chapter 2: The Inner Frank

• The Carrington Chronicles: Chapter 3: Two Saxophones and Music

• The Chemical Bank Boat (1981)

• The Fire Island Beach Taxi

• The History of The Botel (1960)

• The History of the Sayville Ferry

• The History of the Seaplane

• The Island Club (1992-2005)

• The Islanders’ Club (1968)

• The Meat Rack

• The Monarch Butterfly Migration of Fire Island

• The Origin of Fire Island’s Tea Dance

• The Pavilion (1980-2004)

• The Pavilion (2004-2010)

• The Pines Care Center (1984)

• The Pines Flag (1990-1992)

• The Pines Phone Book (1988-2009)

• The Radio Flyer Red Wagon

• The Sandpiper (1965-1979)

• The Seasons of the Pines

• “Welcome to Fire Island Pines: A Family Community” - The Sign

• Who Was That Woman in the Pines? A Fire Island Story (1975)

• World AIDS Day

Decades

• Pre-1950s: Fire Island Origins

• 1950s: Fire Island Pines Begins

• 1960s: It's a Mod, Mod World

• 1970s: Dancing to Disco

• 1980s: A Season of Change

• 1990s: The Good Fight

• 2000s: A New Millennium

• 2020: A Covid-19 Season for the History Books

• 2021: Post Covid?

Fashion

• Antonio Lopez

• Fashions of the Pines in the 1960s

• Fashions of the Pines in the 1970s

• Fashions of the Pines in the 1980s

• Fashions of the Pines in the 1990s

• Fashions of the Pines in the 2000s

• Perry Ellis

• Photographer Arthur Elgort & Gia the First Super Model

• Richard Avedon

• Stephen Burrows, Halston, and the Battle of Versailles (1973)

• The Fire Island T-Shirt

Film & Theatre

• A Very Natural Thing (1974)

• Longtime Companion (1990)

• Sticks and Stones (1969)

• The Normal Heart (2013)

• Staging Terry Miller’s 1981 play, PINES ‘79, in 2023

Music

• DJ Barry Lederer

• DJ Buc

• DJ Chris Camuso

• DJ Don Fendley

• DJ Howard Merritt

• DJ Jim Burgess

• DJ John Ceglia

• DJ Kevin Burke

• DJ Lina Bradford

• DJ Max Rodriguez

• DJ Michael Fierman

• DJ Michael Jorba

• DJ Mike Borowski

• DJ Morabito

• DJ Robbie Leslie

• DJ Roy Thode

• DJ Steve Sidewalk

• DJ Steven Oliveri

• DJ Tom Savarese

• DJ Vito Fun

• DJ Warren Gluck

• “Hold On to My Love”

• Mel Cheren

• The Gay History of Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive”

• The History of Disco

• The Soundtrack to the History of the Pines

• Tom Moulton

Parties & Benefits

• Ascension Party (2006-2017)

• “Beach,” Fire Island’s 1st Beach Party (1979)

• Boardwalk Talk: Pat Cleveland & the Fashion of the Pines (2017)

• Boardwalk Talk: The DJ Discussion & Souvenirs (2017)

• Carnival Rio Party at Reflections (1986)

• Dancing on the Bay (1995)

• Drag Race in the Pines (1989)

• Fire Island Dance Festival (1995)

• Fire Island Pines 40th Anniversary (1953-1993)

• Fire Island Pines 50th Anniversary (1953-2003)

• Fire Island Pines 60th Anniversary (1953-2013)

• Fire Island Pines 70th Anniversary (1953-2023)

• Firemen’s Masked Ball (1989)

• Fool’s Paradise Drag Party: It’s a Madge, Madge, Madge, Madge World (2014)

• From the Pines with Love (1985)

• From the Pines with Love (1990)

• Hollywood Shore Leave Party (1985-1994)

• Hooray for Hollywood Party at Reflections (1988)

• Night & Day 2 (1992)

• Our Pines Party 60th Anniversary Idea (2013)

• Pines Party (1999)

• Pinesfest (2016)

• Souvenirs / Paradisco Benefit at Le Bain (2015)

• Souvenirs: Cherry Grove Edition (2021- 2022)

• “Studio 54: The Documentary” & “Where Ocean Meets Sky” Exhibit (2018)

• “Sunrise,” the Party that Inspired “Beach” (1978)

• The 4th of July Boat Decorating Contest

• The GMHC Morning Party (1983-1990)

• The GMHC Morning Party (1991-1994)

• The GMHC Morning Party (1995-1997)

• The GMHC Morning Party: Sweet 16 (1998)

• The History of Halloween in the Pines

• The Mr. Fire Island Contest (1970s-1990)

• The Parties of the Pines (1970s)

• The Parties of the Pines (1980s)

• The Parties of the Pines (1990s)

• The Pines Dog Show (1965)

• The Pink Umbrella Project: An AIDS Remembrance (1995)

• The Ripped Party (1990-1991)

• The Ultimate Oz Party (1995)

• “Where Ocean Meets Sky” Vintage Aerial Photo Exhibit

Pines People

• Alan Brockman

• Alexandra Akira

• Arden Catlin

• Barbara Ross

• Bill Riordan & Angelo Bosica

• Bob Howard

• Bobby Bonanno

• David Baker

• Doris Taussig

• Jack & Rita Lichtenstein

• Jerry Gaschen & Larry Tallamay

• John Burlingame Whyte

• Lance Ferris

• Leonard Frey

• Maia Helles

• Nikki Fried

• Patrik Moreton

• Paul McGregor

• Peggy Fears

• Pepper Fee

• Robin Byrd

• Ron McKenna

• Scott Bromley

• Walter & Joyce Reich

• Will Seagers/Matt Harper