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The Valerian Rybar/ Jerry Herman/ Pines Club home Est. 1983

The Valerian Rybar/ Jerry Herman/ Pines Club home Est. 1983

Bigger is always better in Fire Island Pines, and so it goes with the largest house on the largest piece of privately owned property in the Pines. Created by the Yugoslavian man the New York Times called “ the worlds most expensive decorator.” Valerian Rybar together with Jean-Francois Daigre founded the Valerian Rybar & Daigre Design Corporation of New York and Paris where his taste for the opulent and extravagant was his signature.

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The Jerry Herman House #1 Est. 1961
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The Jerry Herman House #1 Est. 1961

Broadway composer Jerry Herman composed many of his showtunes here in the Pines. In fact he loved the Pines so much that after selling this home he came back years later to purchase another…

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Pines/ Cherry Grove People- Rose (Bob) Levine

Pines/ Cherry Grove People- Rose (Bob) Levine

Arriving in Cherry Grove in 1955 Bob Levine found home. A home for not only himself, but for Rose Levine the drag alter ego he created. Cherry Grove became his stage at the Arts Projects Community theater. He decided to cross the Meat Rack to the Pines and make a name for himself there also, and did…

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