House said to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald faces wrecking ball.
“..This is a valley of ashes; a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air…”
The dramatic but dilapidated Sands Point mansion that some F. Scott Fitzgerald scholars believe served as inspiration for portions of “The Great Gatsby” will soon be reduced to rubble.
The owners of Lands End, a 25-room colonial mansion that sits in grand isolation above Long Island Sound, plan to raze the structure to make way for a five-lot subdivision, each with a $10 million home, according to Sands Point Village Clerk Randy Bond. Some Fitzgerald enthusiasts point to the 1902 residence as the template for Daisy Buchanan’s home.
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