FIRE ISLAND HOUSE

摘要

Sam wood has been in the building trade for 25 years, working as one of the busiest and best-known construction specialists in one of the most unusual housing markets in America: Fire Island, N.Y. Thirty miles long and rarely more than 800 feet wide, this strip of beach is the summer retreat of choice for a diverse blend of New Yorkers who are attracted to either its un-Hamptonian informality or its thriving gay community (or both). Based in the hamlet of Kismet near the island's westernmost point, Wood's eponymous company has been involved in everything from building casual summer cottages to jacking existing structures up above the ever-rising flood planes. But his latest project, he claims, broke the mold: "This was a whole other animal," Wood says.