During one installment of the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ Seashore House Tour some years ago, visitors discovered something extraordinary: an original little beach shack that refused to disappear. Instead of demolishing the modest structure, the new homeowners had wrapped their entire modern new house around it, transforming the old into the heart of the new – a bar area where guests could touch the Island’s past while surrounded by contemporary luxury.
That creative preservation captures the essence of what the annual LBIF Seashore House Tour has represented for 59…
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