Sagaponack
Sagaponack (sæɡəpɒnək) is a village in the United States that belongs to Southampton in Suffolk County (New York) . It is located in the far east of Long Island .
The village was established on September 2, 2005 after a failed attempt to take over Dunehampton, New York . Dunehampton's incorporation would have cut Sagaponack off from the Atlantic .
The population of Sagaponack was given as 313 residents according to the 2010 census.
Local attractions include the Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, a garden founded in 1967 by artist, gardener, and writer Robert Dash, which has been open to the public since 1993.
Famous residents
The idyllic Sagaponack is one of the most expensive places in the USA and has had and has numerous well-known residents, including:
- Charles Addams , cartoonist , creator of the Addams Family ,
- Lloyd C. Blankfein , bank manager, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of the American bank Goldman Sachs ,
- Truman Capote , writer,
- Bill Clinton , 42nd President, and Hillary Clinton , politician,
- EL Doctorow , writer,
- Jimmy Fallon , comedian, presenter and actor (444 Parsonage Lane),
- Billy Joel , Pop Musician (9 Gibson Lane),
- Caroline Kennedy , author and diplomat,
- Peter Matthiessen , author and environmentalist (Sagg Main Street),
- George Plimpton , Writer (Sagg Main Street),
- Ira Rennert , Entrepreneur (Peters Pond Lane),
- Roy Scheider , actor (9 Gibson Lane),
- David Salle , artist,
- Frank Stella , artist (620 Sagg Main Street),
- Kurt Vonnegut , writer (620 Sagg Main Street).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Euler, Take a Peek at Jimmy Fallon's Sagaponack Spread , April 1, 2014
- ↑ Nick Leighton, Piano Man Still Hasn't Found A Buyer For His Sagaponack Estate , June 6, 2011
- ↑ Deborah Solomon, An Art Star's Comeback? Those Aren't His Words , in: The New York Times , Jan. 5, 2003
- ^ Charles J. Shields : And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut, a life , New York 2011, p. 340