Sea Gate Remembered: New York City's First Gated Community

This groundbreaking book is the first to focus exclusively on New York City's first fenced community. Starting with Henry Hudson's explorations in 1609, Sea Gate Remembered guides you from hoi polloi's era of the Atlantic Yacht Club, toniest on the East Coast, through a febrile generation's coming of age in the 1940s to the fresh diversity of the present. Author Arnold Rosen tracks dozens of fellow former Gaters, from Governor Al Smith and opera star Beverly Sills to DNA Nobleist Paul Berg and Hollywood's Marvin Minoff.