WEST EGG EAST EGG Valley of Ashes. West Egg (Great Neck) East Egg (Manhasset Neck)

WEST EGG

EAST EGG

Valley of Ashes

West Egg (Great Neck)

East Egg (Manhasset Neck)

Houses in Long Island that may have inspired Fitzgerald’s vision of Gatsby’s

mansion• This is an

updated version of a property known as “Lands End,” that was originally built in 1902 was a known 1920s party hotspot that Fitzgerald may have visited.

• It was demolished in 2011.

Houses in Long Island that may have inspired Fitzgerald’s vision of Gatsby’s

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• “Beacon Towers” in 1922

• It was demolished in 1945.

• Oheka Castle (here as it looked in the 1920s)

• At a colossal 109, 000 square feet, it was—and still is—the second largest private residence in the US. whopping 109,000 square feet.

Houses in Long Island that may have inspired Fitzgerald’s vision of Gatsby’s

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Oheka Castle today.

Houses in Long Island that may have inspired Fitzgerald’s vision of Gatsby’s

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Home used for the front exterior of Gatsby’s mansion in the 1974 film adaptation

• A current Long Island home more similar to the description of Tom and Daisy’s mansion in East Egg.

• Model drawn and created for the 2013 film adaptation

• The house where F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda lived from 1922-1924 in Great Neck, New York