Back in the day, The Rockaways were commonly referred to as the “Irish Riviera,” due to the abundance of cops and firemen who took up residence there in the summer to enjoy the sun and surf just outside NY Harbour. 
Today, as the resorts of the 50’s and 60’s decay and get swallowed up by the dunes, you’re just as apt to find a surf fisherman in search of a Striper or an artist in search of raw materials than you are a bathing beauty or sunburned family of six.
The ‘Rockaway Bench’ created by Brooklyn designer, Palo Samko, is constructed of a chunk of an old Brooklyn dock or warehouse that’s fallen into the sea – only to be reborn as driftwood, and yet again as this weathered bench. Is that Moby Dick peeking back at me?
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