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| Tina's father was fortunate enough to land a great job with Hearst
Publications, preparing a picture magazine, which later turned into "Life".
Tina graduated from New Rochelle High School, and went to Bennington College for two years, won a Mademoiselle College issue contest and realized that she knew what it took to work on a magazine which had been her dream, right along. After a couple of years in Macy's display department Tina got a job as assistant art editor of Glamour Magazine. When unfortunate circumstances dictated her bosses departure, she inherited her job and became the youngest art director at Conde Nast. Tina had wonderful opportunities to work with top photographers and artists and was able to start many young people on their careers- (Andy Warhol, Diane Arbus, Gordon Parks, Hiro, Maurice Sendak, etc., etc.) Ten years later the Ladies Home Journal lured Tina to become their picture editor another chance to work with exciting creative people on interesting material (monthly "How American Lives", Can this Marriage be Saved?" serialized cover stories, personality profiles, beauty, decorating, food, etc., etc.) Tina Fredericks was married with two daughters and in 1950 the couple bought an old carriage house for week-ends on 2.5 acres on Georgica Road, East Hampton for $6,500.00. In the early sixties Tina married a Doctor who was interested in Cancer Research. After a year of living on site at Brookhaven Laboratories, the couple decided to move to East Hampton and converted their summer cottage into a year round home, sending the children to public schools. Unfortunately Tina's husband had severe drug and alcohol problems and she was forced to find a job in the Hamptons. Real Estate seemed to be the only game in town and Tina soon realized that she enjoyed being in the Hamptons in all seasons, meeting interesting people and designing and building homes as a side line. She has built, moved, or renovated about twenty houses and found herself challenged into developing Dune Alpin, a one hundred and fifty acre horse farm, into a wonderful community that combined co-ops modeled on potato barns, individual building sites and about fifty acres of land preserved as large meadow areas and four miles of walking and riding trails. Over thirty five years in Real Estate have given Tina an intimate knowledge of the market between Montauk and Southampton and intrigued her with the inevitable changes and the efforts to keep the beauty and lifestyles that have drawn so many people to the extraordinary shores. Tina am now enjoying "her final folly"- a dream house she managed to build on land she has owned for over twenty five years, overlooking Georgica pond and the ocean. Tina's rapidly growing family, four grandchildren and two dogs are happy that they can enjoy so much beauty together. Indeed Tina considers herself a most fortunate grandmother, who has ridden ups and downs over a long period of time and hopes with all her heart that we do not destroy our wonderful planet for future generations. http://www.tinafredericks.com/ |
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