How Accessible Are Public And Private Beaches?




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Summary: In the late 1960s Ned Coll sparked a movement against private ownership of beaches in Connecticut. It was his mission to open the beaches to minorities and poor people from the cities. Did it work? How accessible are private and public Long Island and Connecticut beaches today? Our guests: Andrew Kahrl, author, "Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America's Most Exclusive Shoreline" and associate professor, University of Virginia * Carl Andrew Irace, attorney and former