Travel to Long Island, New York
► Long Island Vodka ► Grumman Memorial Park Calverton
► Paumanok Vineyards ► Melville Carriage House
► Sparkling Pointe ► Culper Spy Ring
For many Long Islanders, the Shoreham nuclear power plant controversy is a distant memory that has faded with time. Yet the sea-foam green $6 billion relic still stands tall, a stark reminder set against the rural landscape. For those living in the plant’s shadow, it now is symbolically referred to as Long Island’s white elephant. For better or worse, the plant lies dormant. Too costly to dismantle, too antiquated to fire up, while taking up valuable real estate and becoming nothing more than the area’s biggest conversation piece. What LIPA’s debt load would look like had Shoreham been green-lighted is open to debate, but one thing is certain: No matter which side won the battle, LI lost the war.