Giorgina Reid (1908–2001), a textile designer, had saved her Rocky Point, New York cottage from collapse by building a simple set of terraces in the gullies of the bluff. Reid’s concept, Reed-Trench Terracing, called for building the terrace platforms made of various beach debris, notably reeds; the practice appeared to stem the erosion. She patented the process and published an article about it titled “How to Hold up a Bank”.