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Even Though
Sigrid Schultz They want to put the Gunn-House in the Baldwin municipal parking lot; even though it will result in a net loss of 60-76 parking spaces. In light of the current parking issues this is...
View ArticleDowntown Planning Committee’s ‘French Farce’
The ‘Your Downtown’ campaign; being pushed by the selectmen’s office is doing a disservice to the public. The publicity efforts, like posters and the website, are creating an unrealistic expectation;...
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Why Plans Get Shelved
There are very specific reasons why master plans for downtown Westport don’t get to the implementation stage decade after decade! But first we need to lay a little groundwork. “We exist in a world of...
View Article“Phase Tweeked” D-town plans to get
As if a fly on the wall at the Downtown Plan Steering workgroup meeting, I listened last night to the minutes from a couple days ago. “Why do I torture myself?” I mumbled and stumbled over to my rather...
View ArticleRiver-Scape
Downtown has been very vibrant lately. The new sidewalks are going in on Main Street. Bedford Square and the Gunn house are under construction. I have so many questions about downtown, just personal...
View ArticleBody of Water
It was wonderful to be out on the sound yesterday. I saw many thousands of fish percolating to the surface with shining flashes of silver. The sky was dark and brooding with streaks of sunlight...
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Hot August Nights / The Guns of August
It was a hot muggy August night, I was listening to an old live album from Neil Diamond, can’t remember the name, Live at the Greek or some such. The music was putting me in a sentimental mood. I was...
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Emotional Anchors
Dark clouds loom over an empty downtown Westport as all the anchors for the town center have been systematically removed! As if with a huge crane! 9/13/2015 Photo: Todd Tracy for THE GREEN I have been...
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The Conversation
Today I was at the library. They have a new section in the ‘Great Hall’ where they installed new modern seating (very inviting). It’s located across from the reference desk. There used to be the old...
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