Curtiss & Redington Cottages, 1958, Explosion in 'Perry Lots,' Tied to a Wheelbarrow & More!

First Presbyterian Church, circa 1890CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.Welcome to the 7th of May 2024 show.Reminder: Mother's Day is May 12! Shop the Greenwich Historical Society's Museum Store! Shop the Online Store!Superb gifts! Free parking and gift-wrapping! Enjoy free coffee or tea in the Artist's Cafe in the Toby's Tavern Building!On Greenwich in the Gilded Age, we'll journey back in time and visit the Curtiss and Redington Cottages-The Topping Estate, made possible by Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matt Bernard.  On Greenwich Before 2000, we'll cast our gaze back to Year 1958.A century ago, in April, 1924, an explosion rocked the vicinity of lower Lake Avenue. Dynamite, stored in a shed on former Rockefeller property being developed at the time by The Greenwich Land and Development Company. Also a century ago, a 28-year-old Stamford native arrived in Greenwich on a forty-day "walking wager" from Bangor, Pennsylvania on his way to Boston -while shackled with handcuffs to a wheelbarrow. On Greenwich Life As It Is-And Was, Lucien B. Edwards took his readers back to the history of the Presbyterian Church located opposite the head of Greenwich Avenue. Greenwich's Police Department was founded in 1906. History is replete with wrongdoings and misdeeds  on Crimes and Misdemeanors. LIFE: Six Women Photographers on Exhibit Until July 7, 2024. We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays. Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at [email protected]. Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 14th of May 2024.