Saturday, April 16, 2022 Judge Hubbard's Greenwich Avenue, Bandits and Getaway Cars, Golf Course for Bruce Park and More!

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! To all our Jewish neighbors and friends, near and far, enjoy a glorious Passover celebration. Indeed, Passover arrives today. May you and your families be surrounded by love, prosperity, joy and peace.Today is also Good Friday, as Christians anticipate the arrival of Easter on Sunday. Here’s to wishing you joy and happiness. May you feel renewed by the change of season and be filled with the love and hope for days to come.According to Judge Frederick A. Hubbard, no one is quite sure when Greenwich Avenue originated. Nevertheless, he was able in 1930 to share stories of the early development of what is today Greenwich, Connecticut’s main shopping and dining destination from his book. Just over a century ago, Erwin Edwards in his newspaper column Greenwich Life: As It is-And Was gave his readers a history lesson about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad being one of America’s oldest -and you’ll hear about that. In crimes and misdemeanors in Greenwich history, as we continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, a century ago a daring holdup was staged in neighboring Port Chester, New York at the Mint Products Company. The bandits made good their escape in a wine-colored Dodge sedan, which was found abandoned along Brookside Drive in Greenwich. Bruce Park is recognized as one of the Town of Greenwich’s gems, a public park that is open to all. Did you know that an idea was floated to establish golf links there was seriously discussed. I’l details of what happened one hundred years ago. Earlier this week a Planning and Zoning Meeting was held regarding a proposal by a local developer to demolish historic buildings in the town’s Fourth Ward Historic District. It’s been written up in Greenwich Free Press and Greenwich Time. I’ll have some comments. To all -I send you my warmest wishes. I am grateful for your friendship and support, as always. Thank you! I’ve got a petition for you sign to halt the possible destruction of historic homes on Church Street in the Fourth Ward Historic District. As always, my friends, there’s more history out there than we know what to do with. I’ll have this and more as today’s show unfolds.Contact me at [email protected]. I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.comBe sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 22nd of April 2022.