It’s not easy making a gas station look good.
Especially a lower-tier brand, with cut-rate prices.
But at least the Mercury station — on the Post Road just east of Stop & Shop, by the Southport line — had a handsome line of trees behind it. They shielded some of the big parking lot behind it, near Michaels.
The Mercury gas station then …
No longer.
The other day, most of those trees were cut down.
Now Mercury is definitely one of the ugliest looking gas stations in Westport.
… and now. This is the view from the Michaels parking lot. (Photo/Seth Schachter)
But first prize goes to the former Mobil Self-Serve, next to Barnes & Noble. It’s been shut for over a year.
The landlord decided it wasn’t worth making mandatory upgrades to the tanks, along with corresponding improvements to the canopy, pumps and store.
(Photo/Bob Weingarten)
But at least they didn’t chop down the trees.