If you’ve ever …
- Spent 20 minutes crawling from I-95 exit 17 to the Cribari Bridge, on traffic-filled Charles Street and Riverside Avenue
- Spent 20 minutes trying to decide where to have dinner in Saugatuck: Rizzuto’s? Tutti’s? Harvest? Tarantino’s? Romanacci’s? Viva? Bistro du Soleil? The Whelk? Or a dozen or so others?
- Rented a kayak, bought some ice cream or fresh bread, or visited another local merchant near the river
- Taken a train to or from New York, or picked up or dropped off someone at the station
- Looked at the concrete 4-story office building across from Luciano Park and thought, how the hell did this ever get built here?
… then you’ll be amazed by this week’s Friday Flashback.
It shows a Saugatuck we can’t even imagine.
Long before I-95 slashed through; before the Italians made the community their own; before, even, the factories and wharves along the river hummed with activities, this was what Saugatuck looked like.
Maybe.
Postcards have been known to stretch the truth.
But this Saugatuck scene looks nice — wherever it was.
Meanwhile, if you think you can identify the spot where these cows grazed, click “Comments” below.
Or just add your own Saugatuck memory.