Traffic often backs up on the Cribari Bridge. Drivers can wait quite a while to turn onto Riverside Avenue.
Things were not as bad in 1962 — even without a dedicated right-hand turn lane.
Instead — as Gail Comden’s photo shows — there was a gas station. (In fact there were several in Saugatuck. Now there is one.)
(Photo courtesy of Gail Comden via Facebook)
Just north of the gas station is Mansion Clam House. After several decades, it became Parker Mansion. Now it’s vacant.
What’s next? Another restaurant? A business or real estate office?
Or a teardown, to help ease — somehow — the traffic that plagues Saugatuck?
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