What’s next for Saugatuck?
Will the Hamlet — the retail/residential/event space/marina complex — be built there? Or will a massive 8-30g housing complex rise instead?
No one knows yet. But a great deal of attention has been paid, by town officials and residents, to the corner of Riverside Avenue and Railroad Place.
That’s an important spot — at the train station, near the railroad underpass — with a storied past.
Back in the 1890, it housed Westport’s post office (far right in the photo below), and a few stores.
(Photo courtesy of Christopher Maroc)
The post office today is Steam Coffee Bar. More stores — and restaurants — are nearby.
Unlike today, parking did not seem to be an issue.
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