Last Sunday’s Photo Challenge was appropriate.
We posted a classic rooster weathervane, atop a 4-sided wooden bell tower on a snow-covered roof. (Click here to see.)
Appropriate, because last Sunday we were in the middle of a classic New England snowstorm.
Surprisingly — because there was not much else to do that day, but curl up beside a fire with “06880” — only a few readers hazarded guesses.
A few were wrong. It was not the Westport Country Playhouse, or Wright Street.
Diane Lowman’s photo showed the roof of Bridge Square — the small plaza with popular destinations like Kawa Ni, Rainbow Thai and 99 Bottles.
Gabriela Hayes, Seth Schachter, Ben Meyer (whose office sits just underneath, and whose brother-in-law helped repair it), Susan Lloyd and Elaine Marino all answered correctly.
Susan added some very intriguing history: She says it was the bell tower of the original Saugatuck firehouse. Today — with a different bell tower — it’s a few yards away, on Riverside Avenue.
But it’s very old. So this one, at Bridge Square, must be really old.
What’s new? Today’s Photo Challenge.
If you know where in Westport you’d see this, click “Comments” below.
(Photo/John Maloney)
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South Compo entrance to Apple Tree Trail.
Entrance to Apple Tree trail from Compo South
Apple Tree Trail from Compo Road South.
Yes, it’s the gate at the top of Apple Tree Trail onto Compo Road South.
Appletree gate on South Compo – we used it always to get to the beach!!
The Appletree Trail entrance from Sompo Rd South.
Definitely Apple Tree Trail at S. Compo..My shortcut to Pam Jones house back in the day.
It is indeed the gate at Apple Tree Trail and Compo Road South.
Late to the party: Gate leading from South Compo (north of Bradley) to access Appletree Trail.
Gate on Appletree Trail looking toward the Long Island Sound and the Compo Beach area.
Archway connecting Compo Rd S to Appletree Trail.
My friend Gordon lived at the end of Appletree trail. The side entrance off of South Compo. We often parked on the street there.