The Black Duck — Westport’s favorite dive/karaoke bar — has sat tilting in the Saugatuck River forever, right?
Well, sort of.
Seth van Beever posted this painting on Facebook:
He wrote that his grandfather — Gerry Haehl — owned the barge, and ran a bait and tackle shop there.
Seth says the barge was later replaced by a new one.
In the early ’70s, it looked like this:
Some things never change.
Others change very, very slowly.
