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Doug Cress of Enterprise Realty  doug@cress.co  212-203-5251
Enterprise Realty Office 203-929-6311

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Millstone Power Station: The Nuclear Power Plant Behind Half of Connecticut’s Electricity

By History
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Stratford Point Lighthouse: From Bonfire to Beacon

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LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Where the Housatonic River spills into Long Island Sound, the waters get tricky—riptides, sandbars, and shifting currents that don’t care how experienced you are behind the helm. For more than…
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95 Harbor Road in Southport, CT: The Tide Mill Building

By History, Southport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Tucked along the Mill River, just before it meets Long Island Sound, there’s a small patch of land in Southport, Connecticut, once known as Herdsman’s Island. Back in colonial times,…
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Connecticut Oysters: From Craze to Collapse and Comeback

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LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Connecticut’s oyster industry wasn’t just a coastal tradition—it was at the center of a full-blown national craze. In the late 1800s, the country entered what became known as the Oyster…
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Fairfield, CT’s Old Burying Ground is History in Stone

By Fairfield, History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Just off Beach Road in Fairfield, Connecticut, lies one of the town’s most quietly historic places: the Old Burying Ground. Though Fairfield was first laid out in 1639, this cemetery…
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658 Pequot Avenue in Southport, CT: Mary Pomeroy’s Home is an Ornament to the Street

By History, Luxury Homes, Southport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Important Note: David Scott Parker Architects oversaw a renovation in the 1990s, but a second unnamed architect undertook more recent renovations and modernization efforts.In 1866, Mary Josephine Pomeroy found herself…
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Michael Bolton Lives Like a Local in Westport, CT

By History, Westport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Michael Bolton’s career has taken him around the world, but his roots have always run through Connecticut. And for over three decades, his anchor has been a peaceful, Tuscan-style estate…
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Tweed Airport’s Takeoff Was a Century in the Making

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LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==Connecticut’s air travel infrastructure has long had a glaring weakness: despite a dense population and strategic location, the state has relatively few airports offering regular commercial service. Most residents still…
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