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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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Tweed Airport’s Takeoff Was a Century in the Making

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The British Burning of Fairfield, CT in 1779

By Fairfield, History
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==The Burning of Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1779 was one of the most devastating attacks on an American town during the Revolutionary War. On July 7, a fleet of British warships…
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Westport Country Playhouse: A Small Town, A Big Stage

By History, Westport
LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==The Westport Country Playhouse has been a fixture of American theater since 1931, but its history stretches back nearly a century earlier. Built in 1835 by R&H Haight, the structure…
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Brooklawn Country Club: A Legacy From Warner to Woods

By Fairfield, History
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Ringmaster Jason Julian’s Grand Finale? A Fill Pile Scandal in Fairfield, CT

By Fairfield, History
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Connecticut’s P.T. Barnum: From Small Town Hustler to Circus King

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The Great Blizzard of 1888: The Storm That Paralyzed Connecticut

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LmZlYXR1cmVkLW1lZGlhLXVuZGVyLWhlYWRlcl9fZmVhdHVyZWQtbWVkaWEubmVjdGFyLXBhcmFsbGF4LWVuYWJsZWQlMjAlN0IlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjBkaXNwbGF5JTNBJTIwbm9uZSUyMCUyMWltcG9ydGFudCUzQiUwQSU3RA==“BLIZZARD WAS KING. The Metropolis Helpless Under Snow,” declared the headlines on March 13, 1888. The storm that raged across the East Coast for three days would go down as…
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