The Greenwich, A Town for All Seasons Show with Jeffrey Bingham Mead

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

A century ago you could depart the train from New York City at the Greenwich Railroad Station, rent yourself and your party a 'touring auto,' go shopping and explore Greenwich. Note the prices.  

Today you’ll hear another of Judge Frederick A. Hubbard’s columns about a venerated antique farmstead in the heart of Round Hill: the Ezekiel Lockwood House built in 1745, making it one of the town’s oldest homes still standing in the 21st century.

This Great Estate in Greenwich’s backcountry was once owned by Isabelle and Clarence Mott Woolley, a realistic copy of the rustic fattoria of northern Italy, the farmhouses of the Veneto region. It's name? Sunridge Farm.

Imagine yourself venturing out by boat to Great Captain’s Island off the Lord Island Sound coast of Greenwich in late Spring to spend the night. That’s what a lucky reporter for The Greenwich Graphic newspaper did in 1890 -the locale of a historic lighthouse built in 1868 that still graces the island today. 

In crimes and misdemeanors in Greenwich history, as we continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, you’ll learn about a riot that took place in Glenville in 1907, one in which officers were apparently attacked and arrests were made. 

Have you have driven by the Thomas Lyon House that is off West Putnam Avenue at the state line with New York? That venerated home’s restoration and preservation is a project of the Greenwich Preservation Trust -a project and an organization I urge you to support and join. 

I’ve got a petition for you sign to halt the possible destruction of historic homes on Church Street in the Fourth Ward Historic District. 

I’ll share news of public events at the Greenwich Historical Society and so much more as today’s show unfolds. 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Be sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 15th of April 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

In Greenwich resident Dan Quigley's piece, The Corporate Interests Behind Desegregate CT, published on March 19 in Greenwich Free Press, "The topic of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and the bevy of 8-30g proposed developments in Greenwich and other towns has clearly become an issue of focus. While adding affordable housing and TOD are laudable goals, to what extent it gets done and in whose hands it rests to determine that process is a very complex debate. This led me to do some research on the main proponent for affordable housing in our state, a group called Desegregate CT."

After the article caught my attention, I contacted  who, in turn, connected me to Dan Quigley. I was curious to learn more -including plans to demolish historic homes in Greenwich's Fourth Ward Historic District -which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

We met at Coffee for Good in the historic 1856 Solomon Mead House on the campus of the Second Congregational Church for a wide-ranging and illuminating conversation about the issue of "affordable housing" and Connecticut Statute 8-30g -a subject that has manifested itself in media headlines and lively conversation and debate. You'll hear our exchanges on the Talk of the Town segment.

Hubbard's columns from The Greenwich Press were collected, edited and organized by Frank Nicholson, then published as Greenwich History: The Judge's Corner. 150 Vintage Newspaper Columns by Frederick A. Hubbard. 

I'll share cone of his columns about Dearfields, the Mead house that once occupied the site of the Greenwich Library which was relocated to Grove Lane in 1929 by Ralph E. Brush. 

Speaking of Judge Hubbard, he will be featured in our historical crimes and misdemeanors segment observing the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department.

Don't forget to check out the public event offerings by the Greenwich Historical Society. Go to the events scheduled for April, May and months ahead here. 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Be sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 8th of April 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

As we conclude the annual observance of Women's History Month, you'll hear details of one of Greenwich's "Great Estates." It took three years and $1 million to complete the Greenwich version of Petit Trianon in 1910-1913. It was built by Laura Robinson, a lady in her mid-30s from Chicago who was an heiress to both the Diamond Match and Goodrich Tire fortunes. 

The Greenwich Preservation Network is asking you to sign a petition opposing the destruction of historic structures located in Greenwich's downtown Fourth Ward Historic District. A seven-story apartment complex on Church Street and Sherwood Place has been proposed.

A century ago, Erwin Edwards of the Greenwich News and Graphic wrote a piece about the town's wealth and population.

As we continue our observance of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, you'll hear about crimes and misdemeanors in the town's history.

And last week, I shared a little history about Calf Island, the largest of the town's islands in Long Island Sound. Calf Island was the subject of a complicated foreclosure suit in 1897.

We'll have all this, news of events at the Greenwich Historical Society, a concert in New York City with Harpist Extraordinaire Erin Hill, and much more as today's show unfolds! 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Be sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 1st of April 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

Were you aware that in 1914 Greenwich people could do this? 

As we observe Women's History Month, we are not just celebrating women from Greenwich's remarkable history, but also recognizing those women and women's organizations in the present day who are actively engaged in both scholarship and preservation of Greenwich, Connecticut's fascinating history.

Today's guest on Talk of the Town is historian, genealogist and anthropologist Teresa Vega. Her African American ancestor in Greenwich, Allen Green, constructed what we know today as the Green-Twachtman House in 1845. The house is located in an area known as "Hangroot." Vega is a descendant of the Lyon family of the town, and of enslaved people who were emancipated in the 19th century. She holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Anthropology and Asian Studies from Bowdoin College and worked as an adjunct professor in Cultural Anthropology while attending CUNY Graduate School and University Centers doctoral program in Anthropology. Vega is also the co-administrator of Family Tree DNA’s Malagasy Roots Project along with CeCe Moore of PBS’s Finding Your Roots and DNA Detectives.

As a reminder, the exhibition Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman, postponed due to water damage to the Greenwich Historical Society’s Museum & Library building caused by Hurricane Ida, has been rescheduled to October 19, 2022–January 22, 2023. 

Highlighting artworks created by the American Impressionist artist Twachtman depicting his home in Greenwich and its surroundings, Life and Art will be accompanied by a series of public tours and programs, including guided tours of the artist’s former property on Round Hill Road -the Green-Twachtman House at 30 Round Hill Road, built by Vega's ancestor in 1845 (pictured above). 

On March 12, 1936, "on the forty-eighth anniversary of the Blizzard of 1888, Pemberwick was today changed to a miniature Mississippi River flood area, as an overflowing Byram River and overloaded drains were unable to carry away the flow of water released by melting snow and heavy rain. Large property losses were sustained throughout the township.  The entire Byram River valley in the Pemberwick section was inundated, forcing residents to upper floors." This segment is sponsored by the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI). 

As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of burglaries, arrests and crimes committed and recorded from throughout Greenwich's history. 

The Junior League of Greenwich, chartered in February, 1959, has played a continuous role in designing and establishing a wealth of projects and services for the community. 

One of those projects was the research and publication of The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930. The book depicts what the late-Town Historian William E. Finch called, "The Flowering of Greenwich," the changing of a farming community into a quiet, genteel town, interested in community improvement and appreciation for its historical past. The period 1880-1930, perhaps the zenith in Greenwich's nearly then-350-year history, was the age when the word 'Greenwich' became synonymous for "millionaire." On today's show, you'll hear about one of the backcountry estates, Semloh Farm -today's Stanwich Club.  (pictured from a postcard above).

If you are looking for yet another Greenwich history book, it's my pleasure to recommend Greenwich Before 2000: A Chronology of the Town of Greenwich 1640-1999, edited by Susan Richardson. On today's show and on future episodes you'll be treated to excerpts. 

Did you know that Calf Island -also known as Calves' Island off Byram Shore- at about 31 acres is the largest island in Greenwich's waters? In January, 1916 townspeople learned that a group of wealthy residents acquired it. 

Lest we forget that this coming Sunday Greenwich Avenue will be the scene of a much anticipated St. Patrick's Day parade. You might be surprised just how far back in Greenwich's history the holiday was celebrated.

We'll have all this, news of events and much more as today's show unfolds! 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

March is Women's History Month! Be sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 25th of March 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by 

Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

As we observe Women's History Month, we are not just celebrating women from Greenwich's remarkable history, but also recognizing those women and women's organizations in the present day who are actively engaged in both scholarship and preservation of Greenwich, Connecticut's fascinating history.

Founded in 1901 by Mary Harriman, a 19-year old New York City debutante, the Junior League has been serving communities across the United States for generations. 

The Junior League of Greenwich, chartered in February, 1959, has played a continuous role in designing and establishing a wealth of projects and services for the community. 

One of those projects was the research and publication of The Great Estates Greenwich, Connecticut 1880-1930. The book depicts what the late-Town Historian William E. Finch called, "The Flowering of Greenwich," the changing of a farming community into a quiet, genteel town, interested in community improvement and appreciation for its historical past. The period 1880-1930, perhaps the zenith in Greenwich's nearly then-350-year history, was the age when the word 'Greenwich' became synonymous for "millionaire." 

For the next several weeks, I will be sharing selections from the Great Estates book. 

On today's show, you'll hear about one of the shore area estates, Horse Island House (pictured above). 

In the 3rd of February 1922 edition of the Greenwich News and Graphic, town residents learned about a new, technological marvel under the headline 'Wireless Music.' "In a short time, wireless sending outfits will be as common as wireless receiving stations." 

Does that sound familiar to us in the early 21st century?

As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of burglaries, arrests and crimes committed and recorded from throughout Greenwich's history.

In 1911 a strip of land on the hillside behind the Havemeyer Building off Greenwich Avenue was developed for the creation of what might have been the first public playground for the town's children.

Did you know that an application for permission to operate a bus line for "commuters, common laborers and school pupils" between Round Hill and Greenwich was filed in 1942? 

I'll also share with you a 1922-published early history of the fashionable Rock Ridge residential park, formerly the Zaccheus Mead Farm.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world! Stay where you are! We’ll have all this and lots more as today’s show unfolds. Stick around!

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

March is Women's History Month! Be sure to tune in for our next show, 

which is scheduled for Friday, the 18th of March 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by 

Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! 

Congratulations! Welcome to the 4th of March 2022 episode of the one and only Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show podcast with Jeffrey Bingham Mead, a descendant of the 17th founders of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

There's no place like this one where you get to hear about some of the history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s most interesting and extraordinary communities. 

Whether your roots go back nearly 400 years -or even 400 seconds, we welcome you with open arms. You are a part of our history -congratulations!

What's on Today's Show? 

As we observe Women's History Month, we are not just celebrating women from Greenwich's history, but also those who are actively engaged in its scholarship and preservation.

Now that I've return from my recent trip to my home in Hawaii, I've noticed with a degree of pleasure that Spring is in the air. The weather has been seasonally warm to my satisfaction as I resume my daily hikes and explorations around Greenwich. 

Correct me if I a wrong -didn't the ground hog of Ground Hog Day proclaim that we'd be the recipients of six more weeks of winter? I'm starting to wonder. In my travels I've been noticing daffodil shoots emerging, as well as snow drops and tulips. Much to my surprise I encountered a forsythia bush in Mid-Country Greenwich already displaying vibrant yellow blossoms. Blossoms are starting to emerge on Put's Hill! 

Each day brings it's share of such natural blessings, all the more meaningful in a world increasingly engulfed in chaos. I urge you to go outside and experience it all for yourself. You'll be glad you did. 

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I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

March is Women's History Month! Be sure to tune in for our next show, 

which is scheduled for Friday, the 11th of March 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by 

Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, and listeners like you everywhere! 

Congratulations! Welcome to the 21st of January 2022 episode of the one and only Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show podcast with Jeffrey Bingham Mead, a descendant of the 17th founders of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

There's no place like this one where you get to hear about some of the history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s most interesting and extraordinary communities. 

Whether your roots go back nearly 400 years -or even 400 seconds, we welcome you with open arms. You are a part of our history -congratulations!

What's on Today's Show? 

We went a little long on last week's show. So, today, you'll hear some of the backstory about initiatives to build a "memorial high school" starting in 1922. Enrollment was so high that the former high school was bursting at the seams. That high school building is today's Greenwich Town Hall on Field Point Road near West Elm Street. 

Putnam Cottage in the Putnam Hill Historic District was not always painted the red color we see today. In 1974 the Israel Putnam House Association, the Hortulus Garden Club and others joined forces to complete a full restoration of the cottage. 

As we continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police, you'll hear about someone breaking in to the telephone booth cash box at Greenwich Railroad Station -and other locations. 

The first real winter storm of 1922 caused trolley tracks to freeze and cars to slide!

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation was formed to make periodic awards to individuals or groups across America who contributed to the public welfare "and the cause of democracy." Greenwich residents who took leadership roles locally included Miss Caroline Ruzz-Rees of Rosemay Hall; Henry Morgenthau, Minister to Turkey; Adolph S. Ochs, owner of the New York Times; and others. 

You'll also hear about the digitization project at the Greenwich Historical Society, along with news and other events soon to open -including the Society's Summer History Camp.

We will have all this and more as the show unfolds! 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Our next show is scheduled for Friday, the 28th of January 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by 

Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, and listeners like you everywhere! 

Yes, it's that special part of your week that makes it all worthwhile! Welcome to the Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show podcast with Jeffrey Bingham Mead, a descendant of the 17th founders of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

What a pleasure it is to welcome you on the 14th of January 2022!

You've come to the right place to hear about some of the history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s most interesting and extraordinary communities. We celebrate and embrace Greenwich’s people, landscapes, culture, events and so much more. 

Whether your roots go back nearly 400 years -or even 400 seconds, we welcome you with open arms. You are a part of our history -congratulations!

What's on Today's Show? 

The news is out that the Board of Selectmen have voted unanimously to begin the process towards designating Bruce Park as an historical property. (Greenwich Time)(Greenwich Free Press) (Greenwich Sentinel)

It was 110 years ago this month in 1912 that the people of Greenwich, Connecticut learned that the Bruce homestead was to be converted to the purposes Robert M. Bruce intended -as a natural history, historical and art museum for the public.

Speaking of Bruce Park, a mysterious letter from Edward, an inmate in Sing Sing Prison stirred up the people of Greenwich as never before in 1921 with news of $50,000 in stolen gold allegedly buried in a secret location somewhere in the park. How did that turn out?

One hundred years ago in 1922, Greenwich was grappling with overcrowding at its publicly-funded high school. The process was initiated to acquire land and to construct a new high school building. That building would serve as the town’s high school before becoming what we know today as Greenwich Town Hall on Field Point Road.

Just recently the Town updated its Grand List of taxable assets. A century ago, Judge Frederick Hubbard share in the local press some interesting statistics from 1922. 

Greenwich, Connecticut has a decades-long tradition of excellence with regards to its public library system. You’ll hear an encouraging  published report from Year 1881 focused on the enriching work of the Greenwich Library and Reading Room. 

As we continue to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, you’ll hear about three intoxicated men who roamed the streets of Greenwich near Putnam Avenue and William Street on New Years 1908. They tormented such a racket that they landed in the town’s lock-up, thanks to Sheriff Ritch. 

You’ll also hear about how fines of $10 and court costs were handed out in January, 1921 by Connecticut State Motor Vehicle Department inspectors for improper headlights. 

I’ll share how the people of Greenwich, Connecticut dealt with the first real winter storm of 1922 one hundred years ago. 

And, in 1881 the people of Greenwich were as fun-loving then as we are now. Boys and girls, men and women had taken to Greenwich Avenue in large numbers to coast down the hill -to the delight of some and to the chagrin of others. 

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I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Our next show is scheduled for Friday, the 21st of January 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, and listeners like you everywhere!

Happy 2022! It's a winter wonderland out there! 

Today, January 7, 2022 marks our first show of the year! 

What's coming up on today's show?

Located in front of the Havemeyer Building at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street, the Colonel Raynal C. Bolling War Memorial was dedicated a century ago this week. Bolling was the first high ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in the First World War in 1918. You'll learn about the formal dedication of the memorial that was attended by the public and by dignitaries.

In 1905, Brookline, Massachusetts was proclaimed the richest town per capita in the world -or was it? Those in Greenwich, Connecticut did not quite agree -and you'll hear how and why.

As our New Year 2022 unfolds, you'll hear about when one-hundred years ago Greenwich's Italian societies held a dance at the "Old" Greenwich Town Hall, and how the ladies of the Putnam Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a reception at Putnam Cottage.

It's an imperfect world, as I am prone to saying. Crime was a problem throughout Greenwich's history as we pause to observe the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police department. 

One-hundred years ago a safe belonging to Commodore Frank S. Hastings -formerly a resident of Indian Harbor- was stolen from his home. Hastings was the personal secretary of Commodore E.C. Benedict. Who was arrested? What was inside? Where was it found?

The Friends of the Greenwich Senior Center -located in the Old Town Hall on Greenwich Avenue- have much to celebrate. The Center was awarded $300,000 towards building renovations -a process that has yielded some interesting architectural features. 

Stay tuned! We'll have all this and more about the history of Greenwich, Connecticut as today's show unfolds!

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Our next show is scheduled for Friday, the 14th of January 2022. 

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, and listeners like you everywhere! Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management joins us today to wish you Happy New Year!

From me and my family to you and yours, warmest wishes and cheers to new beginnings as Year 2022 fast approaches. 

My name is Jeffrey Bingham Mead. I’m a direct descendant of the 17th century Founders of Greenwich, Connecticut -one of America’s most interesting and extraordinary communities. 

Whether your roots go back nearly 400 years -or even 400 seconds, we welcome you with open arms. You are a part of our history -congratulations! 

With one foot in the past and the other in the present we can look forward together to an extraordinary future in one of America’s most notable and dynamic communities. 

Join us each week as we celebrate and embrace an evolving understanding of our history and Greenwich’s people, landscapes, culture, events and much more. 

Seasons change. Years come and go, but our community grows stronger. It’s another chance to start again. 

I lift my glass to all of you, feeling a special sense of gratitude for your interest and commitment to supporting this show and all of our efforts to preserve now and for the future the special history and culture of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. 

There’s a unique magic about this time of the year. I wish you a successful fresh start with a sense of love, peace for bold, new and memorable adventures. Dream big! 

COMING UP ON TODAY’S SHOW

What are pushmobiles? In 1911 a special type of fun was on hand with Pushmobiles rushing down the hill on Milbank Avenue.

In one of my previous shows, you heard about an inquiry I received from Herbie and Missy Farqhar of Banksville Lawn Equipment. They asked about a place called Piping Brook Farm owned by Percy D. Elliot of New York, and to Richard Aston Elliot. The farm -which included parts of Stamford, Greenwich and North Castle, New York, was between 400 - 500 acres. Go to this link. And, also go to this one. 

I asked for your assistance -and for his efforts in solving this mystery, Mr. Konstantine Wells was the first to respond, and won a $20 Coffee For Good gift certificate. 

You can win one, too. Be assured that I will be asking for your help with inquiries such as this one. 

I’ll share with you how the people of Greenwich, Connecticut celebrated New Year’s Eve 100 years ago by the volunteer fire department and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club at the renowned Pickwick Arms Hotel. 

We’re coming up quickly on the one-hundredth anniversary of the unveiling of the statue of Col. Raynal C. Bolling. Located in front of the Havemeyer building at Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street, Bolling was among the first American officers in the service of the First World War to make the ultimate sacrifice. 

In January, 1922 the Round Hill Community Churchinaugurated the first motion picture entertainment in its "Community Hall" -still standing on Round Hill Road today.

As we continue to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department, I’ll share news of how Edwin A. Goodwin was charged with assault and breach of the peace in the home of his uncle Napoleon Bonaparte Bush on West Putnam Avenue -on Christmas Eve 1921. 

An initiative to provide a place for young people to ice skate was proposed by damming the Byram River at Mill Street. 

And, you think the high prices some will pay for Greenwich Avenue real estate is anything new? I’ll share news of a boom in real estate on Greenwich’s main shopping street a century ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same. 

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world! Stay where you are! We’ll have all this and lots more as today’s show unfolds. 

Contact me at [email protected]. 

I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. 

Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.com

Our next show is scheduled for Friday, the 7th of January Year 2022.