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CONTENTS 8 Letters of Welcome From Barbara McKee, President of the Greenwich Association of REALTORS®; Peter Tesei, First Selectman; and Marcia O’Kane, Greenwich Chamber of Commerce

15 Looking Back Since its founding in 1640, Greenwich has come a long way from its roots as a frontier settlement.

19 Then and Now Each hamlet in Greenwich has a distinct history and personality of its own.

24 At the Helm Here’s a look at how our town government works and who’s steering the ship.

26 ABCs of Education Offering a fine selection of public and private schools, Greenwich imparts good lessons in its classrooms.

32 To Your Health Greenwich residents have access to top-ranked hospitals and more exercise options than you can shake a yoga mat at.

36 Pastimes and Passions Whether your passion is hitting the links, trimming a sail or tending a garden, Greenwich has you covered.

etail Therapy 40 R Greenwich is a world-class shopping destination. If you can’t find it here, you can’t find it anywhere.

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CONTENTS 46 Great Outdoors With so many parks and open spaces, Greenwich is a natural playground for active residents.

48 Culture Club Greenwich may be a relatively small town in size, but it’s big on arts and entertainment.

52 Reaching Out Our town has a big heart, as proven by the many local community service organizations.

57 Houses of Worship There are many places for the faithful to gather, and some of these buildings are historic landmarks.

58 Out & About This area has more than its share of entertainment and cultural events. There’s something here for the whole family.

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61 Sign Language Greenwich street signs say a lot about the people they were named for.

71 Greenwich in a Nutshell

Here’s a brief history of our town in a tidy timeline.

72 List of Realtors 75 Index of Advertisers 76 Map of Greenwich

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would like to extend a warm welcome to you from the town of Greenwich. As realtors, it is our distinct pleasure and privilege to offer homes for sale and rent in such a unique place.

You have made a wise decision choosing to live here. Over many years, the investment in a Greenwich home has proved to be not only safe, but highly rewarding.

With its thirty-two miles of shoreline on Long Island Sound, the rolling hills, woodlands and meadows of the backcountry, plus lakes and streams, Greenwich is geographically blessed. There are 1,500 acres of parkland, including the Audubon Center; two islands with beaches and picnic areas served by town ferries; a wonderful beach and pool at Byram Beach; and the fabulous 147-acre Greenwich Point with its sandy shoreline and meandering trails for biking, hiking and running. In addition, the eighteen-hole public golf course provides everything a golfer could wish for.

Our residents are justifiably proud of their cultural institutions. These include Greenwich Library, the second-busiest public library in New England, and the regionally recognized Bruce Museum with continuous exhibitions that draw thousands of visitors each year.

Our educational system is rated among the best in the country. Greenwich High School has produced outstanding athletes and leaders in the worlds of business, communication and the arts. Our middle and elementary schools have been cited for their outstanding programs. For those who prefer a private education, Greenwich has a number of schools ranked among the finest in the East. In addition, our young residents are entertained and enriched by the Boys & Girls Club and

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the best recreational programs for miles around. Our adult recreational programs are first-class, as well.

Greenwich boasts a wonderfully convenient location only thirty-one miles and just a forty-five minute train ride from Manhattan. The town is close to three major airports in the New York metropolitan area, as well as the Westchester County Airport. Finally, Greenwich always tries to maintain a pay-as-you-go fiscal policy that keeps our property taxes among the lowest in Connecticut and well below those in neighboring Westchester County.

As realtors, we proudly welcome you to our town.

We are certain that once you’ve experienced living here, you’ll never settle for anything less.

Barbara McKee President Greenwich Association of REALTORS®

LETTER FROM THE FIRST SELECTMAN

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having access to a high level of public services and facilities.

The quality of education available in our private and public schools is outstanding.

Eighty-seven percent of public school teachers, for instance, hold master’s degrees. Greenwich has been rated number one in the state for public safety and, not surprisingly, as the best community in the state for quality of life.

In short, Greenwich offers an especially exciting and fulfilling lifestyle. It is a community where you will feel at home and that you will enjoy immensely.

Welcome to Greenwich!

Peter J. Tesei First Selectman

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reetings from the town of Greenwich and welcome to our special community. Founded in 1640, Greenwich is one of the oldest towns in America, and we are proud of our heritage.

Situated on Long Island Sound, the community is noted for the hills and meadows spread out over the countryside. Greenwich has a beautiful mix of neighborhoods, shopping areas and open spaces, along with an active population that’s engaged in the governing of our town.

The executive branch is embodied in a three-person Board of Selectmen with the First Selectman the chief executive. The bipartisan Board of Estimate and Taxation is responsible for fiscal management, and the 230-member Representative Town Meeting (RTM), which must approve the budget, assures our residents that their voices are heard. Participation by our citizens on the RTM and other boards, commissions and committees is encouraged and necessary to make certain that town government meets the needs of our residents and that Greenwich continues to be one of the best places to live and work.

Another important feature of town management is our conservative pay-as-you-go fiscal policy that has restricted bonding and held the annual increase of the mill rate to less than four percent. As a result, Greenwich is free of long-term debt and residents enjoy some of the lowest property tax rates in the state, while

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elcome to our wonderful town of Greenwich! You have undoubtedly heard many glowing comments about our community and all of it is true. Greenwich is a tremendous place to reside, work and play. There are plenty of reasons why Greenwich is continually ranked in national polls as one of the best towns to live in the U.S. One of the many attractive selling points of Greenwich is that there is something here for everyone.

Greenwich measures forty-eight square miles, and a good portion of our town is located near and along the scenic shores of beautiful Long Island Sound, so boat owners, beachgoers and outdoor enthusiasts will find plenty to love. The quaint village of Old Greenwich captures the essence of a friendly small town with shops and eateries. And, don’t forget its sister, the Riverside section of Greenwich, which boasts a thriving residential community. Speaking of community, the Cos Cob area has many historic landmarks and natural attractions, including a pinetum, a garden center and a historic firehouse that is a landmark in this lovely section.

Care for some first-class shopping? Central Greenwich is a great choice with its diverse selection of stores and boutiques that can easily satisfy any retail desire. Be sure to stroll Greenwich Avenue—referred to by locals as “the Avenue.” This one-mile-long street is home to a wide variety of stores and restaurants that range from casual to world-class.

For those who want to live in a timeless residential section of Greenwich with many beautiful parks and playing fields, the Pemberwick, Byram and Glenville areas offer all of that and more.

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Greenwich is a great place to raise a family. Our public schools encompass a preschool, eleven elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school and one alternative high school. Numerous private schools are in the area, too.

There are teen centers and playgrounds as well, and many families get involved with local organizations such as the Audubon Center, YMCA and YWCA. For active families, Greenwich has skate parks, boating clubs, riding trails, running paths and dog parks. Golf and tennis players will appreciate the number of public and private courses and courts available. As for sports leagues, there are many in our town.

Greenwich also is a community of givers. Residents and businesses support more than 200 nonprofits, among them Breast Cancer Alliance, United Way, Family Centers, At Home in Greenwich, the Greenwich Historical Society, Neighbor to Neighbor and Abilis.

As for events, there are many here. Our Greenwich Town Party features live music and a day of community fun. In Old Greenwich, Byram and Central Greenwich, locals and visitors always come out for the annual sidewalk sales. In addition to block parties and holiday celebrations, another popular local happening is Art to the Avenue.

If you’re looking for a quality lifestyle, then Greenwich is your town. We guarantee you will absolutely love it.

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HISTORY

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reenwich is home to about 62,000 residents, many of whom choose to live here because the location is ideal.

The town is just an hour’s commute from Manhattan, and it’s bordered by the Stamford metropolis to the east, New York’s Westchester County to the west and Long Island Sound to the south. It’s a thoroughly modern place, with many business leaders and forward-thinking people in the community, yet Greenwich has a rich and storied history as well, much of which has played out because of the town’s unique and enviable location.

A Dutchman named Adriaen Block, sailing up the Sound in 1614 in search of the Northwest Passage, first took note of what is now Greenwich Point, the popular town-owned park and beach in Old Greenwich.

(Previously known as Tod’s Point after its owner—a wealthy banker named J. Kennedy Tod—the area was acquired by the town in 1945 following a protracted debate in the Representative Town Meeting, which approved the purchase by a single vote.) Back in 1640, when the town of Greenwich was founded, the Point was known as Elizabeth’s Neck in honor of the wife of Robert Feake. With Captain Daniel Patrick and a few other settlers, Feake bought the land and surrounding areas from the Siwanoy Indians for the princely sum of “twentie-five coates,” although the deed shows that only fourteen English coats were actually delivered.

Captain Patrick, a feisty fellow, had been thrown out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for unbecoming behavior and found a less God-fearing atmosphere in

this Connecticut frontier settlement. He did nothing to further good relations with the Indians when he killed Chief Mianos in an altercation. He got his comeuppance, however, when he was shot in a brawl with an enraged Dutch soldier. As for Feake, he would eventually become deranged and wander off into oblivion. But another founder, Jeffrey Ferris, who named the town Greenwich after his birthplace in England, still has progeny here today in our community.

Greenwich was torn apart by the Revolutionary War. At the start, many residents were loyalists, but sentiments changed radically when General Tryon raided the town and burned much of it to the ground.

The portly General Israel Putnam, Washington’s second-in-command, barely escaped the redcoats by dashing out of Knapp’s Tavern and somehow riding down a nearby cliff, known forever after as Put’s Hill. Knapp’s Tavern, licensed as a “publick house of entertainment and strong drink” in 1734, is now Putnam Cottage, headquarters of the Greenwich branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Today, it is maintained as a Revolutionary War museum.

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Greenwich Avenue, looking north toward the First Presbyterian Church in the 1800s

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suburban community. With the ever-growing number of businessmen and their families eager for life in the country, Greenwich became a bedroom community for commuters to New York. In fact, many of the larger estates were subdivided into four-acre lots to accommodate mega-mansions for the affluent. At one point it was proposed that the United Nations headquarters be located in Greenwich, occupying much of our backcountry. But the plan was narrowly defeated in the face of local opposition. Instead, the area has been developed as the premier Conyers Farm residential community with ten-acre lots and polo grounds.

Almost on a par with the arrival of the railroad in the nineteenth century was the building of I-95 in the 1950s. Cutting a swath through central Greenwich, it was responsible for accelerating the pace of change following World War II. Office buildings sprang up and Greenwich became the headquarters for major corporations. More recently, these corporations have been replaced by the ubiquitous hedge funds that have earned Greenwich the sobriquet of Wall Street East. And today, more people are commuting into Greenwich than out.

Ultimately, it is the people who live here who

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Throughout the nineteenth century, Greenwich farms supplied produce for New York City. Its waters were the most bountiful source of oysters anywhere this side of the Chesapeake. Fruits and vegetables were shipped from the Cos Cob docks in front of the Bush-Holley House, now the centerpiece of our flourishing Historical Society compound. Granite from our quarries was barged to New York for its office buildings and bridge abutments, including the Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883.

The year 1848 marked a major turning point in the history of Greenwich when the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad inaugurated service to Greenwich and beyond. The trip between New York City and Greenwich, which used to take a full day by horse, stagecoach or packet boat, now took only an hour and brought the first wave of wealthy New Yorkers to our town. They built magnificent summer homes on the shore in Belle Haven and in backcountry Greenwich, ushering in the era of the great estates. Among the arrivals was the infamous Boss Tweed who set up a casino on Great Captain’s Island and a mansion adjacent to the present-day Indian Harbor Yacht Club.

During the twentieth century, Greenwich underwent a metamorphosis, evolving from a town dependent on rural farming and fishing to a sophisticated

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The Greenwich Coat of Arms Designed by Alexander Malcolm in 1940 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Greenwich, the town seal bears the motto “Fortitude et Frugalitie,” referring to the courage and thrift it took to manage resources carefully.

Alongside a windmill, scallop shell and plow, symbolizing the importance of the mills, shellfish industry and farming to the early colonists, the horse’s head represents our town’s original name—Horseneck. Because Greenwich was a prime location on the Sound, the water was key to its prosperity—thus, the ship.

The Puritan and Indian illustrate the first residents of the town.

make Greenwich so interesting and desirable. While widely known for its wealthy residents—business executives, international entrepreneurs and hedge fund managers among them—Greenwich is really a diverse community that includes a solid base of middle-class and blue-collar residents. In fact, some of the oldest and most respected Greenwich families are descended from the Italian immigrant workers who built the railroad. The town also is geographically diverse, composed of a number of small villages, each with its own distinctive characteristics. In each of these villages, the future of this historical town continues to play out. •

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ention the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, to anyone and chances are they’ve heard of it. Greenwich is home to artists, actors, sports personalities and, yes, corporate executives and leaders in the world of finance. A wealthy community it is, and it’s diverse, as well. Within its borders, which stretch from the backcountry to Long Island Sound, are seven villages, or hamlets, each with its own distinct identity and geography. Some of these villages have roots that predate the Revolutionary War. The history of these hamlets tells the story of how the town of Greenwich has evolved.

Old Greenwich

OLD GREENWICH Old Greenwich is where it all began. On July 18, 1640, the Siwanoy Indians sold the land that is now Old Greenwich to four Englishmen for the price of twentyfive English coats. One of the Englishmen, Jeffrey Ferris, named the area after his birthplace, Greenwich, England.

As Greenwich developed to the west, Old Greenwich became known as Old Town. In 1872 the name was changed to Sound Beach at the urging of the New Haven Railroad, which preferred that name for its rail stop. So Sound Beach it stayed until 1930 when the region was renamed Old Greenwich.

Old Greenwich has evolved from a farming community into a summer resort into the quiet commuter town it is today. Residents of the village take great pride in their community and in its special amenities, which include an intimate downtown shopping center; proximity to popular Greenwich Point with its fine beach, park and public boating facilities; and scenic Binney Park, where Little League baseball and soccer are regular weekend events and the annual model sailboat races on the pond draw many young would-be sailors.

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Back when the farmers in Old Town were struggling with the area’s rocky soil, the tiny hamlet to the west prospered as a seaport. Originally known as Mianus, the area was named after the Siwanoy chief Mianos. The name changed later after an early settler, Englishman John Coe, built a seawall (called a “cob”) at the mouth of the Mianus River and referred to it as Coe’s Cob. He left in 1659, but the name Cos Cob remained.

Cos Cob flourished as a seaport during the 1700s and

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Today, Cos Cob has its own shopping center. The lovely Mianus River flows through its residential areas and there are a number of good marinas located on the upper Mianus Harbor.

CENTRAL GREENWICH In 1686 the tract of land between the Byram and Mianus rivers was traded by the Miossehasseky Indians for just thirty acres of planting ground elsewhere. Known then as Horseneck, it was the principal farming area of the town and supplied produce to New York City. The advent of the railroad in the mid-nineteenth century was an economic boon for central Greenwich, transforming Greenwich Avenue into a renowned shopping district with many upscale stores and top-rated restaurants.

Today, central Greenwich is the seat of town government and the hub of economic activity. It is also where the Greenwich Library, the Bruce Museum, Greenwich Hospital and many other town institutions are located. Trademarks of “the Avenue” are the uniformed policemen who direct traffic every weekday. The central Greenwich area offers a wide range of residential options, from apartments and condominiums convenient to shopping and public transportation to midcountry homes and the exclusive waterfront properties located in Belle Haven and Mead Point.

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1800s. At the turn of the nineteenth century, it evolved into a colony for intellectuals and artists, playing host to the likes of Eugene O’Neill, Willa Cather and Anya Seton, whose father, Ernest Thompson Seton, was a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. The historic Bush-Holley House, now the home of the Greenwich Historical Society, became famous as the residence and studio of the renowned Cos Cob School of American Impressionists, which included Elmer MacRae, Childe Hassam and John Twachtman.

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GLENVILLE This tiny mill town in western Greenwich was founded in 1774 by Baptist settlers, who established their church by the Byram River. Its industrial history began with a mill for grinding Peruvian bark into patent medicines. Later, the American Felt Company turned out the majority of felt for hats in the United States. It operated until the mid-1970s.

Restaurants, office space and condominiums now occupy the mill, noted for its scenic millpond and waterfall. There is also a small shopping area for everyday needs.

RIVERSIDE Known as Mianus Neck until 1870, Riverside was predominantly a community of farmers, fishermen and oystermen. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, Riverside Avenue was known as the Potato Road for all the potato cellars near the cove. Today, it is one of the most desirable of our suburban communities. It is closely linked to neighboring Old Greenwich, and its abundant stretch

BYRAM Tucked into the southwest corner of town, Byram was settled in 1660 by Thomas Lyon and was originally known as New Lebanon. Today, Byram is a diverse residential community. Beautiful shorefront estates with dramatic views of Long Island Sound are backed by more modest residential properties in the rest of the village. Together with neighboring Port Chester, New York, located across the Byram River, the area has retail shops plus a number of good restaurants featuring a variety of ethnic cuisines.

Thanks to an ongoing program dedicated to revitalizing properties along the shores of the Byram River and in Byram’s central business district, this Greenwich enclave has a decidedly up-and-coming future.

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of waterfront on the river, harbor and Long Island Sound attracts those who have a particular interest in living near the water and in sailing and fishing. Like Old Greenwich, its location near a railroad station makes it ideal for residents who commute to New York City.

Lying on the border of Connecticut and New York, Banksville was named after Samuel Banks, who settled on the upper reaches of the Mianus River in the northeast corner of Greenwich in 1700. For the next 200 years, it was a quiet farming community, but in 1904 Edmund Converse acquired more than 1,000 acres to create Greenwich’s greatest estate, with forty buildings and a staff of 200.

Farming operations continued up until 1960, after which time it lay fallow for twenty years before being sold to the Conyers Farm Partnership. Its acreage was then subdivided into sixty lots.

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also the location of the Greenwich Polo Club, where many town residents go in the summer to enjoy the polo games on Sunday afternoons. (An interesting sidenote: Conyers Farm would not exist nor would most of backcountry Greenwich be the same if a proposal in 1945 to locate the headquarters of the United Nations here had not been defeated by an alarmed group of Greenwich citizens.) Banksville’s small business center near the New York State line is reminiscent of a simpler time. Many of its residents refer to Banksville as the land that time has forgotten.

THE BACKCOUNTRY & MIDCOUNTRY Any description of the unique areas of Greenwich wouldn’t be complete without mention of the extraordinarily beautiful midcountry and backcountry that encompass nearly two-thirds of the town’s geography. Four-acre zoning is the rule in most of the backcountry area, defined as north of the Merritt Parkway, while one- and two-acre zoning is most common in the midcountry to the south. Thanks to preservation efforts by the Greenwich Land Trust and the generosity of a number of Greenwich property owners, there is still a remarkable amount of open space remaining, especially in the backcountry. The area is characterized by a diversity of rivers, lakes and ponds, winding country roads, woods and meadows, and scenic, glacier-carved gorges—enough to please the eye of the most ardent environmentalist. Here is where most of the town’s golf courses and many of its parklands are found, including the Audubon Center with its impressive headquarters and the Kimberlin Nature Education Center.

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schools. The town offers a high quality of education and sports opportunities to some 8,600 students.

Historically, Republicans have outnumbered Democrats two to one, but that lead has shrunk, and unaffiliated voters have grown to almost equal the Republicans. The RTM, however, is nonpartisan, and the town charter dictates a close balance of the two parties on the BET and the Board of Education.

Detailed information on every aspect of town government, its departments and its agencies is available on the town’s website, greenwichct.org. •

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reenwich has a traditional New England type of government, an outgrowth of the original town meeting established in 1664, whose first order of business was to request that Connecticut’s General Assembly make Greenwich a separate town from Stamford.

Today’s Representative Town Meeting (RTM) is our legislative body, with 230 members representing the town’s twelve districts.

The executive branch is composed of a three-man Board of Selectmen, with the First Selectman in the role of chief executive. Responsibility for fiscal management is vested in the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET).

The town is known for its fiscal conservatism and its system of checks and balances. A modified pay-as-you-go policy has avoided burdening the budget with bonded indebtedness. As a result, Greenwich has some of the lowest property taxes in the state, while the grand list of $30.7 billion is the highest of any of Connecticut’s towns.

Even with its low taxes, Greenwich offers its residents an extraordinary range of services and amenities. This is made possible, in part, by a high number of volunteers who man the town’s commissions and independent service organizations.

A five-year plan of development enables capital expenditures to be programmed well in advance.

Among recent major projects was the brand-new police headquarters with dedicated garage parking to be followed by a new central fire station.

The budget for the Board of Education is established by the BET and amounts to nearly half of the town’s expenditures. Within that budget, the board has broad operating autonomy. The Board of Education oversees the high school, three middle schools and eleven elementary

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n many ways, Greenwich offers the best of both worlds. This is particularly true when it comes to education. In Greenwich, residents can enjoy the benefits of living in a charming and relatively small town without sacrificing the scholastic needs of their families. Here, town dwellers have access to a broad selection of excellent educational choices, including leading preschools, reputable public and private schools, and many continuing education programs for adults.

Greenwich is an excellent place for children to get an education. Its public schools are ranked high in the nation with above-average test scores. In fact, Greenwich students outperform their national peers on SAT and AP tests. But it’s not just the students who are high achievers.

Eighty-seven percent of our public school teachers have master’s degrees. The Greenwich public school system has a preschool, eleven elementary schools (K-5), three middle schools (6-8), a high school (9-12), and one alternative high school for students with special needs. Average enrollment at elementary schools ranges from 244 pupils at New Lebanon to 519 at Riverside. Greenwich High School averages 2,700 students.

Families in Greenwich also have access to a high-quality preschool education. In addition to the public preschool, there are thirty more institutions, and many of them are connected with local schools and churches, though several outstanding independent schools have been operating in town for years. Many Greenwich day-care centers offer programs for preschool-age children, too.

This is a community where suburban America meets global sophistication. Our students speak forty-nine different languages. To accommodate students from abroad, there’s an outstanding English as a Second Language program (ESL) in the public schools for grades K through 12. Greenwich

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also boasts fine private schools, including Stanwich, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Brunswick, Greenwich Academy and Whitby, one of the oldest Montessori schools in the country.

Outside of school, there are wonderful enrichment courses. Your children can perfect their tumbling in a gymnastics class, learn a foreign language, pirouette through a dance studio or get in touch with their inner Chopin at one of the music schools in the area.

For adults with inquiring minds, approximately 250 courses are offered each year through the continuing education program at the high school. You can learn Chinese, or the art of fly fishing, or how to sell anything on eBay. For those with a green thumb, the Garden Education Center of Greenwich offers courses in horticulture. Lovers of language can brush up on French at the Alliance Française. And on it goes.

Greenwich also is a good location for those who want to pursue higher education. The UCONN campus is just across the border in Stamford. SUNY Purchase College and Manhattanville in Purchase, New York, are nearby, and Fairfield University in the town of Fairfield is just a short ride away in the town of Fairfield.

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OFFERING A FINE SELECTION OF PUBLIC A N D P R I VAT E S C H O O L S , G R E E N W I C H I M PA R T S G O O D L E S S O N S I N I T S C L A S S R O O M S

Preschool

Location Phone

GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOL PRESCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-698-7796

Elementary Schools

Location

Phone

COS COB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COS COB

203-869-4670

GLENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-531-9287

HAMILTON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-869-1685

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT DUNDEE

RIVERSIDE

203-637-3800

JULIAN CURTISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-869-1896

NEW LEBANON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-531-9139

NORTH MIANUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE

203-637-9730

NORTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-869-6756

OLD GREENWICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OLD GREENWICH

203-637-0150

PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-869-7466

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE

203-637-1440

Middle Schools

Location

Phone

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-661-8500

EASTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL

RIVERSIDE

203-637-1744

WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-531-5700

High Schools

Location

Phone

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL

GREENWICH

203-625-8000

ARCH SCHOOL (for students with special needs)

GREENWICH

203-990-0440

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Board of Education 290 Greenwich Avenue 203-625-7400 www.greenwichschools.org

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According to a Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth report on Top Schools in Connecticut, only one school in Greenwich made the top 10 — Stanwich.* We invite you to find out how our learning environment leads to a remarkable education. *Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth 2009-2010 school year (most recent report issued)

The Stanwich School 257 Stanwich Road • Greenwich, CT 06830 203.542.0024 • admissions@stanwichschool.org www.stanwichschool.org

A Future of Possibility and Purpose. 

www.northgreenwichnurseryschool.org 606 Riversville Road, Greenwich

NGNS has provided an exceptional early childhood program in a warm, caring and stimulating environment for over 50 years. 

In this era of rapid change, our students are taught skills to succeed in the 21st century. Our curriculum includes Cloud computing, Chinese and Arabic, and STEM education. As an exceptional Catholic school for girls, preschool through grade 12, Sacred Heart empowers students to achieve, lead and serve.

To learn more, contact Katie Cullinane, Director of Admission and Financial Aid, at 203-532-3534 or admission@cshct.org.

Greenwich, CT 203-532-3534 www.cshct.org

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An independent, Catholic school for girls from preschool through grade 12

• Park-like setting with three grass covered playgrounds • Foreign language, music, art, and walking trips to Audubon enhance our balanced and rich curriculum • Spacious, sun-filled classrooms and indoor playrooms • Family fun day, family movie nights & moms’ nights out • Governed by a parent-run board of directors We are now accepting applications for our two, three, and four-year old programs. Call to schedule a tour today!

203/869-7945

SCHOOLS

Private Schools

Location

Phone

BRUNSWICK SCHOOL

GREENWICH brunswickschool.org

203-625-5800

CARMEL ACADEMY

GREENWICH carmelacademy.org

203-863-9663

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART

GREENWICH cshgreenwich.org

203-531-6500

EAGLE HILL SCHOOL

GREENWICH eaglehillschool.org

203-622-9240

GREENWICH ACADEMY

GREENWICH greenwichacademy.org

203-625-8900

GREENWICH CATHOLIC SCHOOL

GREENWICH greenwichcatholicschool.org

203-869-4000

GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY

GREENWICH www.gcds.org

203-863-5600

GREENWICH JAPANESE SCHOOL

GREENWICH gwjs.org

203-629-9039

STANWICH SCHOOL

GREENWICH stanwichschool.org

203-869-4515

WHITBY SCHOOL

Coed, pre-K through 8th grade

GREENWICH whitbyschool.org

203-869-8464

Just Next Door

Location

Phone

KING LOW HEYWOOD THOMAS

STAMFORD klht.org

203-322-3496

RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

RYE ryecountryday.org

914-925-4513

Boys, pre-K through 12th grade Coed, K through 8th grade Girls, pre-school through 12th grade Day and boarding, coed, ages 6 to 16 (For children with learning disabilities) Girls, pre-K through 12th grade Coed, pre-K through 8th grade Coed, pre-K through 9th grade Coed, 1st through 9th grade

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Coed, pre-K through 12th grade

Coed, pre-K through 12th grade Coed, pre-K through 12th grade

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SCHOOLS

211 or 800-505-1000

Child Care Centers

Location

Phone

CHILDREN’S DAY SCHOOL

Children ages 6 weeks to 6 years

GLENVILLE RIVERSIDE childrensdayschool.net

203-532-1190 203-637-1122

FAMILY CENTERS (Child care and preschool at various locations)

GREENWICH familycenters.org

203-869-4848

LITTLE ANGELS PLAY GROUP Children age 3 years

GREENWICH greenwichcatholicschool.org

203-869-4000

PUTNAM INDIAN FIELD SCHOOL

GREENWICH pifs.net

203-661-4629

LITTLE FRIENDS

GREENWICH littlefriendsgwc.com

203-861-6549

YMCA CHILDCARE CENTER

GREENWICH ymca.net

203-869-3381

YWCA CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

GREENWICH ywcagreenwich.org

203-869-6501

Education Statistics

Town

State

Total Students

8,690

553,498

Total Expenditure per Pupil

$18,516

$13,958

Students Attending Public School

73.4%

88%

Student/Teacher Ratio

12:1

12:5

Grads Pursuing Post-Sec. Education

91.1%

84.8%

High School Dropout Rate

.4%

2.8%

Children ages 2 to 5 years

Children ages 6 weeks to 5 years Children ages 6 weeks to 5 years Children ages 15 months to 4 years

Education by the Numbers

Data supplied by the Connecticut State Department of Education

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www.

greenwichacademy.org

200 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE | GREENWICH CT 06830 | 203.625.8900

GREENWICH CATHOLIC SCHOOL Where Learning Lives & Faith Grows

Greenwich Catholic School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational day school for Pre-K through Grade 8 students.

We are located on 38 acres in the heart of Greenwich.

Our students experience an enriching spiritual environment, a diverse and challenging curriculum and a full range of after school and sports programs.

To schedule a tour or receive an admissions packet, please call 203.869.4000 or email us at info@gcsct.org

Greenwich Catholic School 471 North Street Greenwich Connecticut 06830 www.greenwichcatholicschool. org e-mail: info@gcsct.org

Carmel Academy

Academic Excellence Personalized Education Dynamic Jewish Community A private K-8 school for children of all Jewish affiliations 270 Lake Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 (203) 863-9663 www.carmelacademy.com

Let Your Good Deeds Exceed Your Studies

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HEALTH + FITNESS

HEALTH

TO YOUR

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offers both angioplasty and open-heart surgery.

Founded in 1896, it is an affiliate of the New York Presbyterian Health Care System and a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. There are 305 inpatient beds and 650 doctors on staff at the hospital and its Tully Health Center for outpatients on Strawberry Hill. It is a Level II trauma center.

Besides providing care in a number of specialties, Stamford Hospital offers many health education and illness prevention classes.

Care for the elderly is a town priority, and the NATHANIEL WITHERELL is one of only two townowned nursing homes in Connecticut. Founded originally as a municipal hospital in 1907, it has undergone a series of expansions and recently launched a $23 million renovation program that includes expanding its popular rehabilitation program. Beyond bricks and mortar, Nathaniel Witherell’s high level of quality care has earned it Medicare’s 5-star rating, bestowed on only 12 percent of nursing homes nationwide.

GREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

(GEMS) is one of the most advanced independent ambulance services in the country. Each ambulance is a virtual emergency room on wheels, equipped with such diagnostic and lifesaving equipment as external defibrillators. While en route to the hospital, GEMS paramedics relay a patient’s critical medical data to the emergency room staff.

GEMS provides an average response time of four to six minutes, which is well below the national average. As a result of the level of service provided by this organization, which has an

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reenwich residents are fortunate to live close to some of the finest medical facilities in the country, among them our own Greenwich Hospital and, on the Old Greenwich border, Stamford Hospital. Both facilities have been taking care of us for more than 100 years while remaining on the cutting edge of medicine.

A point of great communal pride is the newly constructed 206-bed GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Its two main buildings, the Helmsley Medical Building and the Thomas and Olive C. Watson Pavilion, incorporate the very latest in hospital design and medical technology.

Serving lower Fairfield and Westchester counties, the hospital is a member of the Yale–New Haven Health System. Greenwich Hospital offers a wide range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Because of its state-of-the-art facilities and reputation for quality health care, the number of patients has grown dramatically, along with the hospital’s medical staff of 600 regular and affiliate physicians. Offering comfortable rooms, excellent meals and compassionate care, the hospital is ranked in the top 2 percent nationally. Its maternity and obstetrics department is one of the busiest in Connecticut. Other departments include cardiac and pulmonary rehab, joint replacement, neurosurgery and oncology.

Because the hospital’s services are in high demand, off-campus facilities have been expanded. Across the street is the Bendheim Cancer Center for outpatients in the Cohen Pavilion. Other buildings in downtown Greenwich house ophthalmology, orthopedics, gynecology, plastic surgery and pain management.

STAMFORD HOSPITAL is the only hospital in lower Fairfield County with a Heart and Vascular Institute that

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HEALTH + FITNESS impressive 40 percent save rate for cardiac arrest cases, Greenwich was named the first Heart Safe community in Connecticut.

As fine as GEMS and the area hospitals are, the goal is to avoid them! There are many places in the community to work your body while relaxing your mind. The YMCA and YWCA both have terrific programs.

Health Resources GEMS — CALL 911 GREENWICH HOSPITAL

EQUINOX

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203-863-0070 equinox.com/clubs/greenwich-ct 203-637-3906 theedgefitnessclubs.com/greenwich

203-869-3900

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JOIS YOGA

PURE BARRE

KANG TAE KWON DO AND HAPKIDO INSTITUTE

SOUL CYCLE

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203-340-9196 joisyoga.com

STAMFORD HOSPITAL

KAIA YOGA WELLNESS CENTER

203-653-7685 soul-cycle.com STUDIO UMA

203-629-8500 studioumanyc.com

203-532-0660 x1 kaiayoga.com

YMCA

KIBIKIBI BODY

203-869-1630 greenwichymca.org

MANTRA MIND BODY STUDIO

YOGA AT THE GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL

YWCA

203-618-4232 nathanielwitherell.org

203-698-3500

Fitness Facilities

203-990-0500 mantramindbody.com

ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO

MEJO WIGGIN STUDIO

203-769-1800 arthurmurraygreenwich.com

PEAK PHYSIQUE

GREENWICH PILATES CENTER

203-637-7867 kangmartialarts.com

NATHANIEL WITHERELL

203-637-2685 ogkarate.com

optimalfitnessct.com

203-625-7616 gofigurestudio.com

5 Perryridge Road 203-863-3000 greenhosp.org

Shelburne Road at West Broad Street 203-276-1000 stamfordhospital.org

203-869-1253 mysportsclubs.com

203-862-6750 greenwicharts.org

203-869-6501 ywcagreenwich.org

203-550-6592 mejowiggin.com

Rehab at Witherell twice a day...

Have friends over at the end of the day.

When Alan MacDonald had knee replacement surgery at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, he made a decision. "If I can find an aggressive rehab program near Greenwich, that's where I'm going."

He found it at The Nathaniel Witherell. "Rehab was available twice a day and the therapists and staff were thoroughly professional." He also found friends are welcome.

If you’re anticipating hip, knee or back surgery, you should know that last year 90% of our admissions were for short-term rehab. And Witherell has a 5 star Medicare rating.

Alan MacDonald relaxing in his room at Witherell with friends, Micki Linen and Angus, visiting after one of his rehab sessions.

We’re here for you.

The Nathaniel Witherell

Short-Term Rehab. Long-Term Care.

70 Parsonage Road, Greenwich, CT (203) 618-4232 Fax: (203) 869-2038

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Visit our all new website: www.nathanielwitherell.org

Gentle care for a healthy, beautiful smile

Complimentary consultation Early morning, evening and weekend appointments Call us – we’d love to meet you!

Family and Cosmetic Dentistry George Tsangaroulis, DDS

4 Dearfield Drive, Suite G2, Greenwich, CT

greenwichfamilydental.com

203 869 4755

CLUBS

PASTIMES AND PASSIONS W H E T H E R Y O U R PA S S I O N I S H I T T I N G T H E L I N K S , TRIMMING A SAIL OR TENDING A GARDEN, GREENWICH HAS YOU COVERED

Greenwich Polo Club

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he opportunities to enjoy your favorite pastimes in the company of likeminded people are endless in Greenwich, as there are clubs for most interests.

Greenwich has many boat and yacht clubs. Best known in sailing circles are INDIAN HARBOR and RIVERSIDE YACHT clubs, each dating back more than 125 years, followed by BELLE HAVEN YACHT CLUB. Smaller clubs, public and private, include BYRAM SHORE BOAT CLUB, COS COB YACHT CLUB, GREENWICH BOAT & YACHT CLUB, MIANUS RIVER BOAT AND YACHT CLUB , OLD

and the Crew has become popular, and everything from single- to eight-man shells are seen regularly in Greenwich waters, often manned by highschool oarsmen. The GREENWICH WATER CLUB offers storage facilities for shells belonging to the many senior rowers.

If you prefer dry land and green grass, there are eight private golf clubs in town, plus the public GRIFFITH E. HARRIS GOLF COURSE that is on par with many private clubs in the country. With one of the most challenging courses in the state, STANWICH is the site of numerous GREENWICH YACHT CLUB ROCKY POINT CLUB.

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Riverside Yacht Club

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pro-am tournaments. Other clubs include GREENWICH, ROUND HILL, INNIS ARDEN, BURNING TREE,

and MILBROOK . BAILIWICK doesn’t have a golf course but does offer swimming and tennis, and the FIELD CLUB , dedicated to racket sports, offers a choice of grass and clay tennis courts plus platform tennis and squash courts. Tennis enthusiasts can also enjoy more than eighteen public courts in eleven locations.

For equestrians, the GREENWICH RIDING AND TRAILS ASSOCIATION maintains 150 miles of trails throughout the backcountry. Children can learn to ride at LIONSHARE FARM and other nearby stables.

Greenwich is famous for its polo. Those interested in playing can contact the GREENWICH POLO CLUB , but

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Griffith E. Harris Golf Course

it’s a wonderful spectator sport as well, and makes for a delightful summer afternoon out at Conyers Farm.

Horticulturalists have many places to turn.

Greenwich is the only town in the country that has not one but three garden clubs with membership in the prestigious Garden Club of America. The clubs are GREEN FINGERS , HORTULUS and GREENWICH GARDEN CLUB . Others include the DAFFODIL SOCIETY and the garden clubs of Byram, Old Greenwich and Riverside.

For young athletes there are some ninety baseball teams for kids under the age of twelve (not including thirty T-ball teams for five- and six-year-olds), and the same number of teams for soccer (not including travel teams). Preteens can sign up for the Cal Ripkin baseball program, and teens can play Babe Ruth or American Legion baseball. In addition to those two sports, the OLD GREENWICH–RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER

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CLUBS

SOURCES AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION

800-428-2267 acacamps.org

ARCH STREET TEEN CENTER

203-629-5744 archstreet.org

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH

203-869-3224 bgcg.org BOY SCOUTS

203-869-8424 greenwichbsa.com DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

203-622-7814 greenwichct.org

DP&R TENNIS OFFICE YWCA

203-618-7613 greenwichct.org

GREENWICH NEWCOMERS & NEIGHBORS CLUB

promotes tennis and field hockey in Binney Park.

ARCH STREET TEEN CENTER offers informal indoor recreation, and the BOYS & GIRLS CLUB has activities that range from swimming in its pool to skating on its ice hockey rink.

The BOY SCOUTS are sited at the beautiful Seton Reservation named after town resident Ernest Thompson Seton, founder of the Boy Scouts of America. The YMCA has its Indian Guides and Princesses programs and in the past few years has completed a magnificent fifty-meter pool. Just down the Post Road is the YWCA pool with excellent aquatics courses.

In recent years, Wiffle ball has come into its own with an annual town-wide tournament that attracts some sixty teams of players and hundreds of spectators.

With so many choices, it’s difficult for children and their parents to decide what programs or day camps to attend. There are dozens of camps offering everything from drama and cheerleading to kayaking, karate, science and computers.

The WOMAN’S CLUB, HORSENECK CLUB, ROTARY and LIONS clubs contribute hugely to our community.

The GREENWICH NEWCOMERS & NEIGHBORS and OLD GREENWICH–RIVERSIDE NEWCOMERS clubs both have programs designed to welcome residents.

We know you’ll feel at home in Greenwich, and with so many local clubs for enthusiasts of all kinds, you’ll be able to keep busy doing the things you love. •

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203-869-6501 ywcagreenwich.org

GREENWICH POLO CLUB

203-561-5821 greenwichpoloclub.com GREENWICH AREA NEWCOMERS CLUB

greenwichnewcomers.org GREENWICH PONY CLUB

914-584-2776 greenwichponyclub.com GREENWICH RIDING AND TRAILS ASSOCIATION

203-661-3062 thegrta.org

GRIFFITH HARRIS MEMORIAL GOLF COURSE

203-531-7200 greenwichct.org

LIONSHARE FARM

203-869-4649 lionsharefarm.com OLD GREENWICH–RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER

203-637-3659 myogrcc.org

OLD GREENWICH–RIVERSIDE NEWCOMERS CLUB

greenwichnewcomers.com YMCA

203-869-1630 YWCA

203-869-6501 ywcagreenwich.org

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SHOPPING

RETAILTH E R A PY G R E E N W I C H I S A W O R L D - C L A S S SHOPPING DESTINATION. I F YOU CAN ’T F I N D I T H ERE, YOU CAN’T FIND IT ANYWHERE

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reenwich is many things to many people, and for those who love to shop, it is a mecca for designer finds. The retail action is centered on Greenwich Avenue, a chic street lined with shops rivaling those you’d find on Madison Avenue or Rodeo Drive. Start at the top of the Avenue and you can spot Long Island Sound in the distance; walk from the bottom up and you’ll flex your leg muscles while you flex your credit card. Either way, you’re bound to discover something you can’t resist among the historic storefronts and sleek new boutiques along the six-block stretch and surrounding side streets that form this elegant district. Designers such as HERMÈS, RALPH LAUREN, TORY BURCH and MICHAEL KORS call this area home, as do boutiques run

by New York fashion pros, megawatt jewelers and art and antiques dealers. In all, it’s a lively and unusual mix.

One of the landmark shops is RICHARDS, a fashion emporium with a rich tradition on the Avenue (more than fifty years). Once strictly a place for men to suit up, the two-floor store now sells designer and luxury men’s and women’s clothing, accessories and shoes, with brands such as Vince, Rag & Bone, Zegna, Manolo Blahnik and Alexander McQueen, to name a few. There are also in-store boutiques (think Graff, Loro Piana) and enormous departments for fine and designer jewelry. Owned by

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the Mitchell family, the store is renowned for exceeding customer expectations. Here, you enjoy cappuccinos and chocolate chip cookies or curl up by the flat-screen TV while waiting for gift wrapping. Alterations are complimentary, too.

Inside SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, another Avenue anchor store, shoppers are often greeted by models offering a spritz of a new fragrance in the makeup department.

With labels such as Prada, Pucci and Dior upstairs and Milly, Theory and J Brand downstairs near a sizeable shoe department carrying the latest Louboutins and Jimmy Choos, this department store has everything covered.

There are many boutiques and international retailers on the Avenue, too. Need a swimsuit or sundress that’s St. Bart’s worthy? LETARTE sports bikinis sexy enough to rock the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue while VILEBREQUIN caters to men with swimsuits inspired by Saint Tropez. Craving something très Français? There’s ANNE FONTAINE, COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS and LACOSTE for fashion or L’OCCITANE for Provencal bath products. The preppy-at-heart crowd flocks to VINEYARD VINES for casual clothing from Greenwich natives Shep and Ian Murray, or to the bright and cheerful LILLY PULITZER across the street. If you’re partial to eco-chic, ATELIER 360 sells organic pieces from around the globe, while ELLA VICKERS plays up the town’s sailing obsession

with goods made from recycled sailcloth.

Of course, there’s no shortage of shops for the smaller set, including GIGGLE, BABY CZ and JACADI for upscale baby gear, POLARN O. PYRET and CREWCUTS (inside J. CREW) for kids and JACK WILLS for teens and the college crowd. Locally owned toy stores with clever selections include GRAHAM’S, SMART KIDS and SPLURGE KIDS. For classic style at home, there’s HOAGLAND’S, which has been the go-to spot for bridal registries, elegant table settings and assorted furnishings for seven decades.

Designers such as CINDY RINFRET and SANDRA MORGAN house their design boutiques in town; so do Claire Maestroni (she carries an array of Belgian lines at MIS EN SCENE) and Patricia Healing and Dan Barsanti at the colorful HB HOME . For those who love modern lines, there’s MITCHELL GOLD, JONATHAN ADLER and ROOM nearby. Look to WATERWORKS, ANN SACKS and NANZ/ REMAINS for tile, fittings and fixtures. The treasured local bookstore here is DIANE’S BOOKS, where many customers are on a first-name basis with Diane and rely on her recommendations. For your tech needs, the APPLE STORE staff can synch your gadgets in minutes.

While local shoppers like to indulge, everyone loves a bargain, including well-heeled Greenwich residents.

Each July the streets around the Avenue fill up with

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A SAMPLING cars bearing out-of-state license plates, as treasure hunters hit the annual Sidewalk Sales in search of designer deals.

Yes, there are cashmere sweaters for $30 and dresses for girls at $10.

Ready to take a break from all that shopping and get pampered? DREAM SPA is a light-filled oasis one level above the Avenue, where you can pop in for a blow-dry or facial, relax with a massage, or let one of the expert stylists transform your cut and color. Another second-floor salon that’s a local favorite is CHRISTOPHER NOLAND, a soothing spot where the cappucino is always flowing and top stylists offer a high level of customer service.

Beyond the famous downtown, Greenwich’s smaller neighborhoods attract shoppers with unique offerings. In Old Greenwich you can scoop up clothes and home goods on your way to the beach at the stores on Sound Beach Avenue. Favorites include ANNA BANANA for adorable baby gifts and classic or trendy clothing for your mini-me.

There’s also FRED, a boutique for women with pieces from Joie, Vince, Shoshanna and other lines.

In Cos Cob, home design stores dominate. Among them is the DRAWING ROOM ’s chic boutique and art gallery, which attracts the design-obsessed, as does TROVARE HOME and several fabric, window treatment and upholstery outposts. On the western side of town, the Byram neighborhood features a funky mix of home stores and hip clothing purveyors.

While the landscape of stores around Greenwich is ever changing, the amazing selection and variety remain constant. Truly, if you can’t find what you’re looking for here in Greenwich, you can’t find it anywhere. • 42 • W E L C O M E T O G R E E N W I C H

ANNA BANANA

248 Sound Beach Ave. Old Greenwich 203-637-0128 ANNE FONTAINE

234 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-422-2433 annefontaine.com

HERMÈS

359 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-0551 hermes.com LACOSTE

98 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-422-0180 lacoste.com LETARTE

369b Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-992-4377, letarteswimwear.com LILLY PULITZER

92 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 203-661-3136 lillypulitzer.com OLIVINE GABBRO

19 Elm St. Greenwich 203-493-3526

OUT OF THE BOX

73 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich outoftheboxclothes.com RALPH LAUREN

FRED

212 Sound Beach Ave. Old Greenwich 203-344-9533 FREE PEOPLE

351 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-0127 freepeople.com J. CREW

126 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-661-5181 jcrew.com

265 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-869-2054 ralphlauren.com

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Clothing & Accessories

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RICHARDS

LUX BOND & GREEN

169 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-629-0900 lbgreen.com

FARROW & BALL

RALPH LAUREN

359 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich, 203-622-0551 mitchellstores.com SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

MANFREDI

121 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-1414 manfredijewels.com

HB HOME

RESTORATION HARDWARE

205 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-862-5300 saksfifthavenue.com SCOOP

PERIDOT FINE JEWELRY

HOAGLANDS OF GREENWICH

RINFRET HOME & GARDEN

283 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-422-2251 scoopnyc.com

112 Mason St. Greenwich 203-629-3900 peridotfinejewelry.com

TORY BURCH

SORAB & ROSHI DESIGN

255 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-5023 toryburch.com

30 West Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-869-5800 sorabandroshi.com

VILEBREQUIN

STEVEN FOX JEWELERS

200 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-tkt-tktk vilebrequin.com

8 Lewis St. Greenwich 203-629-3303 stevenfoxjewelry.com

VINEYARD VINES

TIFFANY

145 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-661-1803 fineyardvines.com

140 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-661-7847 tiffany.com

Fine Jewelry

Home Décor

BENNETT JEWELERS

CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK CABINETRY

254 Sound Beach Ave. Old Greenwich 203-637-0217 bennettjewelersinc.com BETTERIDGE

117 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-869-0124 betteridge.com

2 Dearfield Dr. Greenwich 888-889-8891 peacockhome.com

THE DRAWING ROOM

5 Suburban Ave. Cos Cob 203-661-3737 thedrawingroom.cc

32 East Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-422-0990 farrow-ball.com 28 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-629-4999 hbhome.com 28 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-629-4999 hbhome.com

265 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-869-2054 ralphlauren.com 239 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-552-1040 restorationhardware.com

354 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-0204 rinfretltd.com

JONATHAN ADLER

88 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-622-1476 jonathanadler.com

SM HOME

70 Arch St. Greenwich 203-629-8121 sandramorganinteriors.com

LEXINGTON & COMPANY

73 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 203-489-3355 lexingtoncompany.com

SPLURGE

39 Lewis St. Greenwich 203-869-7600 splurgegifts.com

LYNNENS

278 Greenwich Ave. Greenwich 866-629-3659 lynnens.com

TROVARE HOME

245 E. Putnam Ave. Cos Cob 203-869-5512 trovarathome.com

MIS EN SCENE

34 East Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-422-0567 misenscenegreenwich.com MITCHELL GOLD + BOB WILLIAMS

45 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-661-4480 www.mgbwhome.com

SIMON PEARCE

125 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-861-0780 simonpearce.com WATERWORKS

23 W. Putnam Ave. Greenwich 203-869-7766 waterworks.com

PRIVET HOUSE

18 Grigg St. Greenwich 203-340-9544 privethouse.com

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We’re glad you’re here now!

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es, it’s close to Manhattan but Greenwich also is close to nature. Our town is blessed with hundreds of acres of scenic parks, unspoiled open spaces and coastal beauty. There are jogging and biking trails along the waterfront at GREENWICH POINT, a 147-acre beach and nature preserve also known as TOD’S POINT. There are hiking and riding trails in the BABCOCK PRESERVE ’s 297 acres of backcountry woods, which are filled with century-old oak. In Greenwich you can get out and enjoy the great outdoors, which offers both serenity and nonstop activity.

Many sports and recreational activities revolve around the water to take advantage of the town’s location on Long Island Sound. On any given morning on the MIANUS RIVER between Riverside and Cos Cob, you’ll find teens and adults out rowing, kayakers making their way out of the harbor and paddle boarders working their abs. During the summer, Tod’s Point beach is covered with families enjoying the sun, swimming and building sandcastles. On rainy days, you can take in the environmental museum in the restored Innis Arden Cottage. In the winter, Tod’s Point becomes an unofficial dog park as people and their pooches (only allowed in the off-season) roam the beach and trails.

Sailing is a popular pursuit. Kids and adults can learn how at the GREENWICH COMMUNITY SAILING CLUB, where you can take classes or rent Hobis, Lasers and Picos. On Wednesday and Thursday nights during the summer, the waters around Greenwich are filled with sailboats of all sizes out for weekly racing. Two of the town parks are actually islands located a short ride from the shore: ISLAND BEACH has a concession stand,

En route to Great Captain Island

grills, picnic tables and a playground; GREAT CAPTAIN ISLAND is home to a bird sanctuary and a historic lighthouse. Both islands are accessible by town ferry and can be reserved for overnight camping. For those who just like taking in the shoreline sights by boat, there’s the weekly “Cruise to Nowhere” on the town ferry boats.

Bring your own drinks and snacks.

On land, Greenwich residents love the Sport of Kings.

On Sundays, spectators head up to the GREENWICH POLO CLUB at Conyer’s Farm (open to the public) to tailgate, socialize and watch the matches. Or you can actually take the reins by signing up for private polo lessons. Back in town, a different kind of sport is in

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Tod’s Point

full swing at BRUCE PARK , where the town-maintained public croquet court attracts competitive and social players. For tennis enthusiasts, there are eleven public courts in Greenwich (for in-season play, tennis passes can be obtained at town hall), and paddle tennis is popular during the winter months. The town’s eighteenhole GRIFFITH E. HARRIS GOLF COURSE is open to residents and their guests and it rivals top private clubs around the country. In season, figure skating and hockey take place at the DOROTHY HAMILL RINK in Byram, where there are daily open-skating sessions, plus group and private lessons.

If you like team sports, you’ll find many opportunities for competition and camaraderie. The town sponsors basketball, volleyball and softball leagues, and there are groups like the GREENWICH UNITED RECREATIONAL FOOTBALL CLUB , a crew of dads who get together every Sunday morning for well-organized pickup games of soccer.

In the center of town, two parks are hubs of activity.

At BRUCE PARK , the walking trails that curve past rose gardens attract a nonstop stream of strollers and joggers, and the huge playground with separate areas for toddlers and bigger kids is playdate central. At the nearby waterfront ROGER SHERMAN BALDWIN PARK , teens hit the skate park, while families frequent the field for concerts and other events, including the annual Greenwich Town Party (Paul Simon and Dave Matthews have performed here), the Adopt-a-Dog benefit and the Concours d’Elegance, a major showcase of rare and classic cars. On the eastern side of town, BINNEY PARK ,

a gift from Crayola magnate Edwin Binney, hosts Little League sports, festive Fourth of July fireworks and model sailboat races.

For quieter nature walks, town preserves and woodland sanctuaries offer miles of tranquil paths that are ideal for hiking and bird watching. The MIANUS RIVER PARK , formerly the Goodbody estate, straddles Greenwich and Stamford and boasts nearly 220 acres with trails, wetlands and huge rock outcroppings that make it a favorite place for climbing. At the MONTGOMERY PINETUM in Cos Cob, home to the Garden Education Center, there are primrose and tulip gardens, a rock garden and trails lined with specimen conifers that lead to picnic areas and a flagstone terrace overlooking one of the ponds. In the winter, the hilly terrain of the trails attracts cross-country skiers. Far north in backcountry is the AUDUBON CENTER , the 285-acre nature preserve with seven miles of trails; a separate wildflower sanctuary has another eight miles of trails, a duck swamp and the KIMBERLIN NATURE EDUCATION CENTER , which houses an art gallery and children’s learning center. All of these treasured natural places put the “green” into Greenwich. •

Resources AUDUBON CENTER

203-869-5272 greenwich.audubon.org DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

203-622-7814 greenwichct.org

DPR TENNIS OFFICE

203-618-7613 greenwichct.org

GREENWICH COMMUNITY SAILING CLUB

203-698-0599 greenwichsailing.com GREENWICH POINT

203-622-7700 greenwichpt.org

GREENWICH POLO CLUB

203-561-5821 greenwichpoloclub.com GREENWICH UNITED RECREATIONAL FOOTBALL CLUB

greenwichdad.com

GRIFFITH E. HARRIS GOLF

203-531-7200 greenwichct.org

Cal Ripkin baseball

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CULTURE

CLUB

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e can’t imagine any other place in the country that has so many residents and organizations dedicated to the fine arts, drama, dance, music and literature.

The nationally accredited BRUCE MUSEUM has become one of the finest regional art and science museums in the country. More than 80,000 visitors a year are drawn to its many exhibitions, which include Dutch masters, Tiffany jewelry, Cindy Sherman photographs, Charles Addams cartoons, sculpture and fine art from private collectors, and science exhibitions on subjects ranging from robots to climate. Besides lectures and an impressive educational program for children, the museum sponsors both an outdoor art festival and crafts festival each year. It plays host to the Greenwich Antiques Society, Connecticut Ceramics Study Circle and other worthy groups.

Over on Strickland Road, with eight buildings on the site and more than 2,800 members on its roster, the GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY preserves our illustrious past, dating back to the founding of Greenwich in 1640. Its centerpiece is the colonial BUSHHOLLEY HOUSE, our town’s only National Historic Landmark, which in the early twentieth century became the residence of the famous Cos Cob School of American

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Impressionists. Across the back lawn, the William E. Finch Jr. Archives Building houses many historic documents and photographs; and in the old barn, now the HUGH AND CLAIRE VANDERBILT EDUCATION CENTER, some 3,500 children learn about our town’s history each year.

Then, up the hill on the Post Road, more history awaits at PUTNAM COTTAGE. Once home to weary eighteenthcentury travelers, it is now headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Down the road at the FLINN GALLERY at Greenwich Library, volunteers hang the walls with outstanding work from botanicals to our children’s free-spirited creations, and they keep the pedestals mounted with everything from paper sculptures to whimsical chairs. There is the ART SOCIETY OF OLD GREENWICH, open to both amateur and professional artists, which organizes a wonderful sidewalk show on Sound Beach Avenue every fall, and the 105-yearold GREENWICH ART SOCIETY, whose work you can see upstairs at the Greenwich Arts Council in the old town hall on Greenwich Avenue.

Seeing to it that all the arts stay wonderfully alive and well in our town, the ARTS COUNCIL boasts a gallery, a dance studio and recital hall. Under its auspices, we now have “Art to the Avenue,” a May event during which

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Weber Gallery

select artists and musicians bring their work into central Greenwich shops and restaurants. You can stroll the Avenue top to bottom, savoring it all from fine photography and floral art to Japanese dancers and jazz ensembles. The Arts Council also works together with the DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION to put on a sandcastle festival and kite festival.

Music, of course, is close to our hearts, and there are many opportunities in Greenwich for you to join fans in the audience or an ensemble on stage. The eighty-member GREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has been in business for fifty-five years and its concerts are not to be missed. There are several excellent chamber music groups in town, which is good news for the vocalists among us.

The 120-member GREENWICH CHORAL SOCIETY, still going strong after eighty-eight years, gives three major concerts a year—in December, March and May. The GRACE NOTES, an a cappella women’s singing group, has carried its tune as far as the White House and, strictly for gents, we have the MELODY MEN and OFF-SOUNDERS, not to mention the outstanding CHOIR FOR MEN AND BOYS over at Christ Church. (You don’t have to be a member to try out.)

There are some groups of interest to thespians: the CONNECTICUT PLAYMAKERS with its Young People’s

Theater division; the ACTING COMPANY at the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich; and the ST. CATHERINE’S PLAYERS, who pull out all the stops every spring to put on great performances of classics such as West Side Story and Beauty and the Beast. Auditions are open to all.

Book clubs, literary discussion programs and community libraries are found throughout Greenwich, too. Then there’s GREENWICH LIBRARY, known to be the second busiest public library in New England after Boston Public Library, with an annual circulation of 1.5 million books, DVDs and other materials. It obviously draws readers and researchers from all over.

For arts and culture farther afield, head just over our western border to Purchase, New York, where you’ll find the impressive PERFORMING ARTS CENTER at Purchase College and the DONALD M. KENDALL SCULPTURE GARDENS, located at the world headquarters of PepsiCo. (The site is currently under renovation and will reopen in 2015.) To the north in Katonah are the KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART and CARAMOOR MUSIC AND ARTS CENTER. To the east are the STAMFORD SYMPHONY, PALACE THEATRE and RICH FORUM; and in Norwalk, the outstanding STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN is a favorite among local families. »

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ARTS SCENE

Engaged

in learning

Inspired by

Discovery

Fearless

Achievers

Bruce Museum

A SAMPLING ACTING COMPANY OF GREENWICH

203-629-2094 actgreenwich.org

AMERICAN CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

Whitby is a co-ed, independent school for students ages 18 months – 8th Grade.

To learn more, please contact us at admissions@whitbyschool.org or visit our website.

Accredited by the American Montessori Society, International Baccalaureate Organization and Connecticut Association of Independent Schools

212-362-2727 amerclassorch.org AMERICAN LEGION DRUM CORPS

203-531-8890 rlincs.com/aldc

ART SOCIETY OF OLD GREENWICH

203-637-9949 artsocietyofoldgreenwich.com BRUCE MUSEUM

203-869-0376 brucemuseum.org

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BYRAM SHUBERT LIBRARY

203-531-0426 greenwichlibrary.org

CENTER FOR CHAMBER MUSIC

203-661-6626 centerforchambermusic.com CHOIR OF MEN AND BOYS

203-869-6600 christchurchgreenwich.org CONNECTICUT GRAND OPERA & ORCHESTRA

203-327-2867 ctgrandopera.org

CONNECTICUT PLAYMAKERS

203-977-8627 ctplaymakers.org

COS COB LIBRARY

203-622-6883 greenwichlibrary.org DIAMOND HILL CHANCEL THEATRE

203-869-2395 diamondhillumc.org

ARTS SCENE Greenwich Historical Society

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH

203-869-6899 hstg.org

PERROT MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN OLD GREENWICH

203-637-1066 perrotlibrary.org

PRO ARTE SINGERS

203-322-5970 proartesingers.org

SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND

203-299-1300 shakespeareonthesound.org SOUND BEACH COMMUNITY BAND

203-637-0461 soundbeachband.org ST. CATHERINE’S PLAYERS

203-862-9240 stcatherinesplayers.com WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM FLINN GALLERY AT GREENWICH LIBRARY

203-622-7947 flinngallery.com GRACE NOTES

203-869-8428 thegracenotes.com GREENWICH ANTIQUES SOCIETY

203-869-3491 greenwichantiques.org

YOUTH CHOIR (Second Congregational Church)

203-869-9311 2cc.org

FARTHER AFIELD

GREENWICH ART SOCIETY

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND ARTS

GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART

203-862-6750 greenwicharts.org

914-232-9555 katonahmuseum.org

GREENWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

NEUBERGER MUSEUM

203-622-5136 greenwichchoralsociety.org

914-251-6100 neuberger.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

PALACE THEATRE

greenwichlibrary.org

203-325-4466 stamfordcenterforthearts.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY

PEPSICO SCULPTURE GARDENS

203-622-7900 greenwichlibrary.org

914-253-2000 pepsico.com

GREENWICH MUSIC FESTIVAL

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT SUNY PURCHASE

203-629-1533 greenwichartsociety.org

203-637-0536 greenwichmusicfestival.org GREENWICH PEN WOMEN

203-869-6347 greenwichpenwomen.org

914-232-5035 caramoor.org

914-251-6200 artscenter.org RICH FORUM

203-325-4466 stamfordcenterforthearts.org

GREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

STAMFORD SYMPHONY

203-869-2664 greenwichsym.org

203-325-1407 stamfordsymphony.org

GREENWICH SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN

203-622-6611 greenwichsym.org

203-365-0340 worldaffairsforum.org

203-899-0606 steppingstonesmuseum.org

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OUT

R E AC HING

G R E E N W I C H H A S A B I G H E A R T, A S P R O V E N B Y T H E M A N Y CO M M U N I T Y- S E RV I C E O R G A N I Z AT I O N S I N T O W N

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es, Greenwich is a geographically beautiful town, but it’s also a very caring community.

Though many of its residents have demanding careers, they still find the time to make community service a priority. As a result, Greenwich is home base to an army of serviceminded volunteers and a variety of organizations committed to helping those in need. If your family requires special assistance, there’s a group here that can help. Or, if you’re looking to partner with a nonprofit organization that does the type of volunteer work you have a passion for, chances are good you’ll find a great match in Greenwich. Following is a list of some of the area’s top services.

Formerly known as the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC), Abilis was founded more than fifty years ago with one goal: to help those with special needs achieve their full potential. This organization offers a variety of services to people who are developmentally disabled and their families, including residential assistance; employment training, placement and support; and recreational opportunities. In addition, it’s the only organization in the Greenwich/Stamford area that offers early intervention services for children. 203-531-1880, abilis.us* ABILIS

The Greenwich chapter of this national organization is involved in our community in a multitude of ways. It prevents and responds to emergency situations ranging from house fires to blackouts to hurricanes. It also provides community disaster education and information on health and safety, including CPR and first-aid courses. The Red Cross has a strong youth program as well, offering leadership development opportunities through programs such as Open Eyes (a peer AMERICAN RED CROSS

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sexual education course) and Safe Rides, which enhances awareness of the dangers of driving drunk or traveling with a drunk driver. 203-869-8444, redress.org The nation’s longestrunning teen center, this lively facility is a good reflection of the town’s deep commitment to its young people. With a dance floor, stage, sound equipment, video games, pool tables and juice bar, the nonprofit, drug-and-alcohol free facility provides a fun place for local teens (grades 9 to 12) to socialize with friends and make new ones. Teens can also build their volunteer hours through the center, which works with numerous local charitable organizations.

If that weren’t impressive enough, the center produces a podcasted teen radio show in a high-tech recording studio.

203-629-5744, archstreet.org ARCH STREET TEEN CENTER

This nonprofit service caters to the needs of Greenwich residents over the age of fifty. The organization sends volunteers to help the elderly care for themselves safely at home.

Services include transportation to and from doctor appointments, help around the house, access to social activities, free nutrition counseling and more. There is a minimal fee for the agency’s services: $500 per year for an individual; $650 for a household. 203-422-2342, AT HOME IN GREENWICH

athomeingreenwich.org

This nationwide organization runs after-school and fine-arts programs, recreational activities and a summer camp, all to give children a sense of belonging and accomplishment while building their selfesteem. The organization also offers college scholarships and work internships for teens. It’s open to families BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

YWCA

have experienced a loss. Programs are sensitive to the ages of participants and type of death. There is no fee for services.

203-869-484, familycenters.org* A leading service organization in Fairfield County with offices in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien, Family Centers has some thirty programs. They include Friendly Connections (telephone support programs for the homebound and elderly), Early Childhood Education, Head Start, Reaching Independence Through Employment (RITE) and Nurturing Families and Counseling. 203-869-4848, familycenters.org* FAMILY CENTERS

Many seniors who are independent and live in their own homes need special care, services and social time. This organization helps them get those things. It brings together seniors in a safe, supervised environment, on a regular basis. GADC River House also provides professional, medical and personal care for the elderly, sustains their families and caregivers, and supports health-care professionals. A specialized program provides assistance for those struggling with impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. But the emphasis is on fun. The Transportation Association of Greenwich (TAG) can provide door-to-door service. Fees are on a sliding scale.

203-622-0079, gadcriverhouse.org* GREENWICH ADULT DAY CARE RIVER HOUSE

who live or work in Greenwich. Cost is $25 per year for residents; $125 for nonresidents. 203-869-3224, bgcg.org* For more than thirty years, Greenwich seniors have been able to rely on this organization for free transportation. Call-a-Ride volunteers will drive those over age sixty anywhere in town for any reason: doctor appointments, shopping, socializing, you name it! Rides are available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

203-661-6633* CALL-A-RIDE

This group, which started as a Junior League project, is an unusual service and, we think, the envy of many a town. Based in Greenwich Library, it provides residents with information on just about anything they want to know about Greenwich, including organizations, upcoming events, children’s and parenting services, and camps and educational programs. There’s no charge and every question is met with an answer.

203-622-7979, communityanswers.org* COMMUNITY ANSWERS

The mission of this organization is to improve the quality of life for individuals, couples and families in Greenwich. Services include family life enhancement, psychotherapy and supportive counseling, older adult services, supermarket shopping for seniors, immigrant and case management services, and the Jewish Health and Healing Center. Fees are on a sliding scale.

203-622-1881, jfsgreenwich.org* JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREENWICH

A member of the Junior League International, one of the world’s largest and most respected volunteer organizations, the Greenwich League boasts a membership of more than 700 women. Committed to identifying and meeting the needs of our residents, it has initiated many programs that have become part of the fiber of our town, among them Kids in Crisis, Community Answers, the Den for Grieving Kids, Youth Employment Service and the playground at Bruce Park. The group’s handsome headquarters in the former Red Cross house on the Post Road attests to its growth. 203-869-1979, jlgreenwich.org JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GREENWICH

This organization provides individual, family and group counseling, therapeutic recreation, education programs and advocacy to the 2,547 individuals who live in public housing in Greenwich.

Services are free or for a nominal fee. 203-869-1276, ccigreenwich.org* COMMUNITY CENTERS

A program of Family Centers, the Den provides a safe, caring environment for young people (ages three through eighteen) who have lost a friend or family member. Services include biweekly peer support sessions, bereavement support groups on-site in schools, and a mentoring program for high-risk children who DEN FOR GRIEVING KIDS

This is one of only a few agencies in Connecticut that provides free, round-the-clock crisis KIDS IN CRISIS

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Greenwich Adult Day Care

intervention counseling and emergency shelter for children.

Its mission is to protect infants, children and teens from abuse and family crisis. Since its founding, the organization has helped 80,000 Connecticut children and families through its twenty-four-hour helpline, prevention programs in local communities and advocacy throughout the state.

203-327-5437, kidsincrisis.org* It’s a common misconception that Meals on Wheals serves only the elderly. In fact, this organization serves people confined to their homes and unable to shop and cook for themselves. Meals are packed and delivered by volunteers. One hot and one cold meal are brought to each person’s doorstep, each weekday, for a nominal fee. Dietary requirements can be accommodated.

203-869-1312, mealsonwheelsofgreenwich.org MEALS ON WHEELS

Established in 1981 to assist people with a history of mental illness who are making the transition to community living, Pathways provides inpatient and outpatient care in an environment that encourages individuals to develop and refine their daily living and learning skills at their own pace. Safe, clean housing is available to them in the form of room and board.

203-622-5026, pathways-greenwich.org* PATHWAYS

Centrally located on Greenwich Avenue in the old Town Hall, the Senior Center is home to the Commission on Aging and bustles with activity during the week. Greenwich residents over fifty-five can live the center’s motto, Life: Be In It, by participating in a program of diverse classes, including arts and crafts, line dancing and French. A nutritious lunch is served daily and health forums are offered in a friendly, social atmosphere. Free SENIOR CENTER

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tax consultation is available to seniors from February through April. 203-862-6720, greenwichct.org TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH

Also known as TAG, this local nonprofit has been providing rides to the handicapped and elderly in Greenwich and Stamford for thirty years. TAG also provides door-to-door transportation to other service organizations throughout our community and offers commuter shuttles to the central business district and the New York state line. Rides are nominally priced.

203-637-4345, ridetag.org* Known as the Greenwich Family Y, the YMCA is much more than a place to go for physical exercise. It succeeds beautifully in its mission to enrich families and the community. With an Olympic-sized pool, numerous recreational classes, education, daycare and babysitting services, the Y truly offers something for everyone.

203-869-1630, greenwichymca.org* YMCA

This YWCA has an amazing offering of more than 125 health, fitness, personal and professional developmental and educational courses. There is also programming for children from six months to twelve years of age; programs include pre-K education, playroom, full-day childcare, after-school programs and summer camps. The YWCA also sponsors clubs for newcomers and international residents.

In addition, the organization provides domestic abuse services for adults and children, including court advocacy and confidential counseling through a 24-hour hotline (203622-0003). 203-869-6501, ywcagreenwich.org* • YWCA

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COMMUNITY COS COB DIAMOND HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

203-869-2395

GREENWICH ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ADVENT

H OUSES OF WO RSHI P

MARY ALICE FISCHER

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t may surprise newcomers to learn that Greenwich, a town of only 62,000, has more than forty houses of worship, and that’s not including the Friends Meetinghouse in town, or the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches that are located nearby.

Some of these places are historic landmarks. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich, founded in Old Greenwich in 1665, is the oldest church in town. The current building dates back to 1895, though there have been numerous renovations since. The Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, which celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2005, was founded forty years later. The magnificent Gothic structure was constructed just before the Civil War and its 212-foot steeple, the highest point in Greenwich, is easily recognized from land and sea. (The First Presbyterian Church at the top of Greenwich Avenue added a magnificent steeple in 2007 but, being on a hill, the Second Congregational still tops it.) George Washington visited the church in 1781, and Thomas Edison wrote a letter suggesting ways to protect the steeple from lightning strikes.

In Colonial times, central Greenwich was called Horseneck, and that’s just what the Anglicans named their first chapel here in the late 1740s. A terrible gale blew it down in 1821, but the parishioners rebuilt, and on Christmas Day 1833, Christ Church was born. The handsome Gothic structure of today was consecrated in 1910. Right next door on the Post Road is Temple Sholom, and the two congregations have a close rapport. •

203-861-2432

BETHEL AME CHURCH

203-661-3099

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF GREENWICH

203-629-9059

CHRIST CHURCH GREENWICH

203-869-6600

DINGLETOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH

203-629-5923

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

203-869-7988

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST

203-869-1555

FIRST CHURCH OF ROUND HILL

203-629-3876

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

203-869-0032

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

203-869-8686

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

203-629-9584

GRACE CHURCH OF GREENWICH

203-861-7555

GREENWICH BAPTIST CHURCH

203-869-2437

GREENWICH CONGR. OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

203-661-1244

GREENWICH REFORM SYNAGOGUE

203-629-0018

HARVEST TIME ASSEMBLY OF GOD

203-531-7778

JAPANESE GOSPEL CHURCH

203-531-6450

(at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church) NORTH GREENWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

203-869-7763

ROUND HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH

203-869-1091

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-531-8730

ST. AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-869-5396

ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

203-661-5526

ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-869-9393

ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-869-5421

ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

203-531-8466

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-531-8741

ST. ROCH CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-869-4176

ST. TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHAPEL

203-869-5421

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

203-869-9311

STANWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

203-661-4420

TEMPLE SHOLOM

203-869-7191

TRINITY CHURCH

203-618-0808

OLD GREENWICH ALBERTSON MEMORIAL CHURCH OF SPIRITUALISM

203-637-4615

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

203-637-1791

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF OLD GREENWICH

203-637-3669

ST. SAVIOUR’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

203-637-2262

RIVERSIDE ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA CATHOLIC CHURCH

203-637-3661

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

203-637-2447

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HAPPENINGS

OUT

& ABOU T

GREENWICH HAS MORE THAN I T S S H A R E O F E N T E R TA I N M E N T A N D C U LT U R A L E V E N T S . T H E R E ’ S S O M E T H I N G H E R E F O R T H E W H O L E FA M I LY

I

Greenwich Hospital Gala

JANUARY

Avon Theatre Gala and Oscar Night YWCA BRAVA! Awards

Red Cross Red & White Ball Red Ribbon Gala REACH Prep Luncheon St. Michael the Archangel’s Benefit Time for Lyme Gala United Way Sole Sisters Luncheon YWCA Persimmons Ball

MARCH

MAY

Green Fingers Garden Club Show Greenwich Hospital Great Chefs Greenwich Library Peterson Dinner St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Art to the Avenue Breast Cancer Alliance Walk Bruce Museum Crafts Festival Bruce Museum Icon Awards GADC Fashion Show Lunch Greenwich Town Party Kids in Crisis Benefit May Gardeners’ Market Memorial Day Parade Old Greenwich/Riverside Kitchen Tour Rotary Citizen of the Year Dinner SoundWaters Tall Ships Ball YWCA Old Bags Luncheon

Greenwich Adult Day Care Benefit SoundWaters Roast and Toast

FEBRUARY

APRIL Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Dinner Audubon Dinner Community Answers Fashion Show Greenwich Chamber Awards Lunch Greenwich Daffodil Show Greenwich Symphony Soirée Greenwich Tree Conservancy Tree Party Juvenile Diabetes Gala Maritime Aquarium Dinner Planned Parenthood Luncheon

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Dave Matthews at Greenwich Town Party

JUNE Backcountry Jazz Benefit

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n a town so full of active and civic-minded people, there’s a wide variety of events for everyone to enjoy, be it a ball, parade or car show. Keeping track of them all is a wonderful volunteer organization called Community Answers, which you can contact for any information about our town (203-622-7979 or communityanswers.org). No one in Greenwich, adult or child, need ever run out of things to do. Here are some of the annual happenings that benefit our community and our souls.

Bruce Museum Renaissance Ball Concours d’Elegance Car Show Family Centers Benefit Garden Education Center Garden Tour Greenwich Business Club Benefit Greenwich Kennel Club Dog Show Junior League Cotillion/Touch-a-Truck League of Women Voters Dinner St. Paul’s Church Fair for All

JULY Fourth of July Fireworks Greenwich Hospital Under the Stars Greenwich Point Conservancy Beach Ball Sand Sculpture Contest

AUGUST St. Catherine’s Carnival of Fun

SEPTEMBER Adopt-A-Dog Benefit Boys & Girls Club Gala Family ReEntry Luncheon Land Trust “Go Wild” Day Nathaniel Witherell Golf Outing YWCA Spirit of Greenwich Awards

NOVEMBER Community Centers Benefit Historical Society Antiques Show Junior League Enchanted Forest Make-A-Wish Foundation Ball Woman’s Club Christmas Boutique Women’s Exchange Christmas Boutique

DECEMBER Antiquarius Boutique and House Tour Bruce Museum/Historical Society Antiques Show Christmas at Round Hill Reindeer Festival and Holiday Stroll Rob Mathes Concert •

OCTOBER At Home in Greenwich Cabaret Breast Cancer Alliance Luncheon Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival Greenwich Hospital Gala Greenwich Riding and Trail Hunt Ball Multiple Myeloma Research Gala Pathways Dinner UJA Gala United Way Oktoberfest

Greenwich Point Conservancy Beach Ball

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BY DONNA MOFFLY

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ow did our streets get their names? Let us count the ways. The answer is pretty easy if they have names like Hidden Brook, Hillside, Shore, Parsonage, Deer Park, Old Mill, Copper Beech, Daffodil or Bobolink. And obviously we have the Indian influence: Mianus, Amogerone, Siwanoy, Owenoke, Cognewaugh, Tomac, Keofferam and others. (And Byram was supposedly where the Indians went to buy rum.)

Some streets were named after two people, like AnnJim Drive in Cos Cob and JoFran Lane off North Maple.

But many have less obvious roots. For whatever reason, somebody decided to name streets in Byram for minerals: Gold, Nickel and Silver streets. And over in Old Greenwich’s Havemeyer Park, developed with homecoming WWII veterans in mind, you’ll find streets named Nimitz, Halsey, MacArthur, Marshall and Arnold after their noble leaders. Blessedly, there was never a Mr. Dingletown: That road was named for the sound of cowbells.

Because of its name, Hooker Lane in Cos Cob took on a life of its own a couple of years ago. It even made

the New York Times. Seems that some of its residents were embarrassed to live there. Never mind that Connecticut history is filled with the proud descendants of Thomas Hooker, the Puritan minister who founded Hartford as a colony for religious dissenters in 1636. Or that Mr. and Mrs. Elon Huntington Hooker owned a lovely Greenwich estate, Chelmsford, for fifty years and helped found the Field Club. Or that Hooker was the maiden name of the wife of the gentleman who developed the first homes on the little dead-end road off Cognewaugh in the sixties. Still, there was snickering, and the street sign was stolen so many times that it was moved to safety up a telephone pole. Some residents even worried that the name might hurt their property values and petitioned the Representative Town Meeting to change it to Stonebrook. And guess what? They won the battle by a wide margin. Their street is now officially Stonebrook Lane.

Of course, many of our streets were named for our Founding Fathers—Mead, Ferris, Husted; others for the financial titans who came to town near the turn of the last century, such as Benedict, Tod, Bolling and Havemeyer. We thought it might be interesting—and fun—to learn the stories behind a sampling of our street signs. »

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STREET SMART off East Putnam — Named after Jeremiah Milbank (1818–1884) who owned more than 300 acres of land from the Post Road to the Sound and from what is now Milbank Avenue to Indian Field Road.

A wholesale grocer in New York, Jeremiah joined forces with Gail Borden in 1857 and financed what would become the Borden Condensed Milk Company. During the Civil War, they made a fortune overnight supplying canned milk to the Union Army. In 1863 Jeremiah invested in a new railroad company—the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. He soon became a full-time investment banker.

Having married Elizabeth Lake from Greenwich, the wealthy New Yorker decided he wanted a summer home in the country and bought the land opposite the Second Congregational Church from the widow of New York politician William “Boss” Tweed. He and Elizabeth lived briefly in Tweed’s house, then sold it to H. O. Havemeyer, who moved the home a short distance to a lot where Temple Sholom now stands. The Milbanks then hired the New York architects Lamb and Rich to design their own magnificent mansion in the 1880s. (Their grandson Jeremiah Jr., a popular and respected Greenwich resident, was known for his generosity to the Greenwich Boys & Girls Club and other causes for disadvantaged youth.)

The showcase property would pass down to the Milbanks’ daughter, Mrs. A. A. Anderson, and on to Elizabeth Milbank Ashforth, who died in 1930.

She left it to her husband and their two children, Eleanor Mabel and Henry Adams Ashforth Jr. The magnificent iron gate erected

by Jeremiah Milbank, which is emblazoned with the letter M, still stands at the intersection of Milbank Avenue and the Post Road.

Milbank mansion in the late 1930s

MILBANK A V EN U E

MILBANK AVENUE

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MOORELAND ROAD

Elizabeth Milbank Ashforth

off Round Hill Road — Named for Charles Arthur Moore (1880–1949), chairman of Manning, Maxwell and Moore, a metal tool manufacturer and a resident of Greenwich for fifty-four years.

A man of many interests, Moore, a Yale graduate, went on Perry’s Arctic expedition that brought back the Cape York Meteorite in 1897 and joined Homer Davenport in Arabia in 1906 to import fine desert horses. He also served in the Balkan War and hunted big game around the world. He and his first wife, Annette Sperry, had three children; he and his second wife, Elizabeth Hyde, whom he married in Greenwich in 1920, had two.

Moore’s 275-acre estate on Round Hill

Charles Moore

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MOORELAND ROAD

MEADOWC R O FT LA N E

Henry Croft

off Grahampton — Named, along with Beechcroft and Pinecroft roads nearby, for Henry W. Croft (1865– 1947), one of nine children of a wholesale grocer. He rose to head the Harbison-Walker Refineries Com­pany of Pittsburgh, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of bricks.

An extremely wealthy man, Croft decided “out of the blue,” said a daughter, to build a mansion in Greenwich, where he would spend the summers while wintering in Pittsburgh. He would live MEADOWCROFT LANE

TOP RIGHT: BOB CAPAZZO; COURTESY HISTORICAL SOCIET Y OF GREENWICH

Road near the Round Hill Club became the colorful scene of the games held each year by the Round Hill Scottish Games Association. A member of the Campbell

here permanently following his retirement in 1938. In late 1915, Harry, as he was called, bought 300 acres of land in the Clapboard Ridge area—“one of the largest real estate deals ever made in Greenwich,” noted the Greenwich News and Graphic—and soon thereafter the deeds to five farms once owned by the Mead, De Kraft, Peck and Reynolds families.

Later, Croft and his neighbors would successfully prevent the Merritt Parkway from cutting through that area.

The handsome estate, named Grahampton after his wife, Mary Augusta Graham Croft, was finished in 1917 and boasted English tapestries, eleven fireplaces and in Harry’s office an innovative machine that amplified music so it could be heard throughout the house.

Outside, Augusta created wonderful gardens while her husband, a member of the Blind Brook and Round Hill clubs, drove golf balls on the lawn and their four children rode around on their horses.

clan and proud of his Scottish ancestry, Moore had invited thirty Scottish friends to a picnic in 1923, but 300 showed up.

The next year, he combined his picnic with a fundraiser for new uniforms for a bagpipe band and drew even more enthusiasts. The association was then formed to handle the festival, which was soon attracting a crowd of 5,000 to 8,000 to the event to cheer on the pipe-and-drum bands, highland dancers, mutton-pie eaters, sheepdog trainers and caber tossers. But at six-foot-three and 250 pounds, Moore himself might have been the most impressive Scot there as he awarded the coveted Charles A. Moore challenge shield to winning contestants.

Ashton Capazzo

ASHTON DRIVE, midcountry: named for the daughter of photographer Bob Capazzo and his wife, Georgine.

LEWIS STREET, downtown:

named for the Reverend Dr. Isaac Lewis, esteemed pastor of the Second Congregational Church from 1786 to 1816.

BENEDICT PLACE, downtown:

named for Commodore Elias Cornelius Benedict (1834–1920), sailor, financier and philanthropist, whose Italian Renaissance villa is still a lovely landmark on Indian Harbor.

BOLLING PLACE

downtown: named for Colonel Raynal C. Bolling, the first high-ranking airman to be killed in World War I. DAVIS AVENUE,

western Greenwich: named for Thomas Davis of Elias Oyster Bay who Benedict bought the tide mill there in 1761. His son Elisha, a Tory, took over and secretly ground grain for the British fleet moored in the Sound during the Revolution.

GROSSET ROAD, Riverside:

named for publisher Alexander Grosset, president of Grosset and Dunlap, who bought a large piece of land in Willowmere and built a mansion called Thrushwood on a cliff overlooking the Sound. The stone pillars at the entrance to the residence still remain on Indian Head Road. »

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STREET SMART off Burying Hill Road — Named after Henry J. Topping, son of the president of Republic Steel, who married Rhea Reid, only child of Daniel Grey Reid, president of the American Tin Plate Company. Reid commissioned William Tubby to build an extraordinary Jacobean mansion on forty backcountry acres for Rhea, who called it Dunnellen Hall after her mother Ella Dunn. It was completed in 1918 to the tune of a million dollars and by 1927 totaled 208 acres as Rhea added more land to the property.

Probably the most famous and infamous of Greenwich estates, Dunnellen would witness unusual trauma over the years. Rhea and Dan’s sons—Daniel, Henry and Bob —rode up and down the grand staircase on their motorcycles and threw wild parties.

Daniel, who owned the New York Yankees, married six times, counting among his wives Lana Turner and Norwegian skater Sonja Henie. Bob was married five times, once to his brother’s ex-wife Arlene Judge.

In 1950 the Toppings sold the estate to Loring Washburn, a respected Greenwich businessman and sailor. His wife, Mary Buckner Royall, loved to entertain lavishly, often giving out party favors from Cartier.

These were happy days in Dunnellen.

The next occupant was Gregg Sherwood, a showgirl with expensive taste. The settlement from her stormy marriage to auto tycoon Horace Dodge enabled her and her handsome new husband, Daniel Moran, a former New York City cop, to buy Dunnellen in 1967. In Palm Beach, at one of their three other houses, Moran shot and killed an unarmed intruder, a young

BRUCE PARK DRIVE,

downtown — named for textile merchant and philanthropist Robert Moffatt Bruce who, 100 years ago, deeded his land and mansion overlooking the Sound to the town for an art, natural science and history museum.

Robert Bruce HEKMA ROAD, backcountry

off North Street: named for utilities magnate Jacob Hekma (1879–1949) who bought the estate called Semloh Farm in 1929. (Semloh is the name of the original owner Edwin T. Holmes spelled backwards.) The former estate is now home to the Stanwich Club.

HENDRIE AVENUE in

Riverside: named for Charles Hendrie, a former sea captain, who helped Jeremiah Atwater, Amasa Marks and Luke Lockwood develop Riverside.

LAFAYETTE COURT,

downtown: named for General Lafayette, French solider and statesman, to commemorate his visit to Greenwich in 1824.

The Reverend Isaac Lewis of the Second Congregational Church officially greeted him and took him for a walk down Put’s Hill.

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Dan Topping and Sonja Henie

unemployed busboy wearing a wet bathing suit. The showgirl would wind up bankrupt and Moran would shoot himself, but they had managed to sell Dunnellen to the flamboyant Jack R. Dick and his wife, Lynda. A supposed cattle baron with a history of fraud, Dick would be tried for forging invoices from well-known art galleries to ascribe huge values to his art collection. He died of a heart attack while being chauffeured home from the trial.

Next came Ravi Tikkoo, owner of a huge fleet of oil tankers. His beautiful wife became enamored of her bodyguard and left him living alone for four years in the most expensive house in Greenwich. And in 1983, Harry and Leona Helmsley bought Dunnellen for $11 million.

Eventually, the widowed Queen of Mean would be sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7 million for income tax invasion. But she still had enough money when she died in 2007 to leave $12 million to her elderly Maltese, Trouble. The estate went on the market again, only this time for a whopping $125 million.

Dunnellen

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downtown: probably renamed for the Hamilton family who lived in the southernmost house on what was originally called Quarry Road. It was the only access to the granite quarries opened on the nearby shoreline in 1870.

TOPPI N G R O A D

TOPPING ROAD HAMILTON AVENUE,

Northbrook Farm

ALEC TEMPLETON LANE:

named for the Welshborn pianist/composer, a Greenwich resident who, though blind since birth, became a radio and TV celebrity.

PUTNAM AVENUE, traverses

southern Greenwich: named for the 260-pound American General Israel Putnam who jumped on his steed and made a mad dash down Great Hill by the Second Congregational Church to escape the redcoats in 1779.

LITA DRIVE off North Street:

named for restaurateur Nick Manero’s daughter, who was born in 1951.

F LAGLE R DRIVE

MASON STREET downtown:

off North Street — Named for John Haldane Flagler (1838– 1922) whom the New York Times referred to as a “multimillionaire steel and iron man.”

Refusing to go to college, Flagler went to work with his uncles, who were iron dealers in New York. He ended up founding his own iron and steel firm and the National Tube Works, which later merged with U.S. Steel. He also controlled the world’s largest line of drugstores, which would merge with Liggett.

After the death of his first wife, Flagler fell in love with Alice Mandelick, a young contralto. In 1905 they bought forty acres in Greenwich west of North Street and built Northbrook Farm, a Spanish Mission–style country home with fountains, bell towers, huge FLAGLER DRIVE

COURTESY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREENWICH

John Flagler

conservatories and plenty of room for entertaining. Alice Flagler gave many recitals there, once inviting 800 socialites to a dramatic performance by ex-convicts that benefited educational work at Sing Sing. Staged on a raised platform at the end of a veranda surrounded by glass for the occasion, the show, said the New York Times, “portrayed prison problems, humorous and pathetic,” and raised $1,200. Mrs. Flagler also gave a luncheon in the garage for fifty-eight ex-convicts and their wives.

When Alice Flagler died in 1918, her husband agreed to sell his Greenwich property for between $300,000 and $400,000 to Walter C. Teagle, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey. (Reportedly, Teagle wanted to give it to his wife for Christmas.) But before the closing, the mansion caught fire and burned to the ground. Nearly everything was lost.

Apparently, the pipe organ hadn’t been part of the sale package, and when experts arrived from New York to prepare it for shipping, the caretaker lit the furnace and a defective flue caused the blaze.

Married for a third time, John Flagler was determined to build another mansion in Greenwich, but he died before it was finished. Half of his $2-million-dollar estate was divided among three New York hospitals in memory of Alice.

named for Dr. Theodore Mason, physician-grandson of the Reverend Lewis, who donated the land through which an extension would be run north to Putnam Avenue in 1880. Originally called First Avenue, this street ran from East Elm to Lewis Street at the end of the Civil War. TINGUE STREET in Byram:

named for William Tingue, founder of the Hawthorne Woolen Mills in Glenville.

Through clever acquisition of properties in the 1880s, including the shorefront part of Jonas Mead’s estate, Tingue was really responsible for creating Byram Shore.

WILBUR PECK COURT,

downtown: named for Wilbur Peck, Greenwich first selectman from 1940 to 1952.

JOHN STREET,

backcountry: named for village shoemaker John Purdy, whose house was located on the site of the Round Hill Club.

CLOSE ROAD,

backcountry: named for a founding family of Greenwich.

Edward Bennett Close would wed Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1905 and live in a mansion that became Eagle Hill School.

With his second wife he had twins, one of whom fathered the actress Glenn Close. »

Edward Close

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STREET SMART off Riverside Avenue — Named after Amasa Abraham Marks, a well-heeled business­man and philanthropist, who bought twenty-five acres of farmland in Riverside for $10,500 from the Ferris family in 1872 and then another seventy-five acres from John Hendrie and Henry Peck.

Marks wanted to create a willow plantation to supply his New York City factory that made artificial limbs for Civil War soldiers.

His company ranked no. 1 in the industry, and he was richly rewarded, since the government gave new prosthetics to these amputees every five years. It was Marks who invented rubber feet and hands with fingers, along with adjustable kneecaps. A few years later, he built a stone building for milling the wood and shipped it to New York by boat. (The building would become Ole’s Boatyard.)

On the property, Marks also developed the Willowmere Stock Farm, well known because of a black stallion named King Alair that was claimed to be the fastest horse in the world.

Marks’ kennels, too, were considered the finest. After his death in 1905, his daughter Anna would take over the stock farm and kennels, then soon succumb herself after being bitten by a champion St. Bernard.

In memory of their sister, Marks’ three sons

WALSH AVENUE in Belle

Haven: named after Robert Jay Walsh, born in 1854, who became an eminent lawyer, judge, ardent Republican (figuring prominently in the Garfield–Arthur campaign of 1880) and president of the Greenwich Trust Company.

MARK S R O A D

MARKS ROAD Robert Walsh

Amasa Marks

placed a marble fountain at the intersection of Meadow and Willow roads for thirsty horses and neighborhood dogs to enjoy, and in 1919 they developed the land for private residences —forbidding “shellfish or fish either alive or dead” on any of the lots. The Willowmere Association was formed in 1929 to protect the property owners from commercial invasion and maintain the roads, beach, pond and parks.

The Victorian mansion built by Amasa Marks in 1889 still stands proudly on Willowmere Circle.

Zaccheus Mead

ZACCHEUS MEAD LANE,

eastern midcountry: named for Zaccheus Mead, who owned the farmland and homestead on what is now known as Rock Ridge and willed them to his grandson Zaccheus Mead (1798–1872). backcountry: named for attorney John William Sterling, who in 1937 bequeathed to his alma mater 1,400 acres between the Byram River and North Castle. Subdivided into smaller estates, it was called Yale Farms. Yale got permission to name several other streets in honor of past presidents of the university. Thus we have Pierson Road, Dwight Lane and Cutler Road.

Marks’s Victorian mansion

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COURTESY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREENWICH

STERLING ROAD,

QUINTARD AVENUE in Old Greenwich: named for Henry F. Quintard of Sound Beach who once owned a large tract of farmland bought from the Indians.

The north entrance to Greenwich Cove Park was created in 1905. The old Quintard Homestead was built around 1725.

Rambleside

off Lake Avenue — Named after Zalmon Gilbert Simmons (1871–1934) who, upon the death of his father in 1910, took over the family company in Wisconsin, headquartered it in New York, bought textile mills in North Carolina and turned it into one of the lar­gest manufacturers of beds, springs and mattresses in the country, eventually moving into Canada and Europe.

In 1923 he started buying up land in mid-Greenwich, a large portion from Alice C. Schwab, and expanded the Schwab farmhouse into a mansion called Rambleside. His wife Frances asked her friend Elsie de Wolfe to decorate the interior.

Outside, the landscape was superior.

Simmons trucked in and replanted fullgrown elms, making sure that bridges en route could carry the load. There were greenhouses, rose gardens, fishponds and the “River of Iris,” Frances’s rare collection of hundreds of irises that attracted visitors from all over the world. Before the Depression, eightythree gardeners took care of the prop­­ Zalmon Simmons erty, supervised by

SIMMONS LANE

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SIMMONS LANE

the head of the botanical department at Columbia University. Among the outbuildings was a guesthouse, stable, aviary and even a duck house to shelter the ducks that came to feed by the lake.

Simmons gave land to his sons Zalmon Jr. and Grant to build houses on either side of Rambleside but retained 100 acres. After his death in 1934, the main house was sold and in 1951 the family donated seventy-five acres between Clapboard Ridge and Lake Avenue to the Boys Club for a summer camp, which is still going strong today.

The organ that Zalmon and Frances donated to what is now called First Church of Round Hill is still being played, and there’s still a Simmons on Simmons Lane. His greatgranddaughter Leslie Simmons Lee, daughter of Grant Jr., and her husband, Charles, live in a house on the estate. They had to fight against a 27,000-squarefoot house (with twenty-six bathrooms) being built on the site of the original home. Says Charlie: “They were trying to put a palace on a postage stamp.”

John Dayton

DAYTON AVENUE,

downtown: named for John Dayton, who built the first commercial building on Greenwich Avenue, near the top, around 1860. He owned the shoe store on the first floor. Also a sheriff, he sometimes kept prisoners at his house due to the lack of jail cells in town, and his wife, a good cook, fed them well.

HETTIEFRED ROAD,

northeast near New York border: named for Hettie and Fred Schmaling, who had a farm and a farm stand on King Street.

BINNEY LANE, Old Greenwich: named for Edwin Binney (1866– 1934), who co-invented Crayola Crayons. He and his wife, Alice, first president of the Historical Society of Greenwich and an early proponent of conservation, lived in their waterfront home Rocklyn and in 1940 gave thirty-two acres of land for what would eventually become Binney Park. » Edwin Binney

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LA U D ER WA Y

STREET SMART

Lauder estate

off Lake Avenue — Named after George L. Lauder Jr. (1881–1916), the only son of the cofounder of the Carnegie Steel Company (U.S. Steel) and nephew of Andrew Carnegie.

In May 1902, Lauder, a young man in his twenties, came to Greenwich from Pittsburgh to marry Katherine Morgan Rowland. For their wedding trip, they boarded his $80,000 yacht Endymion, the fastest ocean schooner in the world, reported the New York Times, adding that “the [wedding] gifts were of the most costly and rare kind” before listing guests with such well-known names as Phipps, Rockefeller, Schwab, Tilghman and, of course, Carnegie.

After their engagement a year earlier, the “Pittsburg capitalist” had purchased twenty-five acres of land from Alexander Mead adjoining Rockridge near William G. Rockefeller’s summer home, deer park and farm. The newlyweds would come home to a residence the groom had built on the property to the tune of at least $100,000.

In 1910 the New York Times reported a “stork special”—a one-car train ordered hurriedly by Lauder bearing two New York physicians, who were “immediately whirled from Greenwich station to Mr. Lauder’s estate at a rate that far outran the Connecticut speed law limits.” (Greenwich police were sympathetic.)

His sister Harriet Lauder Greenway, who married the week after George and Katherine, had bought the estate of the eccentric millionaire John Hamilton Gourlie on Mead’s Point. Upon the sudden death of her brother in 1916, Mrs. Greenway and her LAUDER WAY

HAVEMEYER PLACE

(and Lane), downtown: named for H. O. “Harry” Havemeyer, art collector, philanthropist and sugar baron, who gave the money for Havemeyer School at the turn of the nineteenth century.

JOSEPHINE EVARISTO AVENUE in Chickahominy:

named for an RTM member who represented the area for many years.

Nelson Bush

MAHER AVENUE, downtown:

named for the Maher brothers, prominent local lumber and coal merchants in the late 1800s.

BUSH AVENUE, Belle Haven:

named for Nelson Bush (1800–1875), whose farm became Belle Haven, the first residence park in Greenwich

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George Lauder Jr. Endymion

widowed sister-in-law gave Island Beach to the town of Greenwich as a bathing beach and park in memory of George Lauder Jr., “a well-known yachtsman and sportsman,” reported the Times. At the same time, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks (daughter of Hetty Green), Mrs. James Campbell and Wilbur K. Porter presented the town with a twin-screw boat capable of ferrying 300 passengers out to Island Beach. • Our appreciation for the help of the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich and The Great Estates 1880–1930, published by the Junior League of Greenwich in 1986.

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TIMELINE

G RIEEN WIC H NA N U TSHELL

Commodore Benedict’s daughter Louise with husband, Clifford Harmon, who was first to fly across the Sound from Long Island, crash-landing in the treetops at Mead’s Point pre-1910

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overing 373 years of our town, if ever so sketchily, this highly selective timeline draws on information from three books: Greenwich, An Illustrated History (Historical Society and Greenwich Time, 1990), Before & After 1776 (Historical Society, 1976), and Greenwich before 2000 (Historical Society, 2000). The individuals mentioned here are all residents of Greenwich.

1640 1650 1696 1766 1774 1780 1792 1829 1836 1848

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George Washington visits Toll gate established on Post Road

Great Captain’s Island made site for U.S. lighthouse First land speculation company develops Steamboat Road

1991 Grand List tops $10 billion 1991 Bush-Holley House, c. 1730, is designated a National

Railroad runs through town on a single track

Patrick and Feake buy land in Old Greenwich Dutch give up claim to Greenwich First tavern license granted to Ebenezer Mead John Perrot founds the first private school Paul Revere rides through town

Parking meters installed on Greenwich Avenue I-95 dedicated; 229 homes demolished Landmark Pickwick Arms Hotel demolished Ruth Sims is first woman elected first selectman The I-95 bridge over the Mianus River collapses George H. W. Bush elected President of the United States Lowell Weicker becomes Connecticut’s first Independent governor since 1858

Historic Landmark

1992 Tom Seaver inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame 1993 “Bus” Mosbacher inducted into the America’s Cup

Hall of Fame

1995 Stamford law student sues Town of Greenwich over its

Boss Tweed completes Americus Club on Indian Harbor

First telephone exchange installed in Boswell’s Drugstore

Greenwich Hospital founded

1995 1995 1998 2002 2004 2006

Town police force numbers two officers

Robert Bruce bequeaths his mansion to town for a museum

2007 Ned Lamont beats Senator Joe Lieberman in

Greenwich High School boasts 55 graduates

Greenwich ranks top in U.S. per capita income

Merritt Parkway opens

2007 President Bush’s helicopter lands in Binney Park 2011 Leona Helmsley dies, leaving her Maltese $12 million 2012 Hurricane Sandy nearly wipes us out 2013 Historic Greenwich Avenue post office is leased to

Audubon Nature Center established

Last boat service to New York from Cos Cob President Cleveland secretly undergoes surgery on

1903 1903 1904 1908 1922 1928 1928 1931 1938 1940

1953 1958 1971 1978 1983 1989 1990

1866 POPULATION: 7,000 COMMUTERS TO NEW YORK: 20 1871 1879 1890 1893

1946 Town rejects United Nations site on King Street 1947 Debut of GREENWICH SOCIAL REVIEW

Commodore E.C. Benedict’s yacht

First brick paving of Greenwich Avenue

Crayola magnate Edwin Binney donates a park Sound Beach officially renamed Old Greenwich

“residents only” beach policy

Saks Fifth Avenue replaces Woolworth’s on the Avenue Steve Young leads ’49ers to Super Bowl victory Town declares emergency due to Powerball frenzy Michael Skakel convicted in 1975 Moxley murder Archbishop of Canterbury visits Mianus River pump house converted into Greenwich Adult Day Care Democratic primary

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