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Train service began in Stamford in 1848, and regular service along the New Haven Line began on January 1, 1849. [12] The introduction of train service in Stamford improved access to the city, helped develop its industry, and attracted immigrants. [13] Stamford's population grew from about 5,000 in 1850 to 11,000 in 1880. [13]
December 1, 1988 (39 Strickland Rd., in Cos Cob [5]: 2 : Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920.Current headquarters and museum of the Greenwich Historical Society. 2 ...
Stamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall located in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut. The 761,000-square-foot (70,700 m 2 ) mall is the eighth largest in Connecticut, with space for about 130 stores and restaurants.
Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States.It includes major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as other retail businesses, hotels, restaurants, offices, entertainment venues and high-rise apartment buildings.
Shippan Point has three restaurants: Brennan's, on Iroquois Road, a bar and casual restaurant, The New Olive Branch at 703 Shippan Avenue, and the Stamford Yacht club. Other nearby restaurants include Café Silvium at 371 Shippan Avenue, an award-winning Italian Restaurant; and a larger Italian restaurant, Tomato Tomato, at 401 Shippan Avenue.
Pellicci's Italian restaurant has been located at the same address on Stillwater Avenue since 1947. The family-owned restaurant is known for unpretentious, old-fashioned Italian cooking. Joe DiMaggio, Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Walter Cronkite have all dined there. The eatery sells more than 1,000 pounds of baked chicken a week. [5]
The Thomas Lyon House, at 1 Byram Road, was built ca. 1739 [2] and is considered to be the oldest unaltered structure in Greenwich, Connecticut. [3] The restoration of the house, a Colonial saltbox, is the primary project of the Greenwich Preservation Trust, a not-for-profit organization that grew out of the Thomas Lyon House Committee formed by the Byram Neighborhood Association. [4]
The Stamford Police Department (SPD) is Stamford's only police force, and has lost four officers in the line of service since 1938. The police force has about 280 sworn police officers making it the fifth largest police force in Connecticut after Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Waterbury. [ 96 ]