The striped stack is the tallest and most distinctive of three jutting skyward from the shuttered coal-fired power plant along the harbor and, Halstead claims, the tallest structure along the coastline between New York City and Boston. New owner Bridgeport Station Development is preparing to raze the bulk of the facility Sept. 28. The trio of towers are scheduled to come down in the spring. Bridgeport Station Development announced in May that the candy cane would be torn down despite some local interest in preserving it. And that pending loss got Halstead thinking. While the owner has yet to make specific redevelopment plans public, it is expected housing will be the centerpiece. And Halstead incorporated all three smoke stacks into a two-building apartment/condominium and hotel complex, with large letters spelling “Bridgeport” and “BPT” displayed vertically on the candy cane.

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