Eleish Van Breems: Downtown’s New Remarkable Store

Eleish Van Breems: Downtown’s New Remarkable Store

New Westporters know it as Talbots. Those with longer memories lovingly recall Esther Kramer’s Remarkable Book Shop. But in the 1950s Edie Van Breems’ aunt actually lived in the 1775 home, at the very visible Main Street/Parker Harding Plaza corner, before it turned into a business. Which is why the native Westporter feels honored to restore the fabled property to some of its past glory. The 18th century chestnut post and beam frame, reclaimed b…