Talking About Beaux Arts

By Joann Bromberg

Book Description: Talking About Beaux Arts tells the story of a small, separately governed community situated on the shores of Lake Washington, across from Mercer Island and Seattle. The focus is members? effort to maintain community values and traditions amid rapid change. The book is a collage of stories and anecdotes, pieced together from conversations collected from over 80 members who talk about their experience as past or current residents of this unique community. Selected archival photographs accompany text. The Village of Beaux Arts was Founded in 1908 as an Arts and Crafts colony. In the ?30?s, as a result of the Depression, the Village center, its ?Atellier? section, intended to house workshops and studios, was platted and sold off to pay back taxes. In 1954, to maintain its autonomy and independence from the growing city of Bellevue, The Town of Beaux Arts Village was incorporated as a fourth-class town. The Town depends on resident volunteers to conduct Town business and manage Villagers? communally owned lake-front property. Author Bio: Folklorist and community member, Joann Bromberg, (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1982) conceived and directed this community based, volunteer driven project. Talking About Beaux Arts is the work of many hands.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615310036
• ISBN13: 9780615310039
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: null
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.