There are also special events here like the RAL Outdoor show in August, and the Cottage Tour, one of the town’s best happenings. Nearly every piece is for sale, and at surprisingly reasonable prices. Open year round, visitors can gaze at a continually changing exhibit of local artwork, much of it well-curated, and of high quality. All around, it is a refreshingly stark contrast to the madness only minutes away. Just down the hill is a more recently constructed gallery that blends organically into the bucolic pine forest. The ancient home and barn, while maintaining their historic integrity, have been repurposed into gallery and studio space, respectively. We are fortunate that the Corkran family in 1938 left behind the legacy of the Rehoboth Art League. Henlopen Acres, a heavily deed-restricted community, is home to a property that has stood nearly unchanged since the mid-1700’s. What used to be a peaceful little town on the ocean is forever a booming mini-metropolis surrounded by the blight of commercialism and developers’ greed. They charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them.”Īnyone who has been coming to Rehoboth since the before-time (pre-outlets) must be as horrified as I am about the rampant development and destruction of natural resources that has occurred here. “They took all the trees, they put them in a tree museum The Joni Mitchell song “Big Yellow Taxi” has a line that goes:
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