In the 1950s; the city of Seattle began a transformation from an insular; provincial outpost to a vibrant and cosmopolitan cultural center. As veteran Seattle journalist R. M. Campbell illustrates in Stirring Up Seattle: Allied Arts in the Civic Landscape; this transformation was catalyzed in part by the efforts of a group of civic arts boosters originally known as �The Beer and Culture Society.� This �merry band� of lawyers; architects; writers; designers; and university professors; eventually known as Allied Arts of Seattle; lobbied for public funding for the arts; helped avert the demolition of Pike Place Market; and were involved in a wide range of crusades and campaigns in support of historic preservation; cultural institutions; and urban livability.
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