Life here at Poor Richard's Landing is much the same as it was in the 1930s.
In the 1930s, a local Portuguese family started Camp Avellar, offering food and housing to the working artists and writers arriving in Provincetown with more inspiration than resources. The family mingled with and supported the working artists by providing inexpensive housing and work space. Mrs. Angelina "Ma" Avellar befriended such writers as Sinclair Lewis and Eugene O'Neill prior to their notoriety.
Today, The Landing remains "a gathering place" for artists and their friends, for collaborative works and social throw downs. Tennessee Williams, filmmaker John Waters, Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham and feminist / writer Kate Millet have either resided or worked at The Landing.
The Landing is perhaps the only property of its kind remaining in town today. Whether you are in Town for a week or for the summer, bring the paint box, the camera…whatever your artistic craving…here is the place you can truly kick back, relax and wallow in the inspiration of Cape Light.
Patti Page said it best…
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air
Quaint little villages here and there
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
If you like the taste of a lobster stew
Served by a window with an ocean view
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
Winding roads that seem to beckon you
Miles of green beneath a sky of blue
Church bells chimin' on a Sunday morn
Remind you of the town where you were born
If you spend an evening you'll want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
If you spend an evening you'll want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
