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The original plan was for the festival to take place in the town of Woodstock on a site owned by Alexander Tapooz. [ 30 ] : 40 After local residents rejected that idea, Lang and Kornfeld thought they had found another possible location at the Winston Farm in Saugerties, New York . [ 31 ]
Bethel is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States.The population was estimated at 3,959 in 2020. [3] The town received worldwide attention after it served as the location of Woodstock in 1969, which was originally planned for Wallkill, New York, but was relocated to Bethel after Wallkill withdrew.
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is an amphitheatre, performing arts center and museum located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Located approximately 90 miles (140 km) from New York City , the 800-acre (3.2 km 2 ) site includes a 15,000-seat outdoor concert venue, a 1,000-seat outdoor terrace stage, an ...
Bearsville – A hamlet at the junction of State Route 212 and County Route 45, west of Woodstock village. Byrdcliffe – Site of the original art colony east of the junction of Routes 212 and Glasco Turnpike (County Route 33), northwest of Woodstock village on the lower slopes of Mount Guardian above Glasco Turnpike. At one time it was home ...
The colony is still in operation today and is located on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) with 35 original buildings, all designed in the Arts and Crafts style. There is a self-guided walking tour through the compound as well as a hiking path that leads to the mountain top which gives way to scenic Catskill views.
Woodstock was settled in 1686 by English colonists from Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was known as New Roxbury until 1690, when it was incorporated as Woodstock. The early settlers occupied the ridge along which Plain Ridge Road now runs, and the area now occupied by the green, Congregational church, and adjacent cemetery were ...
Route 198 was commissioned in 1932, [3] running along the current route of Route 171 from former Route 15 (now I-84) in Union to former Route 91 (now Route 171) in Woodstock. Between 1932 and 1942, its western terminus was truncated at the Union-Eastford town line.
The Woodstock Historic District encompasses most of the historic center of Woodstock, Virginia. Founded in 1761, it is the oldest community in Shenandoah County , which is reflected in its architecture.