Woodstock Castle: One of The Craziest Homes We’ve Ever Seen
With soaring turrets and a striking stone facade, 450 Brickyard Road in Woodstock, Connecticut, is a home fit for a king or queen – or at least anyone willing to shell out a royal sum. The estate, dubbed “Woodstock Castle,” or the “Chrismark Castle.” Continue reading »
Remembering The Original Woodstock In Wonderful Historical Photographs, 1969
A wide-angle view of the huge crowd facing the distant stage during the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in August 1969.
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In 1969, more than 400,000 people descended on Bethel, New York, headed to a dairy farm owned by Max and Miriam Yasgur, where the Woodstock Music & Art Fair was being held. Continue reading »
“I Want To Take You Higher”: Girls Of Woodstock, The Best Beauty And Style Moments From Summer 1969
Woodstock 1969. The legendary music festival is celebrated during three days by thousands of people, especially women of all ages whose style and attitude were immortalized by photographers from all around the world. In color or black and white, the atmosphere of this ode to music is perfectly captured, in a place where it wasn’t unusual to bump into the great Janis Joplin. Continue reading »
“Peace, Love, Music And Mud”: LIFE At Woodstock In 1969
The original plan was for an outdoor rock festival, “three days of peace and music” in the Catskill village of Woodstock. What the young promoters got was the third largest city in New York state, population 400,000 (give or take 100,000), location Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near the town of White Lake. Continue reading »
