Guest Post: Yasgur's farm for sale (Woodstock not included)
By Marlowe, Wednesday, August 8, 2007.Bookmarking Sites
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Max Yasgur's farm, the site of Woodstock in 1969, is for sale for $8 million and listed with Joshpe Real Estate. While you get 103 acres of land you do not get the actual Woodstock festival site as that is part of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. You do, however, get a barn with paintings of rock stars painted on the windows.Yasgur and his farm were celebrated in Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock," popularized on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's album, Deja Vu, with the following words: "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm. I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band."
Current owner Roy Howard has tangled with the town for years for hosting Woodstock reunions in his field and has decided to move on.
The actual concert site next door to Howard's property is owned by cable magnate Alan Gerry, who built the Bethel Woods Center, concert venue that opened last summer.
All I want to know is, is it Zillowable? Maybe Paul Allen should buy it and move it to Seattle for his Experience Music Project.
P.S. If you're going down to Yasgur's Farm, don't miss Hippiefest on August 11.
--Marlow Harris - http://www.360Digest.com
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