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- July 22, 1991: American Notes:Woodstock, N.Y.
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 22, 1991 The Colorado
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 29
- American Notes
- WOODSTOCK, N.Y.
- Wigged-Out Windfall?
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- <p> In 1969 Woodstock, N.Y., became the symbol of the Age of
- Aquarius when it lent its name to a three-day love-in and rock
- concert featuring, among others, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and
- Arlo Guthrie. Though the festival was ultimately held 50 miles
- away, Flower Power devotees and New York City weekenders have
- since flocked to the once quiet community. But as Woodstock
- (pop. 6,800) has grown, it has run into some of the fiscal
- problems facing other towns and cities. Among them: paying off
- an $8.5 million debt to the local sewer district.
- </p>
- <p> True to its nonconformist heritage, the town board is
- studying a novel solution: setting aside an acre of land and
- selling "plots" for $10 a square inch. If the plan is given the
- go-ahead, which may come as early as August, prospective buyers--many of them probably nostalgic hippies--will receive deeds
- and elaborate ownership certificates. And if all 6,272,640
- square-inch parcels contained in the acre are sold, the town
- stands to reap a huge windfall.
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