Woodstock (New York)

Ulster County

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Woodstock is a town in Ulster County in the U.S. state of New York with 6241 inhabitants ( 2000). The city is located northwest of Kingston. The city's area covers 175.8 km ². The city was known in particular in that after her the Woodstock Festival is named, although the actual venue in Bethel is located 76 km away from it.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​175.8 km ², of which 174.8 km ² land and 1.0 km ² omitted ( = 0.53 %) to water. The city is located in the north of the county - the northern city border is the border of Greene County - northwest of Kingston.

New York State Route 212 runs through the urban area, which lies within the borders of Catskill Park.

History

The first European settlers arrived around 1770 in the area. The city was incorporated as a Town in 1787. They were later parts of their territory to the formation of incorporated cities from others, Middletown ( 1789), Windham (1798 ), Shandaken (1804 ), and Olive (1853 ).

1898 was the Woodstock Elgin Creamery.

Woodstock was around the turn of the century to the 20th century as an artist colony and various painters of the Hudson River School, as E. Charlton Fortune and Spencer Trask were often attended. The Arts and Crafts Movement came about the year 1902 to Woodstock.

Art and Music

The resulting 1903 Byrdcliffe Colony is the oldest artists' colony of the Arts & Crafts Movement. She lured artists to Woodstock, which produced here taught and crafts, such as furniture, metalwork, pottery egg products, grass weavings and the first school of painting founded Woodstock. The colony thus changed the cultural life in the city permanently.

1916 established the utopian philosopher and poet Hervey White in the woods a wooden concert hall. Here since the Maverick Concerts ( maverick, English for " outsiders" ) are taking place today and are the oldest continuous chamber music festival in the United States. Composers such as Henry Cowel, John Cage, Robert Rigid and Peter Schickele wrote works that were premiered here. The hand-built concert hall with its excellent acoustics, is entered in the National Register of Historic Places and musicians from around the world play here during the months of June to September.

In the city, founded by John Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Henry Lee McFee and Lindin Woodstock Artists Association and Museum ( WAAM ) is located. In the permanent collection are works of important American artists such as Milton Avery, George Bellows, Edward Leigh Chase, Frank Swift Chase, Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston Yasuo Kuniyoshi or. The Art Students League of New York held here from 1906 to 1922 and again from 1947 to 1979 in Woodstock Summer courses from. Since 1980 there is an art school.

The Woodstock Guild was founded in 1939 today cares about the 140 -acre Byrdcliffe Colony. The organization organizes exhibitions, courses, dance and theater performances and runs the oldest craft shop of Woodstock, the Fleur de Lis Gallery, which represents over 60 artists. The Byrdcliffe Colony is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, the Town of Woodstock inhabited 6241 people. The population density was 35.7 people per km ². There were 3847 housing units at an average 22.0 per km ². The population consisted of 94.25 % White, 1.30 % African American, 0.21 % Native American, 1.57% Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 0.79 % reported from other races and 1.87 % from two or more races. 2.56 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Woodstock distributed to 2946 households out of which 21.7% were living in children under 18 years. 44.2 % married couples living together, 7.9 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.8 % were non-families. 35.5% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 10.6 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size is 2.71 people.

The city population was spread out with 18.0 % under the, 3.7 % 18 -24- year-old, 23.0 % 25 -44- year-old, 38.0% 45-64 year olds and 17.3 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 93.1 males.

The median household income in Woodstock was 49.217 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 65 938 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 41,500 U.S. dollars, compared to 33 672 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Woodstock was 32 ​​133 U.S. dollars. 6.9 % of the population and 10.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 12.8 % of minors and 3.9 % of those age 65 or over.

Well-known residents

Even before the festival lived some well-known musicians in place, then the number of those is increased but enormous. Some famous artists who lived in the town or still living, are:

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  • Town in New York
  • Location in North America
  • Ulster County
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