Location, Location, Location: Bethel, New York
May 1, 2002
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At the Chapin Estate, 10 of the original 19 lots in the gated community are spoken for. The lots are the most expensive in town, but they come with unobstructed reservoir views, a protected nature preserve, a private golf course, a golf lodge, a lake house and other clubby amenities. Chapin also has one of the area’s most desirable home designers, Steve Dubrovsky, whose Adirondack-style post-and-beam houses feature local stone, timbers, whimsically carved woodwork and plenty of windows. (Click image to enlarge); function voidFunc() { } voidFunc(); "Chapin Estate Development")
The surrounding hills will soon be alive with the sound of music again—this time the classical kind. This spring construction begins on a performing arts center on the original Woodstock site. The center is set to open in 2004 with an inaugural performance by the New York Philharmonic. The glass-ceilinged pavilion (shown in the rendering, below), designed by architect Richard Meier to accommodate 3,500, with room for another 14,000 on the lawn, is part of an ambitious scheme that calls for a performing arts school, hotel, museum and stores. (Click image to enlarge)
“Those who went to Woodstock are now 50,” says Glenn Pontier, director of communications for the Gerry Foundation, the developer of the new center. “They have been to Tanglewood and Saratoga, and now we are trying to create a village like that here.” Pontier says that Tanglewood serves as a good model, but he doesn’t expect Bethel to become the Berkshires. “We are Woodstock, and we are hipper.”
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