looking to its enduring fascination and also coming up. our series on european landmarks takes us to barcelona in northeastern spain where the slick writer for me is still under construction. and we'll meet dimitri polly who takes the art pole dancing to entirely new life. well it was 50 years ago that some 400000 people descended on max farm near woodstock new york for what amounted to a hippies utopian dream namely 4 days of sex drugs and rock n roll as far as the eye could see janis joplin the who and crosby stills and nash all joined hendrix and many others for what became a legendary line up and even though heavy rains in the unexpected numbers turned it into something of a mud fest the euphoria of freedom prevails. woodstock

festival one of the most famous festivals of all time half a century ago. and the town of woodstock today their own mind is everywhere from peace signs to tired eyes sixty's hippie culture is still ever present but has woodstock become somewhat of a theme park mark hedrick has rose souvenir shop on the town's main street for over 20 years he says woodstock merchandise didn't play a role 50 years ago. to the best of my knowledge there was never a shirt. that no other marketing stuff came after the for. but here in the town you know we still like to take advantage of that. the local economy has benefited greatly since the festival but why do people come here when many of them weren't even born when the festival took place back in 1969. i think it's out . here. feeling of this special place for people like the people that believe in

peace and peace the place. back at mach souvenir store business is steady he says tourist numbers are up despite this year's festival being canceled the allure of woodstock remains unfettered. we do get visitors. many people claim to have been a star. maybe they were. i think there was an article a number of years ago. the number of people who claim to have been at woodstock is probably closer to like 5000000 residents. the number who attended doesn't matter it's the legacy the festival holds. its 50th anniversary. it is always welcome colleague melissa holroyd has joined in the studio welcome

melissa seeing that there is what is top really still have anything to do with the actual festival it seems to have become everything that the hippies were rebelling against yeah well the symbol of woodstock seems to have become a lot more important than woodstock actually was this idea of woodstock in some ways has become a shorthand for something and people in gauging this idea when they buy trinkets at shops but that has nothing to do with woodstock itself that tell us a little bit more about the festival what was the significance of it at the time. at the time i don't i don't know if people really realized how significant it was at the time but it will be remembered because of peace and love but also remember because of what it stood in contrast to what led up to it and what followed a lot of people forget i think just how violent this time was in the united states with the manson murders just a little bit over a week before woodstock there was the violence at the ultimate festival featuring

the rolling stones where a young person was stabbed and beaten to death after originally that it was in december in that year there were there was also the vietnam war there was also there were also a lot of violent riots taking place at the time so then the movement itself that the counterculture movement had also taken a lot of hits president nixon was in power but then there was woodstock and despite all of these things despite all of these facts despite far too many people showing up despite there being no sanitation despite them running out of food which was kind of a blessing in disguise because they had no sanitation beside the fact that it rained and rained and boss numbers of people were on drugs the festival for the most part went off without a hitch there were 2 deaths but in terms of violence things were quite good and people also say that people helped each other that they shared the food they had that they shared the pot they had and they had a wonderful time and that

a lot of became a very very important symbol of communal loving and living not to what do we have the woodstock festival today what kind of cultural spin well i think the woodstock festival will be remembered because of the because of the documentary that happened in 1970. and that was edited by a young modern scorsese so so so for music films at the time to mr bull that's right that that that documentary really put woods gave woodstock its place in history. because. the festival itself is seen as the counterculture of 969 it's in some ways become into changeable with that and some people say that this counterculture failed because people went back to the status quo they went back to work you know but culturally this counter culture is still one in many ways because that's what we see it everywhere was seated music just very quickly what's

happening for the 50th anniversary for the 50th anniversary there was a festival that has been canceled which was the woodstock festival. and yes that was canceled just a couple of weeks ago but there are still 2 other events one is at the original. center for the ox which is where the original woodstock took place people are going to need tickets and they're going to need also travel pastas to be lost through the area i'm going to have to stop you there melissa holroyd thanks so much for bringing that one can get a tara jones. thanks for bringing us background details along now to our series on european landmarks and the cattle an architect who would have made a fantastic hippie himself because his main work this a gratifying new in barcelona is a flagship of his very one of a kind style influenced by nature and it's still unfinished today but nevertheless worth a visit. of the holy family. has

been under construction since the year 1882 but it wasn't until this past june 137 years into the project for the city of barcelona granted an official building permits. architect antoni gaudi is credited as saying that his client wasn't in a hurry when it's finished county's masterpiece will look like this with 18 spires and 3 facades since died in 1967 different architects have overseen the project. number 7 your d. felony took over in 2012. how do you ever saw his life's work for more than 4 decades until he was struck by a tram and killed since then architects from around the globe have continued the project. the work is financed exclusively through donations and entrance fees neither the spanish government nor the catholic church provides money for the project. nonetheless each year around $25000000.00 euros are raised to finish cow

disease creation. but the other guy would he started the site completely unconventionally. he built the church and parts. is the least yet a part of it. was an intuitive architect his ideas often developed and changed as he worked and he didn't leave behind blueprints for his successors which means a lot of the construction is essentially a guessing game. most will if you will. our goal is to finish the project according to go deas ideas as much as possible if you will i thought that's why we've got to study the few documents that he left behind in great detail to make his vision into reality a feel that any. local residents have mixed feelings about the crowds of tourists

who come to see the church have changed the neighborhood souvenir shops and kiosks have forced out businesses that serve locals. and there's another thing that worries residents back when the building started the construction site was in the middle of a field now the surrounding area is completely built up and some of the buildings will have to be torn down to implement his original plans for a promise not in front of the main facade. the target date for finishing the project is 2026. just in time for the 100th anniversary of county's death but even in its unfinished state the church is already one of the best known buildings in europe. well it's usually associated with strip clubs or exotic dancing or cals but pole dancing has meanwhile become not only a popular fitness then competition activity for women but it's also rapidly gaining popularity with men and so we met up with dimitri polish champions this fort that

he also frequently takes out of doors. dimitri polito of russia is one of the world's best competitors pole dancers. this is not just fooling around. now some. of them but i started out with breakdowns but i wasn't very good at it and we remember i think i was even one of the worst on the team. here but nobody really believed that anything special would become of me one day. that's not. the big turnaround came 6 years ago when dimitri pulled the top discovered acrobatic pole dancing and found in it a masculine support that demands strength in durance and a dose of courage. again that i know but i will go there right after it's going to

do so i don't need to apologize for it if people associate my work with striptease women are maybe a bit more uncomfortable with the topic i don't like it but i just say do i really look like a stripper. dimitri polito it was born in russia and now lives with his wife and young son in neighboring ukraine. telling 5 year old sarah fim is proud of his papa's job and enjoys practicing together with. me to. he told uses every free minute he can to train in his own gym. his calendar is booked up these days he's in demand not just as a performer but as a coach as well. travels all over the world competing for and winning international awards. anyone who aims for the top past you know how to fall that's what dimitri tells

aspiring pole dancers if you'd like to see pole dancing become an olympic sport someday and he intends to work hard to help make it was. not does look like fun and it does bring us to the end of the show so until next time for myself and the crew all the best from berlin and.

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