Makenna

Initial (I love the titles for each section, but I think changing this first one to something like “Introduction to Drop City,” etc. would make the general theme stand out.- Paige)

Drop City is a defunct, artist commune that was established in southern Colorado. Known as the first rural, Hippie commune, it operated from 1965 to 1977, when it was fully abandoned

It started when two friends became part-owners of a small goat pasture. Two more people soon joined them and they started to build a community of artists

No Bosses

Drop City was to be a bohemian paradise: everything everyone had was to be shared, there would be no landlords, no bosses, and no one to “run the show”

Despite that, the two “unofficial leaders” were founder Eugene Bernofsky and Peter Douthit

 

A picture of Peter Douthit

 

Philosophy and Influence

The philosophy of Drop City is hard to pinpoint because, in essence, they didn’t have one when it was created.

It was created with the well-meaning, but vague ideals of freedom (from rules and societal trappings), love (platonic and otherwise), and non-violence

It inspired (short-lived) copy-cat communes across the Southwest United States

Moving In — Moving Out 

(It would be helpful if you could add captions to all the images/explain their relevance because some are obvious, but others are less clear. – Scarlett)

The dome houses were modeled after the work of Buckminster Fuller and were built by utilizing scavenged junk materials, especially scrapped automobile parts.

The premise of Drop City alone drew in hordes of Hippies over the years, especially after the first “Joy Festival” in 1967, which had been organized by Douthit.

This festival overwhelmed the original founders and tampered their idealistic view of what Drop City was supposed to be. This led Bernofsky and other early members to call it quits and leave.

It wasn’t long before the whole Drop City concept fizzled and died, becoming completely abandoned by 1977. The debris still remains. (What happened after they left? How did this impact the surrounding area? -Mecca)

 

How it Was Seen

Outsiders interpreted the name of the commune as referring to “dropping out and dropping acid”

In 1967, when it consisted of only ten “core people”, the Drop City group won Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion award. (What is this award? -Mecca)

In its heyday after the festival, it was a mecca of free love, drugs and counterculture believers and studiers

 (Overall, I think your post could benefit by your adding of a bit more information, especially if you are going to separate the information into multiple sections. I’d love to hear more about the founders, or maybe if there were any era- relevant artists who lived there, as well as things like if they had a motto/saying.- Paige)

(I agree with this sentiment. I think expanding on some of the details would be helpful. I really like the use of quotations as they add to the conversation on this particular commune. – Mecca) 

(I agree with some of the above comments. You reference what seems to be known information but it gets a bit confusing to try to figure out how some of the facts are interconnected. I feel that adding more specific details, quotes, etc. would help to bolster your post.-Mark )