All rights reserved. I went to camp weelock from 1965-1972. Hi John, Did you ever stay at Rosenberg around 1960? A rancid smell of decaying food filtered down the carpeted corridors from the kitchen. Legendary resorts soon sat abandoned. leslie i loved minnie and izzy, they were great people. You may remember it, but here's a refresher. Hey Craig how are you? Do you know what happened to the Kranas Family (Shirley is the daughter) who owned the Leroy Hotel in Loch Sheldrake? The famous hotels in the mountains the Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates. in another. I will be happy to answer all questions. My family rented a bungalow there in 1951. If your sister was Carol, then our bass player used to date her, I think. I even had a promotional deck of playing cards with Bob and Doris on the back. old Grossingers coffee shop is a shocker. Please feel free to email me ASAP so i can get it to who it belongs!! I have something that might be of interest to you and your family You mentioned that your Great uncle was Frank Spector? Meanwhile, at the Catskills large hotels, entertainment was paramount. Also trying to find the Belkins, who used to be the dance team at the hotel. Her sister is Stephanie. On the Upswing Of course, the resort industry was so big and there were so many hotels and so many visitors, it took a few years for anyone to notice. He quoted an unnamed South Fallsburg banker and lawyer who pointed out that many of the smaller hotels are in trouble because they are obsolete, and could not afford to modernize to meet todays more luxurious standards, like baths in every room. Also, he said, the lure of more glamorous places like Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Europe, were attracting more and more of the traditional Sullivan County vacationer. Absolutely. By the late 1960s, most of the large hotels in and around the community had been shuttered. My family also vacationed at the Lake Plaza in 59 and 60. I had a wonderful summer learning to play golf and remember the owner of the hotel would challenge any one to play golf and he would only use one club. I havent lived in New York for many years, and would love to return. It was one of my first memories as a kid. I was a lifeguard at the famous Concord 730 E 950 S #D202, Orem, UT 84097 is a 1,026 sqft, 2 bed, 2 bath home. Enjoy the seasonal outdoor pool and perks like free self parking and free WiFi. i was born just about that time and my older brother and I spent a lot of time about six months/year, there. Fallsburg, N.Y. Plymouth Rock Oh, I did my best daydreaming there! Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. stories, pictures and who actually owned the hotel. Do you remember Marshalls? Scheinfeld spent her childhood accompanying her grandfather to card games at the once glamorous Concord Resort Hotel, by thenthe 1980salready past its prime. She got into all Mays property was about 80 acres and included a very old two story stone barn. After dinner it was a ritual to walk along the road. Anyone know where the Woodbine Hotel was located, exactly? Ive searched on the internet and havent found much else about this bungalow colony. Long COVID patients turn to unproven treatments, Why evenings can be harder on people with dementia, This disease often goes under-diagnosedunless youre white, This sacred site could be Georgias first national park, See glow-in-the-dark mushrooms in Brazils other rainforest, 9 things to know about Holi, Indias most colorful festival, Anyone can discover a fossil on this beach. My father has a brochure of Swan Lake Hotel. New Yorkers hungry for mountain air, good food and the American way of leisure came to the mountains by the thousands, and by the 1950s a Half-million people each year inhabited the "summer world" of bungalow colonies, summer camps and small hotels. I miss my city so much. I think youre right about the road ending there. ceiling and cold squirrels racing down the hallways. Guests these days want an adult summer campthe curated, not rustic, variety. Hi, Ellen. Interestingly, my grandmothers family said you will not marry a Jewish singer and/or singing waiter and then they eloped! What if we could clean them out? I worked for three summers (1959 1961) at the Sunset Springs Hotel in Haines Falls. the night clubs, tramped around the pools, covered the walls with The fabled Catskills resorts, with She shrugs. Hi Dan, funny story! I remember the lake. By the 1950s, more than a million people were spending their summers in bungalow colonies, hotels, and summer camps in the Catskill Mountains and surrounding areas, which came to be known as the "Borscht Belt" or "Jewish Alps." But just several decades later, those resorts had all but disappeared. My mother, Muriel Leibowitz, managed the hotel until my grandfather sold it in, I believe, 1966. Do you have a sister named Sherry? people who see the exhibit and many of them are Borscht Belt Not to mention that I learned how to drive the Farmall and cut grass courtesy of Milton Makowsky. People have looted 28 years, since I was a kid. is ruins, just like European ruins of long ago. This is the story of an area of 250 square miles, approximately an hour and a half drive northwest of New York City, which over the course of last century became a resort phenomenon unlike any other. I am just hoping to find photos of it, or any information that can point me in the right direction, Thanks! Please let me knowthanks! I was fortunate to have stayed at 3 bungalow colonies in Accord. The Borscht Belt Resort, located in the Catskills in New York, was once a major vacation destination from the 1920s to the 1960s. I bought it from a mrs fern green . It was 24 hours a day of fun! programs. We usually take a trip to the Catskills for a couple of days when I visit. But theres nothing left of it, or of Mishkins. That's not unusual. I am sure there were others, but I also found home movies of my family at a Bungalow in 1951. Thanks! wild, colorful graffiti decorating the walls and the barren concrete Birds have It was at Camp Weelock that I watched the Apollo 11 mans first mans landing on the moon. out of money. Do you remember my grandmother,she was the main cook. If I was in Parksville I wouldnt even begin to know where to look for it. Spending a weekend, or if you could afford it, an entire week or more at a Catskill hotel was heaven. The end had actually come the previous year when the hotels owners were forced to sell to a group of orthodox Jews who changed the entire complexion of the place. Scheinfeld, whose grandparents met at a Borscht Belt hotel. that was the last summer for woods hotel. What happened in the So interesting! I was very young at the time. I have family photos that show the buildings, and I confirmed that was the place many years ago by comparing to a photo that was once on line, however, i can no longer find anything about the history of the place. I am looking for information on the original New Roxy pictures, any info on the family that owned the hotel before the move to Loch Sheldrake. Our band, The Shape of Thyngs, played up there in 66 and 67. LOL How come there is no record of the place or history? Are there pictures online or any web links you recommend? See the estimate, review home details, and search for homes nearby. I remember the Bertenthals. I was hoping Stephanie might remember me and could fill in some of the blanks. Al OMG greetings! In 1824 a group of businessmen opened the Catskill Mountain House, America's first grand resort hotel, in a spectacular but logistically challenging location at the top of a ledge . You shudder when you see some of the Be well and safe. The New Hope Community, which is a residential facility for the developmentally disabled is now operating on the site of the New Roxy. college in south falls burg at the time. In its prime during the 1960s, the legendary Concord Hotel sat 3,000 guests in its extravagant dining and entertainment hall. Laurels Hotel and Country Club, Sackett Lake, Monticello, N.Y. I worked on summer at the Green Acres as a daycamp counselor. Which travel companies promote harmful wildlife activities? some weaknesses. Others tried to rebuild and ran That night, as his son roasts pots of popcorn in the fire, Josh Farley, then co-owner, describes touring the property in 2014. My fondest memeories are of those many summers. One such hotel, Sokolows Mount Vernon in Summitville, had torn down walls in some of its outer buildings in order to provide large recreation rooms for visitors to use on rainy days and had added roadways, electrical connections, and plumbing hook-ups to campsites. Today, Louis Cohens has three bungalows and the main house still standing. Attendance dwindled as foreign travel became easier and hotel bans on Jews disappeared in the sixties. Does anyone remember The Wodas Hotel in Swan Lake. Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. The sign used to say Hood Ice Cream Orchard Colony Luncheonette. What no one realized, though, was that I was up in the area a few years ago and just could not find it. Summers at the areas bungalow colonies meant sleeping in tiny cottages and spending the days in a pool or lake and the clubhouse. Is anyone familiar with the Lake Plaza Hotel in Parksville. Has anyone considered a book or driving tour of where all of these hotels were and what is there now? nirvana, a fantasy off route 17 two hours from the New York City, Catskills-meets-Chamonix at Little Cat Lodge, which has an excellent restaurant and interiors inspired by 1960s ski culture in the Berkshires as well as the Alps. The For smart, informal living, Windsor Hotel, So. Do you remember them? vacationers from the old days. The White Lake Mansion House was built in 1848 and was one of the first profitable hotels in the Borscht Belt region. One of the largest Borscht Belt resorts, it was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. Is anyone familiar with my great-grandmother Pauline Wertmans Sunny Hill Farm (bungalows), in Swan Lake/Bethel, where the Sullivan County Airport is now? walls covered with peoples names and graffiti. A luxury stay in a bright orange room. Thank you. My grandfather was a singer there and my grandmothers uncle owned the place. My grandparents used to go there. According to old records, the owners names listed in the advertising were Moskowitz, Orber and Kornfeld. I did In the early 1900s, when Jews and other minorities were banned from upscale hotels and beaches around New York City, the Catskills offered refuge. For anyone else reading I was up there from the 40s thru the 60s on a regular basis worked as childrens waiter, busboy and waiter from 1955-1962. My maternal grandparents met at the New Roxy in the 1940s. There was a large lake on the property, we had color-war which was the highlight of the summer. Indelible image in my mind forever. Starlite Motel. life in a lengthy series of poignant pictures by photographer Marisa My mom remembers tadpoles swimming in the creek, costume parties, and women tanning by the pool with metallic reflectors. I was the only musician. It was run by Anita Schneider, who was I think, the Holtzmans daughter. heyday, full of laughing bathers. was started. My sister and I were Joan and Janice Goodsmith. Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel was a resort in the Catskill Mountains in the Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York. Craig. Some of the old hotels were restored and became health Bats and agaves make tequila possibleand theyre both at risk, This empress was the most dangerous woman in Rome. PS. It felt kind of like a zombie apocalypse, he says. I am told they operated from Mountain Dale, New York. Impossible to fathom. It might help two or three hotels, but thats it, and recently After my grandparents sold the hotel, it became a dud ranch (the Arrowhead Dude Ranch) and then many years later it became a Chabad camp, The last time I visited, 16 years ago, it was still a Chabad camp, but that was a long time ago. It was said That the Catskills was hotter than putting present day las.vegas and Atlantic city together. When I would go to my calm place, I would wander down to the lake and to the left where the stream flowed to the damn, there was a really big rock where I would just sit for hours. A mans world? I am still good friends with my counselor from 1970. The area had attracted tourists since the post-Civil War years . How did this mountain lion reach an uninhabited island? Catskills, or brought their fame with them. I think there were 2 row boats. Hi, Ellen. Was this the revival of those mythical 1950s summers? Thanks. came here to start their owner resorts. Thats how the Borscht Belt hi leslie, my name is mitch sirotta and i have fond memories of uncle izzy and aunt minnie at wodas. izzy loved fishing, and brought his medallion taxi cab upstate. The next morning, my parents were laughing..cause when Norman Batess mothers skeleton was revealed in the basement, the toughest, loudmouth schtarker in the group got up and ran out of the theater screaming! Not far from Green Acres. A walk through the These 11 Photos of Utah in the 1960s are Mesmerizing. My brother Steve and I spent all of our summers there, from the early 50s until it was sold in 1966. We lived in Parksville where my dad owned a gas station. This was probably around 1954. their fabulous nightclubs, began to die when the jet airplane started Its sad that the era came to an official end after the closing of kuthshers country club in 2014. Its a few years old so not sure if it is still active. It was probably in the thirties. My Great Uncle and Great Aunt (Sam and Sally owned it, my Grandmother Helen did all the cooking). middle of it, amid a floor full of junk. 100 Old Catskills Hotels ideas | catskill hotel, catskills, catskill resorts Old Catskills Hotels 106 Pins 8w R Collection by Bobby Similar ideas popular now Abandoned Places Hotel Catskill Hotel Sales Agent Family Of Four Catskills Conjunctions Concord Hotels How To Apply Catskill Resorts Playgrounds Ghost Towns Offbeat Adventure Awaits It was the best times ever., My mom nods. Gone were the glamorous, fun-loving vacationing crowds of former seasons. Traciegg@gmail.com. Thanks Evan Barnett, Does anyone know the address of the holiday hotel in loch sheldrake ny ? Nature has taken its toll on the indoor pool at Grossingers, once one of the Catskills most lavish hotels. We stayed in one of the outer buildings that time instead of the big main house. Reporter Homer Bigart outlined the phenomenon in a September 5, 1966 article with a Loch Sheldrake dateline, entitled Keeping Up With the Grossingers Strains Many Catskills Hotels, using the occasion of the Labor Day weekend traditionally one of the busiest of the year for Sullivan County resorts to visit a number that had closed down or seemed on the verge of doing so. Thanks much for any info you can supply. Milt Makossky was a good man. Do you remember going to the childrens day camp there? All rights reserved. We were pretty close to the festival and heard it was going to be happening. Do you possibly remember my dad, Lee Goodsmith? They had a home in Brooklyn and the lovely home on Mt. It was by far the largest bungalow colony and it still has one of the greatest pools! I wanted to do this exhibit to show that the whole area today The movie Dirty Dancing The pool was a center of family summers at Tony Leones resort in New Yorks Catskills, circa 1960. I had already posed the question a half dozen times on our journey to find remnants of the summers she spent in New Yorks Catskill Mountains in the 1950s. It was then reincarnated as the Green Acres Hotel for a short time, and that was purchased by New Hope in the early 1970s. Your email address will not be published. And yet these days most historians agree that the Golden Age of Sullivan Countys tourism industry, which began around 1940, came to an end around 1965, and they cite a number of reasons for choosing that particular year. Is a revival in the works? The abandoned Borscht Belt in New York's Catskills, a former Jewish vacationland, is home to memories of a former respite from city life. We went to Wodas with my grandparents (Zaldin) and some of their extended family (Schneider, Robinson, Groupsmith (?)). It seems they became quite famous. This 21st-century revival is unfolding at places like Scribner's Catskill Lodge, a repurposed 1960s motor inn. hi leslie, this is mitch getting back to you. I do remember the taxi and the proud owner of the medallion (cleaning and washing under the trees to the left of the driveway but near the roadway. If I did not know of it being there, I would never have believed it once was. Do you remember the address? People in their audiences might be taped reminiscing What is wind chill, and how does it affect your body? Its missing the chaos, the freedom, and the comfort of seeing the same families year after year. Founded in 1960 in Provo, Utah, Revere Health has grown to include 30 medical specialties in over 100 . People lost interest in the Borscht Belt for a number of reasons, but the decline was due in large part to the boom in the airline industry, as the possibility of exotic getaways lessened visitors desire to return to the Catskills for vacation. Im told that a new world class hotel is currently being built where the concord used to be. It is a victim of a lot of things, but mainly, I think, as the Bible My family stayed at Green acres in 1965. Life was a little bit different in Utah in the 1960s. Why wetlands are so critical for life on Earth, Rest in compost? Photo: The New Roxy Hotel was one of several Sullivan County resorts that closed during the 1966 season, signaling an end to the regions Golden Age of Torusim. Davis Jr. That would have been a nice before Something new is growing out of the old, she says. My family members Annie Klass and her relations and Al Senate and his and Benny Cohen and his were involved in running respectively the Klass House, the Youngs Gap and the New Brighton. Heres why each season begins twice. Was a school for special needs kids last time I heard Our family and extended uncles, aunts, and cousins stayed at Shustons Resort. I remember the dog house with the beagles that would chase you adjacent to the main house. if ny had the helmet law then, ronnie would still be alive. The new year once started in Marchhere's why, Jimmy Carter on the greatest challenges of the 21st century, This ancient Greek warship ruled the Mediterranean, How cosmic rays helped find a tunnel in Egypt's Great Pyramid, Who first rode horses? a Pines room with pink insulation ragged bags hanging down from the Smaller resorts the bulk of Sullivan Countys 538 hotels during that golden era began to close down. The Best Hotels in New York . Now that Im a senior myself I wish the Concord or Browns or Grossingers was still around. It looks just like it did in 1969 when I started going there. For me, this is 70 years ago. Does anyone have any information on a hotel name: New Alpine House in the Catskill Mountains, East Durham, Greene co; N.Y in around the 1930s. ronnie dropped me at the liberty bus station, the day after labor day, and about a month or so later, he was gone. Trying to find some evidence of it on Google Earth. Next to it is a splashy, color postcard of the pool in its We suspect that Richard Feynman, the Princeton physicist, was not the only Nobel Prize winner to bus tables in the Catskills. All I have are vague memories. All gone today. tableau and they are big. Once it was the sparkling center of Jewish summers, replete with glamorous hotels and thriving small towns. Rosmarins sits at the foothills of the Catskills, just 50 miles north of Times Square. of the abandoned hotels because she is a local resident and knows a My family went to Bob-Ed from the late 50s to 65. By the late 2010s, their predictions had proved right: New hotels, restaurants, and shops had sprung up in the mountains. The place had a day camp for the guests children. She was Aunt Lena and I believe his name was Max. Contact Fred Fries at the Society ffries@scnyhistory.org. The Homowack Lodge in Spring Glen, New York was another resort that thrived in the heyday of the Borscht Belt from the 1920s to the 1960s. Does anyone have any idea about a possible hotel that was around Im thinking 1930s? Some hotels Could have been owned by Bermanns, or Brenneman, something like that. In Swan Lake, he stopped by Pauls, once one of the countys premier resorts, which last year advertised An Unforgettable Family Vacation, (and) is now Daytop Village, a private institution for the rehabilitation of narcotics addicts.. The Grossingers were Austrian immigrants who opened a farmhouse in 1914 and quickly gained a reputation for their cooking and hospitality. For one thing, a fire at the Prospect Inn in Parksville on August 11, 1965 resulted in the death of five people, and caused a clamor to tighten up fire codes for resorts, many of which could not afford to make the necessary improvements. In my memories, my grandmothers sisters husband was related to Sam Woda. It was a wonderful weekend ! If Ive got the right people, please email me at GreenKeyM@aol.com and we can reconnect Frank (happily married, not looking for a new gf, LOL) and Carol. Property Type Office. The Overlook had entertainment and summer lodging through the late 1960s and was operated by the Schrier family. I remember the daughter was called Freddy. that a new casino planned for the area will allow it to bounce back. people ask? When I was a little kid my parents and I would go to the Concord or Browns Resort, they liked Browns because the owners, Charles and Lillian Brown, were related to Jerry Lewis. Please share more memories. Photographs by ERIC BARD, CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES. As Mountain Rats my sisters & I were quasi-guests of the resorts staying and eating there as well as enjoying the facilities. When does spring start? . Every summer, families fled their cramped apartments for the mountains. The hotel was simply known as the "Nevele" until . I am sorry I did not personally know anyone connected to the Youngs Gap, nor did I ever visit the hotel, though my wife, who grew up in Liberty, did. Take care, Joan and stay in touch! I remember Sam woda. At its peak, the Borscht Belt a beloved epithet that encapsulates 538 hotels and 50,000 bungalow colonies situated in Sullivan and Ulster counties was the pre-eminent destination for tens of thousands of predominately East Coast American Jews. The Makowsky Family will always have a special place in my heart. In the summer of 60, Hitchcocks Psycho debuted in a theater in Liberty and the whole group of adults went. Likely given our ages and incomplete memories I am not going to give my version or what I remember about Wodas and the various family members. photo of the Laurels indoor pool, covered with snow and the roof All of them give you a good sense of Would love to hear any scraps of history or memories! Have to say that was pretty special for a 10 year old kid! Frequented by athletes, entertainers, and wealthy businesses, this resort fittingly adopted the slogan Grossingers Has Everything for the Kind of Person Who Likes to Come to Grossingers. However, the resort today lies in ruin. My father perfomed (sang) every now and then on stage. Looking for respite from city life, New Yorkers would head to theBorscht Belt to sunbathe, swim, dance, and dine during the summer months, and the resort area soon became known as a Jewish vacationland. Pines is still there in one photo, but with its fancy entry doors all Required fields are marked *. my sister cheryl lives in west homestead, ny. We were always amazed on how old the graves were. My family lived in the Windsor Oaks garden apartments in Oakland Gardens and a group of families from there vacationed together. I also went with them the following spring for what must have been Passover. My sister and I spent many summers there with our dad. An outside photographer It also mentioned that there was a fire in 2011 that destroyed some of the propertyI think some of the hotels rooms were spared and have now been refurbished. I had some relatives who owned hotels in the mountains. If you have photos can you please send them to at eryan@me.com. in the 1950s. Most were in Sullivan county and Ulster county. For real adventure, wed walk along the railroad track watching out for a train that never showed up. Hope World Resorts Catskills can thrive!! entertainment worlds decaying treasure chest, have been brought to The Pines Hotel in South Fallsburg, New York was built in 1933 and was a popular destination for those who enjoyed winter sports, as it had its own ice skating rink and was a favorite spot for. I would be happy to connect with Burt. [40] That would probably be about right. If you look for Allison on FB, Im sure youll find reference to her sister Stephanie. As the Catskills revive, Im determined to find among the current offerings some vestiges of the carefree summers my mom spent here. Please be respectful of copyright. Catskills memorabilia more postcards, ticket stubs, sports Summer 2020 was like the old days, he says, completely booked, with shouts of Marco! Polo! echoing from the lake. Many of the old bungalow colonies in this area have been turned into summer camps, but Rosmarins still encapsulates the old Catskills, from its wood-paneled cottages to its Sunday softball games. sam and sally sodas son ronnie, and daughter celina were my cousins. In the 1950s and 1960s the Jewish Catskills reached the pinnacle of its history, and starting in the 1970s declined till the point where only a handful of major resorts remain. over.. Dec. 4, 2015. I am so sorry i didn;t come aling this sooner. Please email me at osaintilien55@gmail.com I would gratefully appreciate it. My great-grandmother Goldie Snitovsky also operated an ice-house Parksville. Most of the 18 units had been neglected for decades; eight are renovated now. I am interested to find out more about the New Roxy in the 1940s/50s etc. The humor that came out of this circuit, known as the Borscht Belt, became instantly recognizable: Ladies and gentlemen, you cant please everyone. The groundbreaking promise of cellular housekeeping. Please share your memories with me! She always had a job as staff entertainer-Mistress of Ceremoniessocial director for the summers at various hotels. Is there now something else where the hotel stood??? And a tennis court and eventually a building called the Annex, which had more bedrooms.
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