Brought tears to my eyes and a heavy heart. I used to go to the hotels with my family. The hotels and my parents are now gone. The devastation leaves a mark. The memories will always be here. So sad that my kids and grandchildren won't experience what I did. I moved to Sullivan county in 1975 because of its beauty and tranquility.
I wish someone from Greene County could make it big and just spend millions fixing this place up. Re-open new resorts, the game farm, maybe add casinos. My family spent 40 years in NYC then moved Upstate, that says alot about how great the place was back in the day.
Wonderful! Whether I stayed with my parents at the Sackett Lake Lodge, or Overlook Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, or Finkelstein's Bungalows, L.S., or Frieda's Hotel and Bungalow Colony, L.S., or Woodland Bungalow Colony,Woodbourne, or Pearl Ritzer's Bungalows,L.S., or the Aladdin, Woodbourne or The Gilbert or Brickman Hotel, Fallsburg, or Abe and Rose Gibber's, Kiamesha Lake or in my beloved Heiden Hotel in South Fallsburg, I will treasure all of my Catskill memories. Thanks for helping me remember.
The Homowack was still operational in 1990, I worked there during the summer while in college. It has been closed down for a while now. I believe it had been turned into a camp and then the building was condemned and abandoned. I lived in the area and the day camp was my first job! The Homowack carried my through college graduation as a part-time/seasonal job. It is very sad what has become of these once beautiful resorts!
Back in the 70s most of the hotels tried to bring in gambling but the local people kept voting it down. When Atlantic City NJ opened up it was the end of the Catskills. It was a wonderful area and a wonderful time.
My experiences have been seeing boarded up buildings (like Woodbourne in the winter), neglected streets, and vagrants wandering Broadway, Monticello. It seems poverty is rampant there. Many businesses have closed in that area.
Every family has its 'unconventional' culinary traditions, but personally I wouldn't care to eat pancakes or french toast without syrup, although nowadays I buy agave syrup instead of the processed, highly artificial stuff most of us were raised with. I love pure maple syrup, but it's damn expensive!
It is sad to see what used to be a wonderful place to vacation left to history. IDK if bringing in gambling would have saved these places, but it would have ensured that I wouldn't go there. If the Catskills were still like they were, I would go there for vacation in a minute (even as a Gentile ;) ). If you want to go to the fleshpot of LV, you can have it.
They are trying to bring back the Concord resort as a casino and resort with other abandoned resorts in the Catskills. So hopefully we will be able to see them again like they did with the Monticello raceway.
I grew up in the Catskills from the age of 8-23 I worked in the hotels during my teens 1990-1997. @ the Raliegh hotel on A Staff from 1990. Then At the Concord as a busboy on Passover for 3 Years. During the Summers of 1991-1996 I was A Cabbanna Boy in the Concord. I made more Cash than my pockets could hold. From 1991-1996 I basically lived at the Concord. As a kid I would sneak in under the fence with my friends on singles weekend and eventually just drove through the front as the security guards already new us. Working at the hotel meant for me to be a part of the Parker Family and The guest family. The guests would come back every year to the pool and ask for me. I would be at the pool at 8:30 in the morning and come back after work and leave around 1 or 2 am. Being Jewish, I fit in with the guests very nicely and got to meet many famous people. Back Stage with Andrew Dice Clay and others made my job more rewarding. Thank you to the Parker Family for creating such an atmosphere and for the job in the summers. I will never forget those times.
I used to go there for the fire chiefs conventions every year in June from around 1980 to the last year, 1997. The next year they moved it to Buffalo, I think, since the hotel was going into some sort of foreclosure. I used to hang out with Morris Katz, and when I was younger, I would run and get him toilet paper for his art.
How wonderful! I will always remember the best summer of my young adulthood when I was lucky enough to work at the at the Concord. All the friends you make along the way. What a wonderful memory.
Nicely done! This place seemed to be magical to many. So many beautiful memories with family and friends were made here. Loved the pictures back in its 'hey day.' I would love to see more older pictures of the resort. Seemed so beautiful...
So sweet and sad. My husband and I met in college up in the Catskills...I was a local, a transplant from NYC and he was a student from Long Island. We fell in love with the Catskills and miss the whole hotel/bungalow culture there. It was a special and irreplaceable time. Thanks for the beautiful video...
I never got to visit the Catskill Mountains when it was in its hay day but your video was absolutely touching. What a lovely tribute. Thanks for creating. x.
I remember when I used to go to the Kutsher's Hotel when I was little, and my mom and grandma went as well. My mom went there and other places during her childhood. It's sad to know that the Jewish hotels they went to, along with Kutsher's are all gone. We now go to Villa Roma Resort, which is the only hotel left to go to for us. I hope it stays alive forever!
Fantastic video, the music goes along perfectly. I'm 31 years old so I missed the boat on many of these places but I do remember Grossingers being open when I was younger. My family used to summer up in the Liberty area and I definitely see a difference in that town over the last 20 years.
Not being white my family did not dare go as guests when this resort was popular. But still I cannt help feeling sad for the memories it had for all the white families that visited there and had good times.
So sad to see the resorts that made so many beautiful memories for families to be abandoned and left to decline, forever silenced. Gone are the shrieks of joy, happiness and shouts of children playing as well as the occasional growl from an unhappy golfer or tennis player. Yet in the vestiges of what remains are the shadows of grandness and pride of the pleasures brought to all families who stayed there. In the hectic and chaotic world which we live in now, such simple things as time spent together, laughing, playing and rediscovering the love of family and friends whether playing or just sitting in a swing with those you love. Perhaps one day, the Nevele and other resorts will rise again to provide a much-needed break from today's world. 💖💖💖
My parents met each other at Grossinger's. Years later I nearly drowned in that huge indoor pool with moss growing over it now. I can smell and feel that room--it felt to me like its own biosphere--ears would pop through the airlocks. And it was there I discovered the opposite sex. Passover, succos at those resorts were powerful, unique communal post-shtetl experiences for us lucky ones.
I lived in liberty from 1989-1994 that was the time when most of the hotels were closed. I worked 1 season at the browns hotel in loch sheldrake, and 5 years at the extinct Liberty diner. I love liberty and I would like to go back even tho people say it had change a lot. Any ways it's a good video and sad.
ive lived in Sullivan county my whole life and i love this place, im not sure where u get off saying its the armpit of the earth as it is a great place to raise children and grow up. just because ur experiences here may not have been the best doesnt mean it is the county or even the towns fault. This is a beautiful area that is flourishing now.
Wow! what a great job on the video. I worked at Grossinger's in 1972 as a lifeguard in the indoor pool and the lake. I Have some great memories of lost love, friends and being young and carefree. Thank you
It is a very sad video. I remember going to camp at the Concord Hotel and just loving it. My grandfather used to have his criers lodge conventions at the Concord twice a year. It was a magical place and I miss it very much.
does anyone remember the acre manor hotel? my grandparents would take me there when i was a kid in the early 1960s'. i think it was near the catskill game farm. i do remember being in the nightclub with them and there was a show with a robot. think it was 1965
Who remembers the Homowack Lodge? My family stayed there over Spring Recess in 1978. I think we were the only non-Jews in the hotel. When I ordered pancakes via room service, there was only honey available, not syrup!
So, so sad. Victims of changing times, other opportunities for leisure, economics. The northern Catskills, aka Catskill Peaks, the Mountaintop, have small, modern hostels.
If Gov. Spitzer does not really come thru for Up State we will be watching a video like this in 10 years for Rochester ,Glen Falls etc. new York has lot going for it but not our politicians , they will ALL bankrupt us for sure. At least we have Stewart Int'l Airport which is finally a REAL airport poised to grow dramatically & help this rea grow.
@ 4:53 what the heck is that?? Thanks for taking the time to show us these pics. Question: Resorts like these were mostly for family outings so do you think because the family dynamic has changed and because the economy has changed so much that is why these places have gone under and become abandoned? Curious about everyone's opinion.
a.... i cant stop watching this lol anyway i have some pictures my friend might be able to send you for ur website which is good by the way (5 stars ) there from an abandoned hotel in iowa if ur interested theres onyl about 17 but there decent pictures plus u dont have iowa lol so holla back
damn thats is one big ass place!!! so why did they have to close down the hotel anyway it looked like they should have gotten tons of money from people it looked fancy ""when it was open"" and nice video, real nice!!!
Have to say as someone who owns property deep in the real CATSKILLS, Most of the hotels shown in the video are in Sullivan county you could say the foothills of the Catskills perhaps, but not really in the Catskills mtns.
1-because hotels can't pick up and "move to florida and arizona" 2-failure to adapt to evolving markets 3-their purpose has been served and they are forever memories of life for those who experienced it there
Omg I'm actually crying.... I represent the Lagattut's voice. My uncles father and mom all worked at alot of the places... the rave and rave about them..... My mother has AWESOME pictures... So sad!!
I think that Sullivan County is haunted. There is something evil about that place. It is so cutoff from the rest of the world, even though it is only 90 miles from NYC. I remember walking outside at night in the winter. It is so dark, quiet, and spooky. This is especially true when the wind is howling. The broken down buildings add to the scare effect. The area reminds me of Salem, Mass. or a movie called The Ring. I lived there until my early twenties and was wise enough to leave.
monticello is the absolute worste place to live in sullivan county. you cant judge the whole county by that hole. towns like livingston manor liberty and roscoe are all in good standing for the economic times. monticello hasnt been a respectible section of the county in years so you should not judge the whole county based on one town and a bunch of run down hotels while new buisnesses are sprining up every day.
I grew up in Sullivan County and I just wanted to say that I think that it is the armpit of the Earth. There are many boarded up businesses and run-down buildings. Many of the streets are pot-holed and there appears to be poverty everywhere. The winters there are extremely depressing. I swear that place has kind of a haunting curse hanging over it. Moving out of there was the best thing I've ever done.
That's interesting that you mention the lack of syrup, We never had syrup on pancakes or french toast in my house but .we would sprinkle sugar on top instead. Also, we ate hamburgers on a plate (no bun), and hamburgers were more like meat loaf patties (i.e., the ground meat had to be mixed with lots of ingredients like egg, onion, matzo meal, salt, pepper, garlic, etc.).
@six6wings as in all things, they evolve, families have changed, tastes changed, first, air travel got cheaper, then the kids had to go to college, then Europe got cheaper.Sadly the immigrants who created these unique places have passed on, as in Miami Beach..That too took years to come back..I can only hope for the same here. I loved it there.
I was wondering if the Concord was still there---guess I got my answer. When I was in high school, the Vocational Industrial Club of America had their state competition there every year. And I've been to Kutsher's Country Club when I was in nurse's training. Is that gone, too? All so sad.
SUPPOSEDLY, Two factors contributed to the downfall of the CATSKILLS tourist industry . Cheaper aircondtioners for NYC apartment dwellers . No more ,having to get away from that hot apartment to the cool country. And cheaper airline tickets for low to middle class families, you could go to VEGAS now.
these places may not be so deteriorated if those stupid drunk teens wouldnt go and destroy everything because they think its ''cool'' if ur thinking about doing it just dont go ahead look around but please dont break and destroy buteiful things
areyou kidding me it flourishing wheredo you live now i live in the catskills monticello is a dying town it looks like the south bronx did in the70s liberty is doing a little better we have a few new stores maybe thats a start
Its gonna be Walmarts and alot of really cold poor families, you should move. It had its day and its over, its not comming back. Soon it will be bears , deer and Walmart and HomeDepo. Let them have it.
great job love the past and to present pics so you can see the changes !!!!!!! what a world and life it was ... i wish i couldve been part of such a beutiful era ..................
@glick59 The quiet is only the side effect of hardly anyone wanting to live or vacation there anymore. What is truly haunting is the extreme amount of poverty.
people had less and less free time,wifes worked full time, families had two cars, two tv sets,more payments,less free money. Less time, more stress, less money, .
Brought tears to my eyes and a heavy heart. I used to go to the hotels with my family. The hotels and my parents are now gone. The devastation leaves a mark. The memories will always be here. So sad that my kids and grandchildren won't experience what I did. I moved to Sullivan county in 1975 because of its beauty and tranquility.
I wish someone from Greene County could make it big and just spend millions fixing this place up. Re-open new resorts, the game farm, maybe add casinos. My family spent 40 years in NYC then moved Upstate, that says alot about how great the place was back in the day.
From your lips to G-d's ears.
Wonderful! Whether I stayed with my parents at the Sackett Lake Lodge, or Overlook Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, or Finkelstein's Bungalows, L.S., or Frieda's Hotel and Bungalow Colony, L.S., or Woodland Bungalow Colony,Woodbourne, or Pearl Ritzer's Bungalows,L.S., or the Aladdin, Woodbourne or The Gilbert or Brickman Hotel, Fallsburg, or Abe and Rose Gibber's, Kiamesha Lake or in my beloved Heiden Hotel in South Fallsburg, I will treasure all of my Catskill memories. Thanks for helping me remember.
The Homowack was still operational in 1990, I worked there during the summer while in college. It has been closed down for a while now. I believe it had been turned into a camp and then the building was condemned and abandoned. I lived in the area and the day camp was my first job! The Homowack carried my through college graduation as a part-time/seasonal job. It is very sad what has become of these once beautiful resorts!
The Homowack was the heart of the Catskills for me... I still remember those stickers... "Be Nice... A Homowack Tradition"
I lived in the catskills in LIberty.1988 thru 1994 such a beatiful place my memories still alive.
When I was very little, I used to go to Catskill Game Farm... My heart breaks seeing it like this... 😢
It's sad to see what happens to places that were once so popular and filled so many people with fun filled happy times.
Back in the 70s most of the hotels tried to bring in gambling but the local people kept voting it down. When Atlantic City NJ opened up it was the end of the Catskills. It was a wonderful area and a wonderful time.
What a beautiful place and how very sad to see it abandoned.
memories that I can never have, very very sad. I just want to cry because those must have been good times that i'll never get to see......
My experiences have been seeing boarded up buildings (like Woodbourne in the winter), neglected streets, and vagrants wandering Broadway, Monticello. It seems poverty is rampant there. Many businesses have closed in that area.
Yes, I've since done some more research on the Homowack. Is the main building still intact?
Thank you for the video..
Sweet
We stayed at the Villa Maria...on 23a.....Id sell my house here in long island in a heartbeat to start a place there...Like the old days
Exactly!
Every family has its 'unconventional' culinary traditions, but personally I wouldn't care to eat pancakes or french toast without syrup, although nowadays I buy agave syrup instead of the processed, highly artificial stuff most of us were raised with. I love pure maple syrup, but it's damn expensive!
anyone remember "the shapanack"?
It is sad to see what used to be a wonderful place to vacation left to history. IDK if bringing in gambling would have saved these places, but it would have ensured that I wouldn't go there. If the Catskills were still like they were, I would go there for vacation in a minute (even as a Gentile ;) ). If you want to go to the fleshpot of LV, you can have it.
anyone remember where the Woodbine Hotel was? thanks
I wonder what would have happened if New York had legalized casino gambling there like in Atlantic City.
So what happend ? and whats with the name Catskill ?
They are trying to bring back the Concord resort as a casino and resort with other abandoned resorts in the Catskills. So hopefully we will be able to see them again like they did with the Monticello raceway.
They tore the Concord down. It would be a new hotel.
What?!
No bail out or loans using the American tax dollars?
What a terrible waste. Fashions change and this is the result.
Debt most likely.
I came up from LI to work at the Concord in the late 70's. This video brought tears to my eyes.
I grew up in the Catskills from the age of 8-23 I worked in the hotels during my teens 1990-1997. @ the Raliegh hotel on A Staff from 1990. Then At the Concord as a busboy on Passover for 3 Years. During the Summers of 1991-1996 I was A Cabbanna Boy in the Concord. I made more Cash than my pockets could hold. From 1991-1996 I basically lived at the Concord. As a kid I would sneak in under the fence with my friends on singles weekend and eventually just drove through the front as the security guards already new us. Working at the hotel meant for me to be a part of the Parker Family and The guest family. The guests would come back every year to the pool and ask for me. I would be at the pool at 8:30 in the morning and come back after work and leave around 1 or 2 am. Being Jewish, I fit in with the guests very nicely and got to meet many famous people. Back Stage with Andrew Dice Clay and others made my job more rewarding. Thank you to the Parker Family for creating such an atmosphere and for the job in the summers. I will never forget those times.
I used to go there for the fire chiefs conventions every year in June from around 1980 to the last year, 1997. The next year they moved it to Buffalo, I think, since the hotel was going into some sort of foreclosure. I used to hang out with Morris Katz, and when I was younger, I would run and get him toilet paper for his art.
How wonderful! I will always remember the best summer of my young adulthood when I was lucky enough to work at the at the Concord. All the friends you make along the way. What a wonderful memory.
Nicely done! This place seemed to be magical to many. So many beautiful memories with family and friends were made here. Loved the pictures back in its 'hey day.' I would love to see more older pictures of the resort. Seemed so beautiful...
So sweet and sad. My husband and I met in college up in the Catskills...I was a local, a transplant from NYC and he was a student from Long Island. We fell in love with the Catskills and miss the whole hotel/bungalow culture there. It was a special and irreplaceable time. Thanks for the beautiful video...
I never got to visit the Catskill Mountains when it was in its hay day but your video was absolutely touching. What a lovely tribute. Thanks for creating. x.
I remember when I used to go to the Kutsher's Hotel when I was little, and my mom and grandma went as well. My mom went there and other places during her childhood.
It's sad to know that the Jewish hotels they went to, along with Kutsher's are all gone. We now go to Villa Roma Resort, which is the only hotel left to go to for us. I hope it stays alive forever!
so lovely and heartfelt, thank you for making this!!!!! xxx
Fantastic video, the music goes along perfectly. I'm 31 years old so I missed the boat on many of these places but I do remember Grossingers being open when I was younger. My family used to summer up in the Liberty area and I definitely see a difference in that town over the last 20 years.
Not being white my family did not dare go as guests when this resort was popular.
But still I cannt help feeling sad for the memories it had for all the white families that visited there and had good times.
So sad to see the resorts that made so many beautiful memories for families to be abandoned and left to decline, forever silenced. Gone are the shrieks of joy, happiness and shouts of children playing as well as the occasional growl from an unhappy golfer or tennis player. Yet in the vestiges of what remains are the shadows of grandness and pride of the pleasures brought to all families who stayed there. In the hectic and chaotic world which we live in now, such simple things as time spent together, laughing, playing and rediscovering the love of family and friends whether playing or just sitting in a swing with those you love. Perhaps one day, the Nevele and other resorts will rise again to provide a much-needed break from today's world. 💖💖💖
The Grossinger’s said they would reopen their hotel in April of 1995 but I guess things didn’t go the way they wanted it to go
My parents met each other at Grossinger's. Years later I nearly drowned in that huge indoor pool with moss growing over it now. I can smell and feel that room--it felt to me like its own biosphere--ears would pop through the airlocks. And it was there I discovered the opposite sex. Passover, succos at those resorts were powerful, unique communal post-shtetl experiences for us lucky ones.
I lived in liberty from 1989-1994 that was the time when most of the hotels were closed. I worked 1 season at the browns hotel in loch sheldrake, and 5 years at the extinct Liberty diner. I love liberty and I would like to go back even tho people say it had change a lot. Any ways it's a good video and sad.
ive lived in Sullivan county my whole life and i love this place, im not sure where u get off saying its the armpit of the earth as it is a great place to raise children and grow up. just because ur experiences here may not have been the best doesnt mean it is the county or even the towns fault. This is a beautiful area that is flourishing now.
Wow! what a great job on the video. I worked at Grossinger's in 1972 as a lifeguard in the indoor pool and the lake. I Have some great memories of lost love, friends and being young and carefree. Thank you
It is a very sad video. I remember going to camp at the Concord Hotel and just loving it. My grandfather used to have his criers lodge conventions at the Concord twice a year. It was a magical place and I miss it very much.
I know about this. Never been there, but made me weep! Who can rescue this situation? Where's the money/talent/will to rebuild?
There is such a film. I think it's titled Rise & Fall of The Borscht Belt. The director is a documentarian of some note.
Beautiful video! It's a tragedy what has happened to these beloved Catskills landmarks! We're losing a piece of history.
Wow-- so sad, but thank you so much for the tour. I grew up in the area. I can still appreciate what was. Life does go on.
Great, sad video. I miss those days!
Thanks for posting this
Very nice. 3:27, Ginger flavored brandy? Yikes!
I did read that one of these places has been re-opened as a yoga/new age center so that is one way to revive the place!
does anyone remember the acre manor hotel? my grandparents would take me there when i was a kid in the early 1960s'. i think it was near the catskill game farm. i do remember being in the nightclub with them and there was a show with a robot. think it was 1965
I wanted to cry so bad, even though I've never been there, I still want to cry. =;(
You did a GREAT job, I could really feel you have wonderful memories there. Why did they close?
Anyone remember the Ichiban; my brother Sonny, he's gone now, I miss him desperately. Any old friends out there?
omg yes!! I used to go there as a kid :)
Who remembers the Homowack Lodge? My family stayed there over Spring Recess in 1978. I think we were the only non-Jews in the hotel. When I ordered pancakes via room service, there was only honey available, not syrup!
Love the Homowack... I went there as a kid and I am fascinated with history, pictures and memories of the place in the early 70's.
Job well done- very, very nice video.
what about the Homowack - I used to vacation there in the 70's
I long to see more of the Homowack... There is a group on Facebook dedicated to the subject...
Frontier Town (North Hudson], St John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City), and Half Moon Bay Hotel (Antigua), are in ruin also. Preserved in memory.
So, so sad. Victims of changing times, other opportunities for leisure, economics. The northern Catskills, aka Catskill Peaks, the Mountaintop, have small, modern hostels.
If Gov. Spitzer does not really come thru for Up State we will be watching a video like this in 10 years for Rochester ,Glen Falls etc.
new York has lot going for it but not our politicians , they will ALL bankrupt us for sure.
At least we have Stewart Int'l Airport which is finally a REAL airport poised to grow dramatically & help this rea grow.
@ 4:53 what the heck is that?? Thanks for taking the time to show us these pics.
Question: Resorts like these were mostly for family outings so do you think because the family dynamic has changed and because the economy has changed so much that is why these places have gone under and become abandoned? Curious about everyone's opinion.
a.... i cant stop watching this lol anyway i have some pictures my friend might be able to send you for ur website which is good by the way (5 stars ) there from an abandoned hotel in iowa if ur interested theres onyl about 17 but there decent pictures plus u dont have iowa lol so holla back
damn thats is one big ass place!!! so why did they have to close down the hotel anyway it looked like they should have gotten tons of money from people it looked fancy ""when it was open"" and nice video, real nice!!!
Have to say as someone who owns property deep in the real CATSKILLS, Most of the hotels shown in the video are in Sullivan county you could say the foothills of the Catskills perhaps, but not really in the Catskills mtns.
1-because hotels can't pick up and "move to florida and arizona" 2-failure to adapt to evolving markets 3-their purpose has been served and they are forever memories of life for those who experienced it there
Omg I'm actually crying.... I represent the Lagattut's voice. My uncles father and mom all worked at alot of the places... the rave and rave about them..... My mother has AWESOME pictures... So sad!!
Anyone remember the Evans Kiamesha Hotel when it was owned by the Pollack family?
I think that Sullivan County is haunted. There is something evil about that place. It is so cutoff from the rest of the world, even though it is only 90 miles from NYC. I remember walking outside at night in the winter. It is so dark, quiet, and spooky. This is especially true when the wind is howling. The broken down buildings add to the scare effect. The area reminds me of Salem, Mass. or a movie called The Ring. I lived there until my early twenties and was wise enough to leave.
monticello is the absolute worste place to live in sullivan county. you cant judge the whole county by that hole. towns like livingston manor liberty and roscoe are all in good standing for the economic times. monticello hasnt been a respectible section of the county in years so you should not judge the whole county based on one town and a bunch of run down hotels while new buisnesses are sprining up every day.
I grew up in Sullivan County and I just wanted to say that I think that it is the armpit of the Earth. There are many boarded up businesses and run-down buildings. Many of the streets are pot-holed and there appears to be poverty everywhere. The winters there are extremely depressing. I swear that place has kind of a haunting curse hanging over it. Moving out of there was the best thing I've ever done.
That's interesting that you mention the lack of syrup, We never had syrup on pancakes or french toast in my house but .we would sprinkle sugar on top instead. Also, we ate hamburgers on a plate (no bun), and hamburgers were more like meat loaf patties (i.e., the ground meat had to be mixed with lots of ingredients like egg, onion, matzo meal, salt, pepper, garlic, etc.).
@six6wings as in all things, they evolve, families have changed, tastes changed, first, air travel got cheaper, then the kids had to go to college, then Europe got cheaper.Sadly the immigrants who created these unique places have passed on, as in Miami Beach..That too took years to come back..I can only hope for the same here. I loved it there.
I was wondering if the Concord was still there---guess I got my answer. When I was in high school, the Vocational Industrial Club of America had their state competition there every year. And I've been to Kutsher's Country Club when I was in nurse's training. Is that gone, too? All so sad.
SUPPOSEDLY, Two factors contributed to the downfall of the CATSKILLS tourist industry . Cheaper aircondtioners for NYC apartment dwellers . No more ,having to get away from that hot apartment to the cool country. And cheaper airline tickets for low to middle class families, you could go to VEGAS now.
these places may not be so deteriorated if those stupid drunk teens wouldnt go and destroy everything because they think its ''cool'' if ur thinking about doing it just dont go ahead look around but please dont break and destroy buteiful things
areyou kidding me it flourishing wheredo you live now i live in the catskills monticello is a dying town it looks like the south bronx did in the70s liberty is doing a little better we have a few new stores maybe thats a start
Its gonna be Walmarts and alot of really cold poor families, you should move. It had its day and its over, its not comming back. Soon it will be bears , deer and Walmart and HomeDepo. Let them have it.
great job love the past and to present pics so you can see the changes !!!!!!! what a world and life it was ... i wish i couldve been part of such a beutiful era ..................
@glick59 The quiet is only the side effect of hardly anyone wanting to live or vacation there anymore. What is truly haunting is the extreme amount of poverty.
people had less and less free time,wifes worked full time, families had two cars, two tv sets,more payments,less free money. Less time, more stress, less money, .
We use to play in the castskill back in the 70´s Moraarriaga family our musical group name.
a child at the pines married at grossingers every labor day week at the raleigh with my wife and children i miss it so much
You guys forgot Carson City and the Catskill game farm.
tear!!!
Sullivan county will never be the same!
it will just be that "sleepy place time forgot"
wonderful video thankyou it is sad to see so many beautifull places falling in on them selves
@irondukev wait, even the adirondacks are falling apart???? i been there a couple of times
I guess the concord is trying to make a come back centering on it's golfing
HI.. Thanks for the video... At 3.46 is the light on? keep it up..
As they say at the end of Dirty Dancing"cheap trips to Europe"
the catskills have the best resorts... pollaces still rocks
what was that stuff all over the floor at 4:53
What in the hell is happening to this country?
were is this in the catskills
Thank you! I'll look for it :-D
is this still there
is this still there
i wish i could fix it up
when was the hotel
i totally agree
Has been area.