According to old records, the owners names listed in the advertising were Moskowitz, Orber and Kornfeld. I was a lifeguard at the famous Concord
It was by far the largest bungalow colony and it still has one of the greatest pools! My family went to Bob-Ed from the late 50s to 65. The place had a day camp for the guests children. Thank you so much for sharing your memory with me! Its missing the chaos, the freedom, and the comfort of seeing the same families year after year. Catskill Mountain Resort Hotels. Some of the old hotels were restored and became health
Please be respectful of copyright. I am told they operated from Mountain Dale, New York. [40] a second later, their eyes light up and they tell me stories of their
Best of luck. I had a big crush on her even as a youngster. I remember there was a large main house for meals and shows. Grossinger's, a sprawling resort with over 35 buildings, popular with boxing champions of the time, even had its own post office and airstrip. Does anyone know any more facts about that area? Sometimes the answers are discouraging (Dont. If you ever vacationed in the
Eddie Cantor, Eddie Fischer and Duke Ellington. that up. Hi Linda this is Jeff Biller and my whole family including my brother Leslie Biller and sister Barbara Biller spent many summers at the lake Plaza and remember you and Stevie your parents and grandparents . Many of the 75 or so people at a recent Catskills History and Preservation Conference were shocked to hear that the Catskills heralded resort industry has been in decline since 1965. 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. Others tried to rebuild and ran
Thanks! Hi Dan, funny story! I was at Cold Spring Cottages and Bob- Ed from age 1958 to about 1966. Plus my great-aunt Gertie married into the Paul family, of Pauls Hotel. For real adventure, wed walk along the railroad track watching out for a train that never showed up. It had a Lodge with swimming pool about 1/2 mile down the road. Photographs by ERIC BARD, CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES. I was born in 58 and have amazing early childhood memories of the place and our bungalow. 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. I heard it was on Ulster Heights Road, Ellenville? And somewhere there is an Sunday article with Ma Holder and my mother playing the part of her secretary. Little America, Salt Lake City. Happy to respond to any questions or any comments, but as I indicated dueling memories are difficult at this point. Scheinfeld spent her childhood accompanying her grandfather to card games at the once glamorous Concord Resort Hotel, by thenthe 1980salready past its prime. It was run by Anita Schneider, who was I think, the Holtzmans daughter. 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. Still in business? I was intrigued by the Liberty House comment as I have a faint recollection of it from the Liberty history archives please take a look at the following site for picture: https://www.townofliberty.org/about/history/, Does anyone remember the holiday hotel in loch Sheldrake. Dinner was a dressy affair. Her name name was Ghaika (Helen). what it was like to see the comics, or listen to singers like Sammy
Those that could make the necessary upgrades found themselves hopelessly in debt. Do you know the exact location? Ironically, I went to junior high with their daughter Allison but never made the connection. life in a lengthy series of poignant pictures by photographer Marisa
Nostalgia for the old Catskills is so strong that multiple Facebook groups exist for former visitors to reminisce. Marilyn, I am Shirleys granddaughter. 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. It seems they became quite famous. My brother had his Bar Mitzvah at the Youngs Gap in 1965. Nothing replaced the ones that have decomposed, either. Hope all is well and you had nice memories of them my grand father Moe Senate and grandma Harriet Senate. My grandfather was Izzy Woda and my mother was Sylvia. There you will find old Catskills
After I read your email, I googled Arrowhead Ranch and it seems a woman named Rose Barnett purchased the property in 2017, and its now Arrowhead Ranch and Retreat, which is some kind of a music venueand it may not even be the Lake Plaza propety, maybe another hotel. I had some relatives who owned hotels in the mountains. There was an article once along time ago of my grandmother but I cant find it anywhere . Hi Joan. photos of hotel guest rooms, mostly without furniture and the walls
The Makowsky Family will always have a special place in my heart. Attendance dwindled as foreign travel became easier and hotel bans on Jews disappeared in the sixties. My father (Harold Birnbaum) had the bar concession with his cousin (Heshie or Jackie Cohen, Im not sure which) and my mother was the singer/pianist (Elaine Fein Birnbaum). Its really nice to be in touch with you, Joan. 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. The area had attracted tourists since the post-Civil War years . out of money. hotels were in Ulster or Sullivan Counties). people who see the exhibit and many of them are Borscht Belt
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Your perceptions aside, it is a demonstrable fact the economy of the Sullivan County Catskills began to decline as early as 1958. Does anyone know what hotel used to be there? All of them give you a good sense of
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Bruce Chadwick lectures on history and film at Rutgers University in New Jersey. I was fortunate to have stayed at 3 bungalow colonies in Accord. I just saw your postings. Mine are so vague. But in recent years, boarded-up storefronts have been dusted off as ice-cream parlors and taco shops. Abandoned hotel buildings The Concord hotel, 2005 Kutcher's hotel, 2015 Grossinger's resort, 2015 The Granit resort, 2015 As of the 2010s, the region is a summer home for many Orthodox Jewish families. came here to start their owner resorts. 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. My Great Grandparents owned a hotel in Liberty next to the Grossinger familys original hotel in the early 1900s. Thats how the Borscht Belt
My sister and I were Joan and Janice Goodsmith. programs. walls covered with peoples names and graffiti. The sign used to say Hood Ice Cream Orchard Colony Luncheonette. hi leslie, this is mitch getting back to you. I believe it was called the Liberty House. A mans world? with the pedal to the metal. Does the camp still exist? in another. of the Borscht Belt as the culmination of a long history. At night, comedians would do their shtick for a well-dressed audience. Pines is still there in one photo, but with its fancy entry doors all
Families would come back to the same locale every summer, thrilled to reconnect with friends in the great outdoors. were the birthplace and later the homestead of such talented comics
My grandfather was a singer there and my grandmothers uncle owned the place. I miss my city so much. Also trying to find the Belkins, who used to be the dance team at the hotel. In the early 60s we used to visit my maternal grandparents each summer when they stayed in the Edgewood House, a large boarding house in Parksville. Her husband had been a successful businessman in the china business. Is a revival in the works? Hi, Ellen. Heres why each season begins twice. The humor that came out of this circuit, known as the Borscht Belt, became instantly recognizable: Ladies and gentlemen, you cant please everyone. I even had a promotional deck of playing cards with Bob and Doris on the back. Required fields are marked *. 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. It was the best times ever., My mom nods. My parents loved Jerry Lewis. Its so good to hear you speak of the hotel. It must have been very difficult for her. In 1969 I became a staff member at The Commodore & started in the Kids dining room & wound up as a busboy in the Main. a musicians music stand from the orchestra sitting crooked in the
We drive down rural streets until, at a small intersection, we find a building my mom recognizes and a clerk who remembers that a train once ran nearby. Unfortunately, I wish I could remember more about our vacations there. My uncle Sheldon is living in Virginia now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I remember the young daughter of Shustons whose name was Freddy. Even so, the photo exhibit by
and their vacationers looked like when the Borscht Belt was at its
She added a small building with a little stage at one end for theatricals and it was called the Casino for all the card playing. Hi John, Did you ever stay at Rosenberg around 1960? In some ways, the Jewish Catskills has come full circle. It was a wonderful weekend ! Laurels Hotel and Country Club, Sackett Lake, Monticello, N.Y. Thanks so much for your response and all the info you have shared with me. It was Mike Rubinstein that taught me how to swim. When I was a bit older your father (if he still had the bar concession) was nice enough to serve without asking for ID (remember a long time ago and he knew of me from my Mothers family) the degrees of contact get closer. 943 S Orem Blvd, Orem, UT 84058. Now we are in Ellenville at Cohens Bakery, established circa 1920, buying pumpernickel bread and chocolate rugelach. Do you know where I can find any info pictures amount of suites and units? My mom used to take us to visit Sam and Pearl and Myrna and Laura. When I moved to Kerhonkson in 1990 and joined Kerhonkson Synagogue he was the community elder. Hi my grandparents met at the New Roxy in the early 1940s as my mother was born in 1945. It had many bungalows for camp activities an upper ball field and a lake for fishing. Prosper Manor, and restore her financial condition. My aunt on the Sanford house bungalow colony in South Fallsburg probably through 76 or 78. I am sure there were others, but I also found home movies of my family at a Bungalow in 1951. Read more stories about the Catskills here. Birds have
Bob and Edna were my parents best friends I was a junior counselor at Weelock around 1972. One night he made me sing Getting to Know You with him. Jerry Lewis invented routines there and
When does spring start? I would love to share that photo of the two us that I have! You can write to her there. Not far from Green Acres. I remember the daughter was called Freddy. If you do know anything or have any information. Borscht Belt is an apocalyptic, said photographer Scheinfeld. August 29th, 2019. We stayed there in the mid fifties. A walk through the
During my time I can remember Waxmans Overlook Loch Sheldrake, The President Swan Lake, The AmbassadorThe NationalThe Commodore S Fallsburg, The Paramount Parksville, The Heiden, The Valley View Kenoza Lake. Craig. What Scribners takes from the old is a sense of community: It has a weekend schedule packed with yoga, garden walks, tie-dye classes, and movie screenings. My brother Steve and I spent all of our summers there, from the early 50s until it was sold in 1966. All of the stools for
The groundbreaking promise of cellular housekeeping. Hope World Resorts Catskills can thrive!! 2. Contact Fred Fries at the Society ffries@scnyhistory.org. It sat along a railroad track near a general store where she and her brothers would buy candy. Hi, Mitch. 28 years, since I was a kid. It was said That the Catskills was hotter than putting present day las.vegas and Atlantic city together. 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 I remember the candy store with Gus and Girdy and their collie. The famous hotels in the mountains the
I found the phone on the bed and snapped the picture. midtown Manhattan at 15 W. 16th Street. trips to the Catskills in the old days. hi leslie, my name is mitch sirotta and i have fond memories of uncle izzy and aunt minnie at wodas. Bob would deliver milk and eggs to our apt in Queens in the late 60s after the season ended. Down the road a bit, across the road, there was a kuchalein, a boarding house with multi kitchens which burned down in the early fifties. I was a camper at Camp Weelock for 2 summers, 1968-1969. I miss it terribly Craig dobelle. All the women wore their cardigans with mink collars. centers, orthodox Jewish colonies and drug rehab centers. I expected to return next summer, but the hotel became the victim of Jewish Lightning & burned to the ground. they never actually cleaned up the decaying buildings and nightclubs. Hi Neil, I was just looking checking my DNA on Ancestry and remembered seeing a Ben Feller listed as a 2/3rd cousin. Again, Linda, thank you so much for responding to my post. I definitely remember Mike I think he showed us a frog dissection near the pool! "By the 1920s the rise of big hotels took the Catskills by storm, almost all of which were exclusively Jewish." The sliver of Sullivan County that the newspapers dubbed the "Borscht Belt" was a. my wife joan and i live in manhattan, and south florida. The Borscht Belt resorts reached their peak in the 1950s and 60s, accommodating up to 150,000 guests a year. I am in touch with Allison Belkin (Allison Gottlieb Belkin) on Facebook. Catskills memorabilia more postcards, ticket stubs, sports
Founded in 1960 in Provo, Utah, Revere Health has grown to include 30 medical specialties in over 100 . Both my brother and I have been living in Israel for the last 35-40 years. I went for a week in the summer of 1962 at age six. Good thing! These 11 Photos of Utah in the 1960s are Mesmerizing. The bungalows became Camp Capri the girls camp of Weelock, next door in 1969) and my all time favorite, Makowskys. Blissful escapes to the mountains of New York became the stuff of legend in many Jewish families. Smaller resorts the bulk of Sullivan Countys 538 hotels during that golden era began to close down. A nightclub and a restaurant are featured at this smoke-free motel. I guess we are cousins. . Your email address will not be published. By the 1980s, however, the once-bustling region, home to numerous hotels, bungalows, tennis courts, and swimming pools, became desolate as New Yorkers began to favor different destinations. I look forward to hearing from you. sam and sally sodas son ronnie, and daughter celina were my cousins. In the summer of 60, Hitchcocks Psycho debuted in a theater in Liberty and the whole group of adults went. Impossible to fathom. Theres been one major update, he points out: Rosmarins doesnt do the singer and the comic anymore. These days its food trucks and concerts. It was old at the time. Many cite the existence of dozens of hotels in the 1970s as proof that it couldnt possibly be so. I remember the dog house with the beagles that would chase you adjacent to the main house. some weaknesses. My daughter goes to Stagedoor Manor Camp in Loch Sheldrake. This project was created using the CERES: Exhibit Toolkit with help from the Digital Scholarship Group at the Northeastern University Library. I wanted to do this exhibit to show that the whole area today
But it was already torn down n was a home . I attended Camp Weelock, Camelot and Capri. has
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. The group gathering room for classes and shows wss called the Casino- I guess due to card games or bingo. wild, colorful graffiti decorating the walls and the barren concrete
They had a home in Brooklyn and the lovely home on Mt. decaying. Spending a weekend, or if you could afford it, an entire week or more at a Catskill hotel was heaven. Just came across this note. A bygone time that I am glad to have been a part of and wish my children could have experienced. Something new is growing out of the old, she says. Now, though, nearly a hundred years later, it is gone. 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. Please feel free to be in touch. first photos, especially one of the rundown lobby of The Pines, with
It was the summer of Woodstock. Once one of the most coveted getaways of the 1950s and 60s, the Granit Hotel and Country Club lasted until its decline in the 1980s. A series of fires and building demolitions left the grand history of Fleischmanns to be largely documented by postcards, photographs and the fond memories of those who had experienced this period of good fortune. 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 remember going to Wodas Hotel as a child with my grandparents. It was then reincarnated as the Green Acres Hotel for a short time, and that was purchased by New Hope in the early 1970s. As the largest independent multi-specialty physician group in Utah, our healthcare system gives patients the best in communication, quality, coordination and innovation. The 'extreme cruelty' around the global trade in frog legs, What does cancer smell like? Borscht, a beet-based soup popular with Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants, was a colloquialism for "Jewish". One of Earth's loneliest volcanoes holds an extraordinary secret. Who can ever forget the Borscht
the casino business has been failing, she said. Please share your memories with me! There may have been more hotels before 1965 but overall the amount of vacationers stayed high and strong through the 70s. So she kept a small cottage and a stone ice house and the big barn. Year Built 1998. Greene and Freddie Roman. Bob-Eds became Camp Capri and then the property was sold to NYC firemen. The evening entertainment at these resorts was out of this world, famous comedians and singers. 424 High Falls Road Extension, Catskill, NY, 12414. like the ruins of Pompeii. might have been easy to obtain old home movies of what the resorts
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Would love to hear any scraps of history or memories! Absolutely. 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.