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The Ghost Hotels of the Catskills
The Daily Beast ^ | August 25, 2014 | Brandon Presser

Posted on 08/25/2014 9:42:24 AM PDT by C19fan

Phones on desks, linens on beds, catalog cards spilling out of the filing cabinets—all covered with a fine patina of dust. Neglected for years, and abandoned in seconds, it’s like a modern-day Pompeii in which the earth suddenly reclaimed its souls as they went about their daily business.

But this isn’t fodder for the next Dean Koontz thriller; it’s real, and its 100 miles north of New York City. Sullivan County once boasted 538 hotels and over 50,000 bungalows, but today practically nothing remains of this illustrious, vacationing era, save crumbling towers and abandoned estates.

Walking through the haunting wreckage—thirsty swimming pools filled with garbage, and rows of hotel towers tagged by vandals—it’s almost impossible to believe that area was one of the most important vacation destinations in America for well over a century.

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TOPICS: History; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: catskills; godsgravesglyphs; resorts; vacation
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To: C19fan

Is this where they had “summer stock” theaters?


41 posted on 08/25/2014 3:38:22 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: jttpwalsh

Ahh, I was in the Wallingford area, that would explain why we didn’t talk about upstate NY so much.

CT WAS a great place. Sometimes when people ask me where I was from, I would say Krypton, my home planet blew up a long time ago.


42 posted on 08/25/2014 4:53:06 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: McGruff

I worked for a time in the Pocono’s......also lived about seven years in communities close to it.


43 posted on 08/25/2014 4:57:55 PM PDT by caww
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To: C19fan
I remember from my youth the ads for places like the Mount Airy Lodge. :)

Pretty much abandoned today


44 posted on 08/25/2014 5:03:46 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww
Here's the ski lodge at Mt Airy Lodge now...


45 posted on 08/25/2014 5:08:47 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Didn’t one of those places run ads with Barbi Benton singing?


46 posted on 08/25/2014 5:09:55 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I don’t know....sorry....


47 posted on 08/25/2014 5:14:02 PM PDT by caww
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To: BigIsleGal; Vendome; Mase
"You think kids want to come with their parents and take fox-trot lessons? Trips to Europe, that's what the kids want! Twenty-two countries in three days."

RIP, Max Kellerman (and Johnny Castle, and Dr. Houseman)

48 posted on 08/25/2014 5:18:37 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: ken5050
How could anyone write an article about the Catskills and not refer to it by the term every one used..”The Borscht Belt..”

It's there. You must have missed it.

49 posted on 08/25/2014 5:27:51 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

That’s a good one !


50 posted on 08/26/2014 5:43:58 AM PDT by jttpwalsh
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Note: this topic was posted 8/25/2014 . Thanks C19fan.


51 posted on 09/18/2014 7:07:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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