damn... was there in 66, first time i'd ever seen an indoor pool
Posted on 12/01/2013 11:21:43 AM PST by Mike Darancette
Movies such as “Dirty Dancing” offered everlasting memories of the once-affluent getaway spot. Now, the last of the iconic Catskills resorts has been sold to a company that plans to turn the property into a healthy living resort.
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I suppose it's good someone has bought up the property, intending to remake it as a "healthy getaway spa"-type place, rather than just have it fall into total decline...but nevertheless, it's sad how so many "old-fashioned" things and places just keep going away.
Watermelon
Nobody puts Baby in the corner!
No more stuffing breakfast muffins in their warmup suit pockets for later.
Never saw “Dirty Dancingâ€, but once, while on an urban exploration kick, I ran across a website which was dedicated to Grossinger’s Resort, documenting how it had falling into disrepair. It was like looking at much of present day Detroit. Just flat out abandoned. Not mothballed, or demolished and the land used for another purpose, just hotel rooms and recreational facilities with weeds growing up out of the floor, collapsed ceilings and trash everywhere. I suppose it is like Atlantic City, things changed (in terms of travel times and relative prices, and thus destinations) and they were ignored in time. Completely.
-— Nobody puts Baby in the corner! -—
LOLZ My wife LOVES this movie. I get the lead actor thing, but she actually loves the movie.
damn... was there in 66, first time i'd ever seen an indoor pool
I’m not familiar with that type of resort-and being ranch and blue collar folks, my family wasn’t/isn’t affluent enough to afford a holiday at one of those places anyway-but we did have “dude ranches” for fancy people here in this part of Texas-it sort of sounds the same.
When Obama ruined the economy, tourism died and the ones around here were going down into disrepair fast. The smart owners either restocked-literally-and got back into sheep/goat/cattle ranching, or became combination wedding venues/golf courses and hotels, riding schools offering lessons and/or Bed and Breakfast places. Prices to stay there took a dive, but at least these family businesses survived. Maybe these Catskills resorts are trying to do the same thing, but catering to Pacific coast greenies like Texas caters to snowbirds?
It’s in New York. Who in their right mind would want to go there?
Wow, that was interesting, thanks for posting it.
New York State is absolutely gorgeous! But of course it is still in NY.
My mom and dad schlepped my sister and me to Kutchers many times when I was a teenager. It was a cheap vacation from NJ.
I’m sorry it’s closing. Lots of good memories of my youth up there.
Take a look at the Inn at Bedford Springs (PA). Abandoned and in ruins. Now, it’s been restored and looks like it did in the long ago past. A spectacular resort.
I think NYC should be its own country. Love the Adirondacks.
“Hey Boy; Gimme some fresh chopped chicken liv’as!”
It is beautiful country up there, though.
The original hotel building is rather hideous, IMHO (very "50's") and I've never been a fan of excessive opulance (or Las Vegas, lol!)...nevertheless, it's sad to lose that "history" and many memories for many NY people...
Always a dilemma...restore or rebuild or "repurpose" (loathsome word)? Thanks for posting a great article!
So, goodbye to “The Borscht Belt”?
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