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. My father has a brochure of Swan Lake Hotel. Has anyone heard of Woolfes Bell-Aire Country Club in Parksville? 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
PS. Could you possibly e-mail me the address and a phone or email of the now establishments. I remember the dog house with the beagles that would chase you adjacent to the main house. At the turn of the 19th century the celebrated Jewish resort area started in the Sullivan and Ulster County Catskills. Thanks much for any info you can supply. One member of the family also operated the Olympic in Fallsburg/Woodridge. main hall for the photo exhibit and a shock. Old cells hang around as we age, doing damage to the body. Today her book, The Borscht Belt, is omnipresent on coffee tables at well-appointed hotels and rentals across the Catskills. Davis Jr. That would have been a nice before
Ironically, I went to junior high with their daughter Allison but never made the connection. It was a couple-three miles to Masten Lake. Her family forbid her to marry a singer so they eloped. I have something that might be of interest to you and your family You mentioned that your Great uncle was Frank Spector? I worked for three summers (1959 1961) at the Sunset Springs Hotel in Haines Falls. Does this remind you of your childhood? I ask my mom. Heres the technology that helped scientists find itand what it may have been used for. My grandparents, Joe and Ruth Flamenbaum owned the Lake Plaza Hotel in Parksville. During the heyday of the Catskills (1940s - 1960s), the region was New York's premier vacation destination and counted over 500 hotels, from boarding houses and bungalow colonies to all-inclusive resorts. There was a large lake on the property, we had color-war which was the highlight of the summer. As a really little kid, I would hound Bob Rubinstein to give a ride in his 56 Ford pick-up or a ride on the yellow and white Cub Cadet tractor. old Grossingers coffee shop is a shocker. Micky Woolf and his cousin, Sammy Woolf, my grandfather sang there. Now I have the name of the road for the next trip. Today, they remain as they were in the 90s, rotting, filled with
been more complete. Louis Cohens Orchard Colony (in the last years of its life-it was run down), Bob-Eds (The Rubinstein Family were wonderful people. The bungalow colonies were the first to go under, followed by the smaller hotels.. Im sure we must have known you. might have been easy to obtain old home movies of what the resorts
walls covered with peoples names and graffiti. Thanks for thoughts. By the late 1960s, most of the large hotels in and around the community had been shuttered. Borscht, a beet-based soup popular with Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants, was a colloquialism for "Jewish". What if we could clean them out? I am so sorry i didn;t come aling this sooner. We stayed there in the mid fifties. Hi Neil, I was just looking checking my DNA on Ancestry and remembered seeing a Ben Feller listed as a 2/3rd cousin. Hi Joan, My name is Linda Amar, maiden name Linda Leibowitz. Oh, that one!
We also lived in Windsor Park when I was about 5. I was a camper at Camp Weelock for 2 summers, 1968-1969. In my memories, my grandmothers sisters husband was related to Sam Woda. my mother mickey rothstein was lena rothsteins daughter. Eddie Cantor, Eddie Fischer and Duke Ellington. They had a home in Brooklyn and the lovely home on Mt. 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. I know this a long shot. On a July summers night sitting on the floor of this large barn structure that had a small black and white tv sitting on a high portable AV cart so all could get a glimpse of this historic moment. It might help two or three hotels, but thats it, and recently
The abandoned Borscht Belt in New York's Catskills, a former Jewish vacationland, is home to memories of a former respite from city life. Maybe if there was a man speaking Yiddish behind the counter.. My mother does not remember who owned the hotel in the family. that a new casino planned for the area will allow it to bounce back. 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 grandfather was a singer there and my grandmothers uncle owned the place. The good times lasted until the 1960s and 1970s, but the 1950s were the best decade in terms of profitability. 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. programs, golf course scorecards, tee shirts, golf clubs, nightclub
Laurels Hotel and Country Club, Sackett Lake, Monticello, N.Y. As time marches on families stopped getting together at Shustons as we all went on to college (we out of state), military, and family passed away. Nothing replaced the ones that have decomposed, either. we had some fun times up there until 1966. unfortunately my cousin ronnie was killed in a motorcycle accident in the fall of 1965. he was attending sullivan county comm. Do you possibly remember my dad, Lee Goodsmith? So she decided to open it as a hotel, the Mt. When does spring start? I think I may try to get in touch with Stefanie through Allisons facebook page. Jerry Lewis invented routines there and
Thank you for your comment. In some ways, the Jewish Catskills has come full circle. All of the stools for
Please share more memories. Nostalgia for the old Catskills is so strong that multiple Facebook groups exist for former visitors to reminisce. It was a wonderful weekend ! photographer. The Catskills were once a potent and affordable draw for Jews seeking to escape the suffocating heat, grating work conditions and anti-Semitism. Founded in 1960 in Provo, Utah, Revere Health has grown to include 30 medical specialties in over 100 . "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. [40] She came to this country with her brother Sam Woda. nirvana, a fantasy off route 17 two hours from the New York City,
Hi John my family owned the Youngs gap hotel did u know my great grandma Anne holder and my great aunt& uncle Dotty & Frank Spector? Do you have a sister named Sherry? My family went to Bob-Eds in the late 1960s, so it was interesting to see your post. She shrugs. It was run by Anita Schneider, who was I think, the Holtzmans daughter. Absolutely. 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. It was wonderful-anyone remember that Hotel? 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. I however stayed in the biz and went to Cornell Hotel School and headed to restaurants in NYC. My fondest memeories are of those many summers. My grandparents used to go there. I was fortunate to have stayed at 3 bungalow colonies in Accord. 1. decaying. 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. Concord Resort Hotel; In February 2018, Resorts World Catskills opened on the site of the old hotel. There are other empty pools with their windows gone and
I was 13 in 1969, and I do remember the reveille bugle calls for camp, lol ? I bought it from a mrs fern green . Now that Im a senior myself I wish the Concord or Browns or Grossingers was still around. That doesnt mean that all the hotels were impacted equally, some continued to grow well into the 1970s and even a few beyond that, but by the mid-1970s, as many as 500 hotels had already closed down since the heyday in the mid-1950s. LOL How come there is no record of the place or history? The plans to tear down the building, which had become dilapidated beyond. over the New York metropolitan area, less than 100 miles away on
I expected to return next summer, but the hotel became the victim of Jewish Lightning & burned to the ground. 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. programs. 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.. Oh, if you ever get there again, the name of the road is Cooley Road. Sorry, I dont recall your grandmother. The groundbreaking promise of cellular housekeeping. my brother and i both worked the summer of 1965 at the hotel. For real adventure, wed walk along the railroad track watching out for a train that never showed up. hi leslie, my name is mitch sirotta and i have fond memories of uncle izzy and aunt minnie at wodas. After dinner it was a ritual to walk along the road. I was a counselor at weelock in 67 and 68. Be well and safe. If you have photos can you please send them to at eryan@me.com. Required fields are marked *. Why wetlands are so critical for life on Earth, Rest in compost? Evidence enough that the Golden Age had come to an end. Be well! Hopefully, that will happen in the not too distant futuretime is running fast and running out! Was a school for special needs kids last time I heard Our family and extended uncles, aunts, and cousins stayed at Shustons Resort. Very interesting writing what happened to Geronimo. Indelible image in my mind forever. People have looted
Blissful escapes to the mountains of New York became the stuff of legend in many Jewish families. Then, a few years ago, my Instagram feed started filling with pictures of bonfires and Scandinavian-style lodges in the Catskills. For many Jewish New Yorkers, the Borscht Belt served as a haven when they were banned from many of the citys hotels in the 1920s. My biggest regret is that my kids were unable to experience the joy I did, as it was all gone. Its really nice to be in touch with you, Joan. Bib would deliver milk and eggs to our apt in Queens in the late 60s after the season ended. Scheinfeld is spectacular. I had always envisioned keeping the lake and the stream (and the area around in) but that was not to be. 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. One of her favorite photographs in it shows a green fern pushing through the cracked concrete of a long-abandoned pool. Most newcomers and even some old timers who should know better find it hard to believe that the countys heyday was over by the mid-1960s. 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. Our band, The Shape of Thyngs, played up there in 66 and 67. It was 24 hours a day of fun! So interesting! put together an exhibit of several dozen pictures, Biden Should Remove Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, Descendants of Slaveholder Donor Denounce Law School Name Change, How Social Media and Community Schools Could Fill in Gaps Teaching Black History, American Girl Dolls Declare the 1990s Ancient History, Review: DeSantis's Book is a Campaign Tome Written by ChatGPT, Reconsidering Phillis Wheatley's Place in the Revolutionary Era, Philosopher Lewis Gordon's Impact on Black Jewish History, Quintard Taylor's Black Past Project Fights Erasure of History, Review: The Unfinished Business of "Double V", One Reason to Confirm National Archivist Fast?