Wow. This made me think I was watching a trip through the sunken Titanic. I worked at the Raleigh and the Concord in different bands in 1974 until 1985. This made me so depressed. There will NEVER EVER be another time or place like the Catskills even if they do get gambling. I played trombone for so many singers and comedians. Those were the days.
My parents were seasons guests in the mid to late 70's. When I got too old to stay with them in the Regency I worked as a pool boy and stayed in one of the cabanas, later I became a Bellhop worked at the Chalet and stayed in the Ritz. One winter vacation I even worked the toboggan run. For me the Pines was a place of many firsts. It is hard to look at the videos of what is left and not get emotional. Bong Head
I think videos like this and of abandoned amusement parks are the hardest to watch because they are both places of so many happy memories and to see the state they're in now is almost heart-breaking. This video is very well-done and the music from The Book of Eli is so perfect. Would love to see you do another vid of some other resort.
I WAS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTER AT THE PINES WHEN HANK LEEDS WAS THE HEAD OF ACTIVITES SANG AT NIGHT WITH THE LOUNGE BAND AND DID THE LIGHTS IN THE WEDGEWOOD ROOM
Brilliant choice of music for this video. I loved it when I heard it in The Book of Eli, and it fits so well for this abandoned hotel; truly haunting. It is so incredibly sad to see a place that once thrived fall into such ruin. So many years of vacation memories gone forever. I would like to go there with a bucket of turquoise paint and cover up all that obnoxious graffiti in the pool. Excellent video. You deserve more views than you have gotten.
Awesome music! Matched the "feel" of the video perfectly! In some sense, it's sad to see things like this occur. But, times change. And, if you don't keep up with that change, then you're going to be left behind. And, for many of these resorts, that's what happens.
Me and my grandmother were watching this video and thinking about the time The Pines was lively and everyone vacationed there. We talked about how sad it would be to have this generation miss out on a beautiful place such as this. I imagine people had a wonderful time there. And to those who did, I'm glad you got to cherish those wonderful minutes, hours, and days (Possibly weeks) up at The Pines.
What a shame. I was there for an Archdiocese of NY CYO convention in the winter of 1981 (I was about 16 yrs old) I distinctly remember the "Theater" room which was the center of much of the Convention (voting for Arch CYO leaders, etc). And I also remember the walkway between parts of the building. The resort and accommodations were in excellent shape. So sad to see it fell in to such disrepair.
Great video! I've been there many times and each year it slips further and further away. Its so sad to see. Now the indoor pool is gone, I'm sure the rest isn't far behind...
Getting older really doesn't bother me that much.It bothers my hubby more.I hope to go real fast with a heart attack like my parents did,boom,gone.They both died at the same time on a Sunday morning,but 12 years apart.Mom's was a blood clot,very sudden.
If anything, it's about showing respect for the huge efforts your fellow man has put forth, in trying to creating something of value. And even more than that, something that may have been someone’s dream. I always think about the brick layer who placed the brick, went home, told his wife about it, and came back the next day to do more. Or the person who finally had the money to start building, how excited and optimistic they must have been the day it construction was started, the dreams they must have had. Those sentiments are important, and mean so very much, we should all show respect for them, because the ruins are often the only thing left to show that it happen, that people made good efforts. When you think of a deer in the forest, do you think of a prancing, gleaming sunny day, or do you think of a rotten corpse on the road side? We are adults, so we show respect, and acknowledge both paradigms What we should all avoid doing is kicking it with our boot and making fun of it.
EXTREMELY WELL SAID SCOTT.....FUCKIN DISGRACE HOW PEOPLE VANDALISED ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL PLACES....SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON NATION HISTORIC REGISTRY EVERYONE OF THEM......AMERICA IS DONE......SCUM BAGS COMMIES HAVE TAKIN OVER OUR COUNTRY
Seeing this beautiful old hotel left to rot makes me physically sick to my stomach!!! When it's popularity ends or somebody who doesn't want to be bothered with the place thinks it's "served its purpose", why can't the hotel be repurposed into affordable low income housing for the elderly, disabled and especially for our disabled vets? But no, it's easier just to let it all rot away, out of sight, out of mind!!!! It's no wonder so many people think America is the most wasteful country in the world today!!!
It's all just a memory...the area will go back to nature...these communities will forever be sleepy little communities again...maybe not a bad thing...the days of wine and roses for New York have been over for a while...I suspect the Poconos' is facing the same fate....time marches on.
Reply to Old Uncle Bob:Your explanation of why these places all died around the same time makes total sense.Owners kids and customers kids didn't have any interest in them anymore.So they died out like the patrons did.Air conditioning and home entertainment @ home was a real game changer.The Jewish kids simply did what everyone else did too and stayed in town.Plenty to do without schlepping to country now as you perfectly stated.😀
When I was a kid I use to work at what was then an all Jewish CC in Latham NY. It was called Shaker Ridge CC, and it still exist today with an open membership. There is no reason the same couldn't have happen to the Borsht Belt.
In one of the earlier videos on YT the theater was nowhere near as collapsed. Or vandalized....as all the tables were still covered in a thick layer of dust standing upright.
GREAT MUSIC ANTIQUITY ......FROM BOOK OF ELI.......SO SAD ......THE PINES ARE EVEN 10 TIMES WORSE TODAY NOT MUCH LEFT....ID LOVE TO SEE IF BRIDGE OVER POOL IS STILL THERE
I looked up the guy,I think his last name was Starr and he died in LA 2 years ago.It does look like Frank but in another video or that one,I finally saw his name under a pix.
I think this hotel was razed down recently.I had seen an article thru a link recently that it was to be bulldozed down in late Sept.They were to raze it last winter.I've asked on other videos of this place for someone to film it.Maybe later someone will film something,if anything is left or the place has been cleared.
Air-conditioned apartments, color tv, lots of entertainment available without a schlep to a hotel. That, coupled with terrible property management by the heirs, brought the demise.
isn't it beautiful? Between my video and this one the level of decay and destruction is crazy. I watch this and see every piece that scrappers stole away. The base of every table in the Persian room. Every air conditioner unit from the Savoy building. Every pipe in every baseboard heater in every hallway. Maddening.. such a waste. I know the costs got too high to keep it... but still such a waste.
Hattie M. i just saw a video a minute ago when the Kutschers said that they were going to remodel.. guess they just abandoned it.. how sad.. the end of an era.
I posted on the part 1 and 2 of the last standing hotel and if you go to Google,you will read that a Indian man bought the place and is to tear it down but its on hold coz they found a lot of asbestos.
Wow. This made me think I was watching a trip through the sunken Titanic. I worked at the Raleigh and the Concord in different bands in 1974 until 1985. This made me so depressed. There will NEVER EVER be another time or place like the Catskills even if they do get gambling. I played trombone for so many singers and comedians. Those were the days.
My parents were seasons guests in the mid to late 70's. When I got too old to stay with them in the Regency I worked as a pool boy and stayed in one of the cabanas, later I became a Bellhop worked at the Chalet and stayed in the Ritz. One winter vacation I even worked the toboggan run. For me the Pines was a place of many firsts. It is hard to look at the videos of what is left and not get emotional.
Bong Head
all your videos are always so beautiful. ♥ thanks so much again! :D
Awesome footage! I grew up down the road form the Pines, spent time in the 1980-early 1990s at the night club & on the ski hill.
Great video! I love the old resorts. Before and after pics always appreciated! Thank you!
Love this video, music fits all the scenes just right, goood work!
Really love the before and after shots.
I think videos like this and of abandoned amusement parks are the hardest to watch because they are both places of so many happy memories and to see the state they're in now is almost heart-breaking. This video is very well-done and the music from The Book of Eli is so perfect. Would love to see you do another vid of some other resort.
I WAS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTER AT THE PINES WHEN HANK LEEDS WAS THE HEAD OF ACTIVITES SANG AT NIGHT WITH THE LOUNGE BAND AND DID THE LIGHTS IN THE WEDGEWOOD ROOM
Brilliant choice of music for this video. I loved it when I heard it in The Book of Eli, and it fits so well for this abandoned hotel; truly haunting. It is so incredibly sad to see a place that once thrived fall into such ruin. So many years of vacation memories gone forever. I would like to go there with a bucket of turquoise paint and cover up all that obnoxious graffiti in the pool. Excellent video. You deserve more views than you have gotten.
Awesome music! Matched the "feel" of the video perfectly! In some sense, it's sad to see things like this occur. But, times change. And, if you don't keep up with that change, then you're going to be left behind. And, for many of these resorts, that's what happens.
Another excellent video! The clips and interviews of times past are really amazing. Keep up the good work!
Me and my grandmother were watching this video and thinking about the time The Pines was lively and everyone vacationed there. We talked about how sad it would be to have this generation miss out on a beautiful place such as this. I imagine people had a wonderful time there.
And to those who did, I'm glad you got to cherish those wonderful minutes, hours, and days (Possibly weeks) up at The Pines.
Very sad. Extremely well done!!
I love Urbex. Sad to see this place fall apart but there is beauty in decay.
I used to go there as a child with my entire family.. Aunts uncles cousins.....sad watching it
What a shame. I was there for an Archdiocese of NY CYO convention in the winter of 1981 (I was about 16 yrs old) I distinctly remember the "Theater" room which was the center of much of the Convention (voting for Arch CYO leaders, etc). And I also remember the walkway between parts of the building. The resort and accommodations were in excellent shape. So sad to see it fell in to such disrepair.
Haunting. Loved the ski lift segue.
:( Its sad to see, I am young and never experienced the Catskills in there heyday. I only can see what is left now.
Great video! I've been there many times and each year it slips further and further away. Its so sad to see. Now the indoor pool is gone, I'm sure the rest isn't far behind...
Great music selection from one of my favorite movies - The Book of Eli
+smokethisgt Good ears! It's a masterful film, with very well composed music throughout.
Sure is!
Another sad thing is that most of those elderly folks in the old videos are dead and gone now.
WE;;,those folks in the 1980's were like in their 40's or older so they would be in their 80's or older.I still have a ways to go!!!
Getting older really doesn't bother me that much.It bothers my hubby more.I hope to go real fast with a heart attack like my parents did,boom,gone.They both died at the same time on a Sunday morning,but 12 years apart.Mom's was a blood clot,very sudden.
If anything, it's about showing respect for the huge efforts your fellow man has put forth, in trying to creating something of value. And even more than that, something that may have been someone’s dream. I always think about the brick layer who placed the brick, went home, told his wife about it, and came back the next day to do more. Or the person who finally had the money to start building, how excited and optimistic they must have been the day it construction was started, the dreams they must have had. Those sentiments are important, and mean so very much, we should all show respect for them, because the ruins are often the only thing left to show that it happen, that people made good efforts. When you think of a deer in the forest, do you think of a prancing, gleaming sunny day, or do you think of a rotten corpse on the road side? We are adults, so we show respect, and acknowledge both paradigms What we should all avoid doing is kicking it with our boot and making fun of it.
Stop thinking about who lied the brick. I burned down 2 years ago.43 fire company's and over 150 firefighters. Only the main building is left.
Dozer355 The last one, Kutschers is being torn down this month.A new hotel/casino will be built.
EXTREMELY WELL SAID SCOTT.....FUCKIN DISGRACE HOW PEOPLE VANDALISED ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL PLACES....SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON NATION HISTORIC REGISTRY EVERYONE OF THEM......AMERICA IS DONE......SCUM BAGS COMMIES HAVE TAKIN OVER OUR COUNTRY
Seeing this beautiful old hotel left to rot makes me physically sick to my stomach!!! When it's popularity ends or somebody who doesn't want to be bothered with the place thinks it's "served its purpose", why can't the hotel be repurposed into affordable low income housing for the elderly, disabled and especially for our disabled vets? But no, it's easier just to let it all rot away, out of sight, out of mind!!!! It's no wonder so many people think America is the most wasteful country in the world today!!!
this is really good.
It's all just a memory...the area will go back to nature...these communities will forever be sleepy little communities again...maybe not a bad thing...the days of wine and roses for New York have been over for a while...I suspect the Poconos' is facing the same fate....time marches on.
so sad its ended up like that :( could be fixed up and either used as a resort again,or for shelter for misplaced people,
Reply to Old Uncle Bob:Your explanation of why these places all died around the same time makes total sense.Owners kids and customers kids didn't have any interest in them anymore.So they died out like the patrons did.Air conditioning and home entertainment @ home was a real game changer.The Jewish kids simply did what everyone else did too and stayed in town.Plenty to do without schlepping to country now as you perfectly stated.😀
"Yes, summer is never a bummer at The Pines…"
When I was a kid I use to work at what was then an all Jewish CC in Latham NY. It was called Shaker Ridge CC, and it still exist today with an open membership. There is no reason the same couldn't have happen to the Borsht Belt.
love it!
In one of the earlier videos on YT the theater was nowhere near as collapsed. Or vandalized....as all the tables were still covered in a thick layer of dust standing upright.
how long has it been closed for? what 15 to 20 years? sad i have seen the other videos it looked so pretty in its hay day
GREAT MUSIC ANTIQUITY ......FROM BOOK OF ELI.......SO SAD ......THE PINES ARE EVEN 10 TIMES WORSE TODAY NOT MUCH LEFT....ID LOVE TO SEE IF BRIDGE OVER POOL IS STILL THERE
The bridge was indeed still there as of the winter of 2018.
i gotta go see the bridge before its to late.....my bucket list...great video as usual
I heard it was cheap airline travel that contributed to the demise, of these wonderful Catskill's resorts..
Is there a wikipedia page for this hotel? I can't seem to find one.
Who's the guy singing around the 2:30 mark?
i believe it's frank sinatra
I looked up the guy,I think his last name was Starr and he died in LA 2 years ago.It does look like Frank but in another video or that one,I finally saw his name under a pix.
oh i see wow that's interesting!!
I think this hotel was razed down recently.I had seen an article thru a link recently that it was to be bulldozed down in late Sept.They were to raze it last winter.I've asked on other videos of this place for someone to film it.Maybe later someone will film something,if anything is left or the place has been cleared.
i would love to visit this place.. it's about 2 hrs away from me..
There is so much that could have been salvaged or sold to people before others came in and destroyed alot of the place.
Air-conditioned apartments, color tv, lots of entertainment available without a schlep to a hotel. That, coupled with terrible property management by the heirs, brought the demise.
when did this resort close
1998
Does anyone have photos of this before? It seems a waste that no one want's to rebuild if. I do believe that resorts will come back one day.
isn't it beautiful? Between my video and this one the level of decay and destruction is crazy.
I watch this and see every piece that scrappers stole away. The base of every table in the Persian room. Every air conditioner unit from the Savoy building. Every pipe in every baseboard heater in every hallway. Maddening.. such a waste. I know the costs got too high to keep it... but still such a waste.
its sad of how much it has changed...but wat happened here???
5:03 is a cool scene
The last one is being torn down this week or next week,Kutschers.
Hattie M. i just saw a video a minute ago when the Kutschers said that they were going to remodel.. guess they just abandoned it.. how sad.. the end of an era.
I posted on the part 1 and 2 of the last standing hotel and if you go to Google,you will read that a Indian man bought the place and is to tear it down but its on hold coz they found a lot of asbestos.
yes, what happened.
Same thing happened to the Roman Empire, get used to it.
to me tat place looks look like total loss for the most part, unless thet gut the place