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The Concord Resort Hotel (pronounced KAHN-cord, (/ ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ər d /)) was a resort in the Borscht Belt of the Catskills, known for its large resort industry in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Located in Kiamesha Lake , New York , United States, the Concord was the largest resort in the region and was also one of the last to finally close in ...
Grossinger's in 2015. Like most Catskill resorts, Grossinger's grew over time, evolving from a Victorian hotel, later remodeled with Mission-style improvements, through a Tudor-styled expansion in the 1940s and ending with the construction of Modernist-styled accommodations and entertainment facilities in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a region which was noted for its summer resorts that catered to Jewish vacationers, especially residents of New York City. [1] The resorts, now mostly defunct, were located in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan and Ulster counties in the U.S. state of New York, bordering the northern edges of the New York metropolitan area.
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel, New York: After ... In the 1960s and early 1970s, ... drawing the rich and famous to some of the best beaches on the island.
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The Slutsky family also operated the adjoining Fallsview hotel, which was merged with the Nevele for a time. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Nevele was greatly expanded in the modern style that had come to prevail in the Catskills by then. Architect Sydne Schleman designed the Vacationer Wing and the Waikiki Indoor Pool in 1954.
While the 1987 blockbuster — which was set at the fictional Kellerman's Hotel in the Catskills during the summer of 1963 —was inspired by Grossinger's, it was actually filmed in Virginia and ...
Brown's Hotel in 1977. Brown's Hotel was a nationally known resort complex located in the Borscht Belt area of upstate New York, in the Catskill Mountains.It was one of the largest and most elaborate establishments of its kind during an era when the entire region prospered as a tourist destination.