The Lure of the Catskills: Then and Now (Full Event)
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2015
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The Catskills meet the Upper East Side! Former Grossinger’s Resort owner Elaine Grossinger Etess and “Borscht Belt icon” comedian Stewie Stone join Hudson Woods architect Drew Lang, and north creative director Emma Tuccillo and hotelier Mitchell Grossinger Etess-three leaders of the area’s revitalization-to revisit its storied past and discuss its burgeoning food and artisan culture, thriving tourism industry and bustling second-home market. Cat Greenleaf, host of NBC’s “Talk Stoop,” moderates.
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I grew up in Monticello New York during the mid 60’s and early 70’s. As an African-American living in this wonderful Jewish community was one of the best moves my mother made. Everyone lived in peace and harmony. I didn’t feel discrimination while living there. My mother and father worked for the Ruebens who owned the large laundry company and insurance agency. It was a safe beautiful town. I admire and miss those days.
To a guy who isn’t Jewish, I envied the sense of community that Jewish folks had to gather during the hot summers in the Catskills to have so much fun with the beautiful pools, lush golf courses, great food and interesting activities. As I was looking for Catskills related videos at RUclips, I first found videos of the dilapidated hotels that saddened me, I had no idea that the clientele dried up, the resorts closed and the facilities could no longer be maintained.
No one doesn’t have a favorite Jewish comedian, as a kid I loved Jackie Mason, Henny Youngman, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie. They were all on TV often, in the 90’s Seinfeld. I could imagine spending a summer, being able to see a constant diet of wonderful comedy. Take too sad that the era is over I would have loved.
My Uncle Jack worked at Grossinger's and my dad was a bellhop in the 50's - it was family institution. Thank you Grossinger's!
THE GOOD OLD DAYS, PLENTY OF MEMORIES THERE
Grossingers was the highwater mark of Country Club resorts. What a wonderful place.
Awesome natural lakes. The finest swimming pools. Awesome.
I really enjoyed this get-together. Before long, most of these people will be gone. This video will be there for anyone interested in the history spoken of here.
Read, So Long, Betty and Veronica. It's reviewed on Amazon. Take the tour with the Brooklyn writer who grew up in Bungalow Colonies, and hotel dining halls. It's a whirlwind ride along familiar Borsht Belt roads.
I wish the hotels would make a comeback in the catskills....the only hotel left standing right now is the Raleigh....grossingers aas demolished...the browns burned down ...half of the Stevens ville is gone .... the pines is gone ....the Concord is gone ... it is all a shame
Gavin's Resort still there I think. An old Irish haunt.
There are very nice motels in Liberty.
Way back when my buddies and I wanted to see Shirley Bassey at Concord but couldn''t afford it. Surrounded by guards as hotel entrances were we made our way into hotel via the back laundry chute manual small lift or elevator two at a time. Wound up on high floor and as we entered floor guard could be seen at far corner. Straightened our ties we walked the other way but got to see Shirley and entertainment that night back then
Good stuff
beautifully done
Vegas…. The airplane was able to bring people to Vegas, Miami, Cancun, and LA*. *- Both Los Angeles, and Nawleans Louisiana. (Not to mention Europe, Japan, India, and of course, Israel.
I remember stewie stone
Greeks were also coming up to Windham, Hunter Mountain area
This was wonderful. I plan on buying a home in The catskills. It's so beautiful. I've been to The Mohegans casino(NO I don't gamble). It was great.
I grew up in the Catskills in the 50's 60's and 70's. My father operated Fun fare Roller Rink and Amusement Park, miniature golf, a driving range and horse riding stable in Ferndale , halfway between Liberty and Monticello. We were gentiles and prospered from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
After that Sullivan Co was a Ghost town except for weekends. When all the Jewish people came up from the city they mostly stayed at the Hotels. The hotels had all kinds of shops and they had no need to leave the hotel premises.
We prospered because of those Those that came to the area to work at the hotels and the Orthodox Jews that stayed in camps and bungalows.
As the hotel population and entertain aged and moved on they left it in a ghost town predicament because the hotels NEVER really did anything to help the area grow. It was destitute in the Winter barely be I g able to keep the heat on so many area residents began to leave as well and places began to close up. My whole family one by one moved to South Carolina
I've never been back since 1975
Yvonne Mathis My husband went there for a rollerskating party for one of his kids. He remembers the Fun Fair. My husband lived across the street from the Concord Hotel. His family rented bungalows to some of the staff. The Silvers.
Pam Weinberg > I ran around these areas between Liberty and Monticello year round from the late 60's til the mid 80's. I stopped going because I was paralyzed in 1988. My wife and I camped and enjoyed most everything I could when I was able. I believe I skated in the skating rink and met so many girls there and made friends so many times I lost count. But this part of the Catskills defined my youth. I grew up in lower Westchester and couldn't wait for friday which meant I would hop on my motorcycle and head up route 17 to the mountains.
It was so different from the city. (NYC) I hated the city but had to work there to raise my family. The people in the city suck. It was so different in the Catskills. The people were nicer. It was just great.
I never heard of your family's business...I've lived in Sullivan county my whole life ... I am 44 yrs old now ...was ut before 1975??
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My family and I used to go to the irish catskills every summer for a week as a kid. Some similarities between the Jewish and Irish communities. I think the irish focused in on the music. Great video.
My cousin's had a big Irish band outta Boston, they really loved playing the Irish Catskills, maybe a week at a time in summer. That was 70's 80's and still occasionally a one off.
Next time I go to USA from Ireland , I gonna take a few days out to visit all those old haunts. pg
@@jimbanda what's the name of the band?
@@thepoweroftruth3624 Noel Henry's Irish Showband.
@@jimbanda what part of Ireland are u from?
@@thepoweroftruth3624 Mayo
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Thanks for the website. Was only there once and never forgot it. When I read they closed their doors I have to admit, I got a little choked up. Thank you Grossinger's!
So funny. I just love him. I miss all the Jewish comedians. We didn’t worry about political correctness, and all that bullshit.
Such an awesome and great effort showing the greatness of Jewish humor (which of course, is the greatest and, produced the greatest comics ever). Thank you so much. . . .
Interesting, yet i doubt if it will become like it was in the 1960s. I heard that many yeshivas took over the old hotels like THE WINDSOR,. It's the perfect place to create an orthodox jewish community. Perfect place for Mikvehs. Yeshivas look into Sullivan County.
Sadly, this is what is destroying the area. The corruption is rampant. Properties are falsely receiving tax exemptions. They are building shtetls, and ruining things like wetland and the natural environment.
Yes yes they have ...I still live in liberty ny where grossingers once stood tall through the trees
..comeing down west 17 into liberty on the highway youd see grossingers standing tall ....
@@stanwagner8185 Sorry to hear it's not up to your standards. Do they also smell bad to you?
The guests are perfect. The hostess annoying.
The woman host is horrible. Looks liks a hippy and she drops an F bomb. No class.
Gosh she’s such a PIA.
My sons Joshua, Benjaman and Jacob's jewish father has a turtle and hes only 46
"You don't have to be kosher to be jewish" - amen sister!
True, but you wont stay Jewish
sadly the area not kept up very strange not enough generation y?
Air conditioning, cheap airfare, and less "family" cohesion lead to the failure. Now those families ship their children to 8 week camps upstate while their parents travel to Europe.
Intermarriage killed the Catskills. The Gentile spouse had no great affinity for Jewish food like Gefilte Fish, Yiddish stories and jokes, Jews talking about their Jewish friends and places. When the Jewish spouse turned to his wife(husband) and sd where do you want to go this summer for vacation ,why would she say "oh the Catskills"! Intermarriage rate is 50%. That killed the Catskills! Sad but true!
bftime1 ....Catering to one specific target group is what killed the Catskills. If intermarriage, as you suggest, started becoming more and more common, the resorts should have gone with the flow; including different food offerings, entertainment etc. Failing to do so is a setup for future failure which is exactly what happened as the older core Jewish population aged and died and was not being replaced by younger generations.
@@MrScottie68 The Jews who went to the Catskills wanted the atmosphere as exactly presented---Jewish to the extreme They wanted the food as prepared, the Jewish Comedians, hearing Yiddish spoken. You can't have a different hotel and expect them to go. Once you do that then competition is too great among all the venues. Remember antisemitism was common during these years and people felt comfortable being with others who shared their background.
As they say... The 3 A's... Airfare, A/C, Assimilation. This point falls under the latter. Once Jewish families were welcome at other (and more exotic) places, could go there affordably and no longer had to escape NYC for entire summers, the mountains lost their edge. Those 3 things undermined the culture of going there and it didn't pass to the next generation in the 70s & 80s.
Intermarriage was a result of the filth & stench of Liberalism. That was just one of several reasons. Most of the Jews who populated the Catskills in the old days were communists. Judaism had a place but just a small place. Communism was their new religion. Judaism for them was to be mocked, ridiculed and sidelined.
@@RogerBates7 the three As! Never heard that. Thanks.