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. Charles Brown died in 1978, leaving Lillian to carry on, but as with other Borscht Belt hotels, Brown’s was in decline. This too failed to come to fruition. By the 1950s, Brown’s Hotel would eventually become one of the largest and most elaborate hotel resorts in the Borscht Belt and one of the most popular, along with The Concord and Grossinger’s. The Concord Resort Hotel outlived some of the other Borscht Belt hotels, including its rival Grossinger’s, but it was finally forced to close in 1998 after 61 years of operation, all of it with the Winarick family at the helm. Take a look at the rest of Marisa Schienfeld’s work here. Opened in Kerhonkson in the 1950s as the Granit Hotel and Country Club, it was once one of the grand resorts of the Catskills, along with the Nevele in Wawarsing, and Grossinger’s, Kutsher’s and the Concord, all in Sullivan County. Joyce Salimeno-Gitlin, Share to let others add their own memories and condolences. Update, June 2019:  The new owner, Hudson Valley NY Holding Company, is working to renovate and re-open the closed hotel. The denial of legalized gambling for Sullivan County killed this plan and two decades later, the property remains vacant. Sam Meyerson, the first Jewish resident in the area, established the hotel in 1920, growing out of the Spring Glen Synagogue, a small white clapboard bungalow with blue trim used for worship. The Raleigh closed in December 2005 and then reopened the following year under new ownership, as a retreat for mainly Orthodox Jews, which it remains today. Powered by WordPress and the Graphene Theme. Machne Bnos planned on upgrading the derelict hotel, but by 9 July 2009, the state Department of Health cited the sect for numerous health code violations, including leaking roofs, water on or in electrical boxes, exposed wiring, plumbing issues, a submerged and possibly contaminated drinking water well, mold throughout the complex, violations with the water and sewer plants and inoperable fire alarm and sprinkler systems. Opened in South Fallsburg in 1933, The Pines Hotel was a popular four-season hotel with ice skating rink, fully equipped theater, golf course, baseball field, conference center, and both indoor and outdoor pools. Absent was a golf course and ski hill. Fortunately, she was able to find a cancellation at her hotel and immediately booked me a room, otherwise I was facing a drive to Albany at best and the long overnight drive back home at worst. Grandview operated until March 2012, when the City of Fallsburg threatened to condemn the complex due to numerous fire code violations. In 1998, The Granit underwent a major renovation in an attempt to revitalize the hotel, including changing the name to the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa. When a plan to put in video lottery terminals fell through, Spitzer was forced to sell the resort at an almost $5 million loss to the HNA Group, a Chinese aviation company, who bought the resort in 2015 for $13.8 million. With declining business in the early 2000s, Kutsher’s welcomed the All Tomorrow’s Parties music festivals, which staged concerts in the ballroom in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Typical of Jewish humour, apparently one of the unofficial slogans that was attached to The Laurels was, “Lose your morals at The Laurels.”. Over the years, several new buildings were added to the resort, including smaller cabins, a large barracks style building, the Doll’s House (four room cottages), the …