A religious court involving a tribunal of rabbis in Brooklyn also tried to settle the dispute to no avail. The court papers said the property’s deed was transferred to Princeton Realty, which was affiliated with Schwimmer. 4 Abraham Piller, who claimed to be a 50% owner in Fallsburg Estates, sued another partner, Moshe Schwimmer and Princeton Realty Associates in the state Supreme Court. 3 They included the former annex, clubhouse, and the Dorchester, Sheridan, and Marlboro, all in a state of collapse.Īt dispute was the ownership. In July 2008, the town of Fallsburg ordered the owners to demolish at least five of the wood-framed outbuildings, some of them nearly a century old. The 28-room Carleton staff building burned in 2003, followed by the former daycare on July 29, 2007, 2 9 the Ritz staff quarters on August 8, 2 8 the ski chalet on September 20, 6 7 and the Door Chester staff quarters on September 23. 10 The group later intended to demolish the hotel, golf course, and ski areas for 300 to 400 homes. The tax case was resolved in July 2007 when the company paid a $1 million settlement for back taxes and had the hotel assessment lowered in steps to $500,000.Īt a point in 2006, Fallsburg Estates proposed to raze the golf course and ski areas for 700 homes. 2 8 The buyer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002 and challenged property assessments. The Pines closed for good when a developer, Fallsburg Estates LLC, purchased the property from the Ehrlich family at the close of 1998. 11 The hotel temporarily closed while the roof was rebuilt.
In January 1996, the kitchen and dining room at The Pines collapsed. Ehrlich envisioned an Oneida Indian casino at the defunct Monticello Raceway. 16 The Oneidas had gone from offering bingo games on their reservation in 1985 to opening the Turning Point Casino in 1993.
In the 1990s, Cliff Ehrlich, vice president of the Pines and vice president of the Catskill Resort Association, approached the Oneida Nation. 15 The Pines drew up plans for 600 additional homes to circle the golf course. Air travel was becoming increasingly convenient and cheap and the advent of interstate highways made long-distance automobile travel easier.īetween 19, 40 acres of the resort land was subdivided into 78 condominiums called Pines Country Estates. 1 By the 1960s, tourism in the “Borscht Belt” had entered a decline. Tourism peaked after World War II, when massive resort facilities, such as Grossinger’s and The Pines, were built in the countryside. The congregation soon grew to offer resort-like services, essentially defining the “Borscht Belt,” an area distinguished by Jewish summer resort hotels, cabin colonies, and camps. 17 The chair lift was the first one of its type for the southern Catskills. Also added were a nine-hole golf course, and an ice skating rink, ski chalet, and double chair lift were installed by December 1965. New convention rooms and additional guest room wings were added in the mid-1960s, including the Savoy, Hampshire, and Regency wings. It was followed by the 1,300-seat Persian Room nightclub in 1962, the Wedgwood Room lounge, and the Viceroy Room ballroom. The bridge linked the cabanas on one side to a rooftop bar and the “Bamboo Room” on the other.Ī new lobby, card room, and indoor pool, designed by Architect H.D. In 1949, the Pines added a new recreation building, which was followed by another hotel wing in 1953, expanding the room count by 35 units.Īn outdoor swimming pool with a distinct arch bridge was constructed in 1959 at a cost of $75,000. 2 There were also numerous bars, a lounge, ballroom, card room, and a nightclub - the latter popular with Buddy Hackett, Robert Goulet, Tito Puente, Joan Rivers, and Tony Bennett. Recreational options included tennis, skiing, golf, swimming, and other outdoor pursuits. It was renamed the Pines Hotel which grew into one of the largest resorts in the Catskills.
The original owners, Silverstein and Weiner, sold the hotel to Harry Cohen and May Schweid in 1946. 14 It was replaced with the Moneka Lodge, a Mission-style hotel, in 1931. The Pine’s began as the Daisy View Hotel in South Fallsburg, which offered showers and tub baths with cold and hot water in every room, and amenities such as dancing, live music, and kosher dining. The Pines is an abandoned resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
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