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  • I bet that place holds a lot of memories....

  • beautiful video

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  • i can't bear to see this anymore....i was hoping to go here...when i was little...but i was to late...

  • Top Video:-)

  • I just saw pictures on the Opacity website of the razing. The indoor pool is gone, as are several buildings. I especially liked that bridge over the outdoor pool. What a fabulous place this must have been in its hey day. Thanks for posting. Janice M

  • why did it shut down?

  • @Midnightryder7 not enought money....

  • Song Name? I must know it.

  • When I was 5 I lived there

  • that was so shameful looks a pretty good place to, why did it close?

  • I enjoyed that very much...also the comparisons.

  • thank yooooou best vid and work

  • someday the world will look like this, very very sad

  • This is very sad to see. I worked there for two summers, they were the the best summers of my life. I made so many friends up there. Kills me to see this......

  • I met Vanessa Williams here 2 weeks before her centerfold came out:)

  • @wrather WILL have? were already in it, but the poconos are not really falling apart, actually they are doing fine!

  • This is nothing new and has nothing to do with politicians. The Catskills and other mountain resorts started dying in the 1960's. The Catskills, Adirondacks & Poconos thrived at a time when people left the city for a vacation that took a few hours to drive or could travel a day by train. Affordable airfare and new resort destinatons are what made it all happen. People wanted something more and something different. They found in in California, Florida and Las Vegas among other places.

  • @trainsandchipsdan I agree completely! Times and people change.

  • Very well done. Thanks for sharing!

  • @xdistortx...Skate At Your Own Risk, well I guess so. Thanks for the video.

  • Five stroke limit on any hole?? hmmmmm....!!!

  • Unfortunately people have been setting it on fire lately so it will likely have to be tore down at least he got there before the assholes started doing that

  • Such a waste of a nice building. Could have been converted to a wreck center or something.

  • What's going to happen to it ?

  • @wrather What is the name of the place where you honeymooned? I've explored the poconos a little and I'd love to find some more resorts. It is very sad the way these gems are being left to rot. Thanks for watching my video!

  • so sad, makes me wonder what happen, do you know and history on it?

  • this is an awesome video,very sad,though. i love the before and after shots,certainly one of the best vids on you tube!! i come back often...oh,and the background music is the bomb!!

  • this is an awesome video,very sad,though. i love the before and after shots,certainly one of the best vids on you tube!! i come back often...

  • Finally, an Urbex video without such an inappropriate song that doesn't fit with the video what so ever

  • Why did it close its doors. Did they went bankrupt?

  • @BlueBunny1324 money is the real satan in case anyone hasn't figured that out yet lol

  • wow...what a shame..i was up there every winter thru my teens always had a blast...too bad....

  • Looks like the owners just packed up and walked away. Sad.

  • That's sad too see the pool like that ...I went swimming in that I went ice skating and slept in one of those rooms ....

  • MT HAT OFF TO YOU INCREDABLE VIDEO .....SO TRAGIC I READ ALL THE COMMENTS WOW .........

  • @mss1953 greedy money hugry assholes runied such good times for ppl thier s website on this place with such great memories too !!!!!!

  • Imagine owning this place again.....It would be a miracle to see this place come alive again....

  • @mss1953 The reason it closed is the same reason all the other hotels in the area closed. The catskills stopped being the fun place to go on family vacations, once flights started getting so cheap. Why go to the catskills when you can fly to europe or the other side of the country. Even if it was owned by a small, loving company, it would have still had to shut down. You can't keep a hotel open without any guests.

  • what a shame... it seems like it was an awesome place

  • place is huge

  • i like it ; )

  • the pines was cool but it is trashed and very vandalised

  • why is all the furniture thrown around in abandoned buildings? is that from ppl going in and throwing everything around, or is it from weather getting in, or what is it?

  • well done

  • Wow, what a great liiking place

  • God that place has fallen to pieces fast

  • So beutiful, its magnificent.

  • Its sad isnt it, a great hotel like this was just left to rot.

  • I want to go there with my friends but i live in TEXAS :(

  • @xMetalHeadx1 there are many abandoned places in texas look at uer.ca

  • @antiquelucy299 Look out for that site, lot of royal asshats that troll there.

    Anyways: @OP: is it still standing?

  • This is extremely sad to see, I felt emotional watching it. It looked so beautiful, and to see it... neglected, forgotten, ignored.. and decaying... it's sad as hell :( Beautiful video, excellent music choice for sure.

  • they will probably put another Walmart in place of the pines with a mcdonalds inside.

  • can only imagine what this place was like when it was full of life......

  • I would seriously try to fix it up if i had the money. :(

  • @mss1953 you can tell this place was the pimpnezz when it was in its prime...sucks it got closed...we NEVER had places like this here...the most awesome places with great people and memories are closed without a thought around here...just to make way for stupid shopping malls and other stores that arent even really wanted...america is going downhill...it will be filled with so many useless stores that we will bankrupt ourselves and be too fat to even care...its sad...and yes i live in america...

  • @bentboybbz I have to agree with you sadly.

  • very good.

  • @mss1953 Is the old Pines Hotel still standing?

  • The pics are depressing.I would have loved to have gone swimming in that pool and ice skating in the winter time.Little hotels like this don't have much chance of coming back,esp.with the economy and most want to go to bigger resorts .

  • WONDERFUL JOB.

    depressing as all Hell, though.

  • OMG you actually got in the pool?! gross! haha jk

  • what happend to this place? and is it haunted?

  • i want it sad place

  • i want it

  • that place is so awsome

  • Great video! Thanks! xD

  • What happen 2 it and why did it closed down?

  • and only imagine if the walls could talk how much storys they would have

  • great video!

  • @BlueBunny1324 yeah i could imagine that place looked pretty cool

  • @BlueBunny1324 oh that sucks

  • It is a shame to see these places go, I used to stay at the Stevensvills for many years, we were at the Pines twice as well as the Nevele... All gone now, those memories can never be replaced nor can those times

  • It is a shame to see these places go, I used to stay at the Stevensvills for many years, we were at the Pines twice as well as the Nevele... All gone now, those memories can never be replaced nor can those times

  • I hate creepy long corridors!!! Did u go in by ureself!!

    Great video BTW

  • Such a shame, looked like a great hotel in its day! What has happened to the place since you did this video? also how do you get inside? do you break in or something?

    Great videos, keep up the good work 5/5

  • Great video. Very well done. I enjoyed it immensely. It is a shame that these places have been left to die. Whenever I watch these videos, I think of all of the men and women who built it, worked there for years and the people who have memories of having stayed and visited. If I had enough money, I would buy them and fix them up so that people could enjoy them again. Maybe one day.

  • Oh my g-d! My parents used to take us there every year until my grandparents got sick and we couldn't afford to go anymore. I had no idea this happened to it!

  • It doesnt look all thats great, but i would pay someone 100$ to swim in that pool...lol!

  • @vivienleigh1097 It's no different than swimming in a pond or a lake.

  • why was it abandonned?

  • Do you have any knowledge on how long it has been abandoned?

  • i noticed that..... but was too baked to correct it.

    WONDERFUL video

  • 2:11

    the lights are on. Are you really telling me they left the power on in this place?

  • @brothaman007, That is a photo from when the place was open. There are no lights on anywhere, it would have made the basement a lot easier to explore though.

  • tht looks like the place back in te day

  • what is the status of this property?

    is it caught in tax court or bankruptcy?

    or is it even still standing?

  • What is the current status of this resort?

    i noticed the date of this video

    i was just wondering if it was torn down

  • Had the best summers/winters of my life at the Pines. Worked in the day camp and at the front desk. Lived across the street in the Fiesta and the Holiday. This video makes me so sad. I wish my son could have an experience like that, but sadly it seems those days are over.

  • This video makes me want to cry what a shame to see this building in such poor shape.

  • The Pines photo album: opacity.us/locations/search/

  • really great video. I loved how you had pics of what it used to be and then what it has become. Nice music choice too. Really great vid. so sad....

  • The Pines eventually closed its doors in 1998, and is now owned by Fallsburg Estates, LLC. The lack of roof maintenance has caused serious damage to parts of the buildings, and the structure is rapidly falling apart from the freezing and thawing of the seasons.

  • Built in 1933, this ski resort was once a popular resort in the Catskill region of New York. Many buildings have been added on as the facility expanded over the years, and the hotel boasted an ice skating rink, fully equipped theater, golf course, baseball field, conference center, and both indoor and outdoor pools.

  • The Pines Hotel

    Built: 1933 Closed: 1998

    Current Status: Abandoned

  • OK,it seems to have been closed since the early 1990's according to that post card with the date on it.

  • What year did this place close?

  • when was this place abandoned?

  • i wonder if its haunted

  • @sexykid965 I doubt that, theres only been one or two deaths there and they were both natural causes. To be honest I don't know, but who knows maybe it is or maybe its not.;)

  • You can see this place now on msn live on the birds eye view, as if your 100 feet from it,

  • And people wonder why the economy is not doing any good. This place could have at least hired a hundred to two hundred people. what a shame especially for the people in this community.

  • And people wonder why the economy is not doing any good. This place could have at least hired a hundred to two hundred people. what a shame especially for the people in this community.

  • @wrather I thought I was the only one being monitored by You tube most of the time I get "error" or message waiting for approval ! I sometimes think what's the point coming on here if most of my comments have to wait for approval or error ( I'm not posting offensive messages' but I have noticed if I include the words Pakistani/ Indian immigrant in my comments they won't get added to the comments.

  • at 4:40 the room looked sooo different just ugly! this would still be a great hotel if some trillionaire rebuilt it and refurnished it!

  • I'll give five bucks to the first person willing to swim in the out-door pool for 15 minutes and post it on you tube.

  • @Lockbar more then that notice how the pictures make everything look so nice now it looks smaller and WAY less nice!

  • The JOE CUBA SEXTET use to play chachachas and mambos in the 1950's here.

    The Catskills was a great resort who catered to Jews and Italians at the time.

    Joe cuba even has a song called "Mambo of the pines".

  • y? u want to play it at suicides, maybe?

  • wooow the room at 2:12 VERY NICE im sure thats not what it looks like now lol

  • @mss1953 Lots warmer than upstate NY.I 'd pick NY over Fla.any day as hate the heat and humidity.

  • There's still only one house on Dudek Rd in Jewett City CT, you should mail that postcard to them ^_^

  • Acctually the Pines Resort closed in 1998.Nothin has been mentioned about demolishing it. Thank goodness. But they said the roof are in nots so good condition because of the owners not repairing them like they should. I have read about the owners are trying to get money so they can repair and reopen it again. that would be great .

  • love how you mixed old with new....looked a fantastic place

  • It must have been an amazing place to stay

  • Wow, I lived here every summer in the late 70's. My dad was the head chef. Loved the place

  • Whats your Dad doing now?

  • @HattieLovesCattie he is retired now in Florida

  • i spent weeks there wen i was like 4 or 5

    wat happend to it (in the last years )

    apparently i was there on the last day open to public

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  • I remember going there in 89, 2 years after dirty dancing and belive me i looked around to find a johnny castle LOL but no!!!!

  • whoever run this operation sure had a fuckload of rules to follow.

  • Wow, that's really creepy, especially the ceilings, and some of the walls, and the color of that pool.

  • Brilliant video. Well done

  • great ending

  • It is still standing. I drove by it with some friends at night. We wanted to go in, but they had now locked the gates....our headlights would have been obvious, etc.

  • so sad and haunting I love it!

  • it was still standing this Summer. I believe it is.

  • It closed sometime in the late 90's

  • Does anyone know if this place is still standing?

  • Why would the owners spend millions of dollars renovating this place, only to close it down a few years later? What a waste of money.

  • eerie!

  • an era gone with the wind... just like the old south!!

  • run out of money and no buyers?

  • yes its still standing as a matter of fact

  • I remember going there on a trip in high school. Students saw the mezuzahs outside the door of each room, and a nun explained what they were for.

  • i was there last yr...place has been set on fire quite a few times since the hasidics bought the place....they just let it rot. when they bought it in the late 90's the pines was recently outfitted with a 100,000$ kitchen and it all went to hell real fast....bums living in there setting fires to stay warm, kids playing paintball and jewish flames over and over.

    Hollywood was supposed to be located there but the developers relocated their plans to california...and killed sullivan county!

  • wow what a dump. I bet I could buy that whole place for $20,000

  • I grew up in the Catskills. I remember all these places, in the heyday. Sad to see them all gone now. Concord, Grossingers too. My mother owned 4 restaurants there . One in a town called Roscoe. I am getting old...sad.

  • Very good video, thank you. I agree with others about the before and after photos, good idea.

  • no offense but it looked REALLY outdated anyway

  • why was it abandoned?

  • i like the before and after shots,very interesting! also good choice of music. this video is so hauntingly beautiful i come back to watch again and again!!

  • Very well-done video! It was nice to see some of the memorabilia and flashback photos of the places you filmed.

    Keep up the good work.

  • This just brings back so many memories of when America was such a nice place to live. It really makes me sad.

  • great music

  • too sad, too many ghosts.  :-(

  • I'm studying Hotel management and when I see hotels like this one sink it makes me SO mad, when a big business like this resort crashes it's only the managers and owners fault, see each hotel has it's own clients and the guests are quite faithfull to the hotels, they don't leave or stop making reservations all of the sudden, they should have seen that something was wrong before they had come to this...

  • It's rare to see something like this happen and it's mainly a bad management fault, something went wrong with sales, accounting, etc.

  • It's not the owner's fault. Times changed, the generations who made these places popular, died off, or went to Florida, The Bahamas, and else where for their vacations.

  • I just ran across this video, and it made me depressed. I stayed at this place as a child in the 70's on a trip to visit my Grandparents. It is a wonderful memory... why did they abandone the place? It was packed when I was there.

  • how can someone just abandon a place like that?

  • Will someone PLEASE tell me the name of this song? I want to learn it on piano.

  • It's listed in the credits at the end, I even gave you the website where you can find it. Go ahead watch the video again, haha. Thanx for watching at all, though!

  • Thank you, I learned the melody while I was messing around one day and it reminded me of this video.

  • @xdistortx cant watch the video, it loads too slowly

  • What you have done here is more effective and powerful than Grey Gardens or tours of dead malls. Without a single word being spoken, you have told a story... from its hopeful beginnings to its heartbreaking conclusion. The music perfectly fits the story. Really, this is one of the best videos I've seen in a very long time. Great job!!!

  • Nice video. It totally reminds me of the game, Silent Hill Origins. : Ø

  • Very, very sad...lonely effective music. Why have the good times/places faded into oblivion. We don't seem to value fun anymore. All we seem to have now is empty malls. Thanks so much for posting. It will be one of my favorites .. I think it says a LOT.

  • it sickens me to see what happened to all these resorts

  • i was wondering if there is any security there or can you just walk up there.. i am going upstate next month and would like to see this place.

  • there isnt exactly security, but someone does monitor the place. i've heard the cops in town are kinda sick of people going up there too, but i haven't been up there in over a year.

  • I live right across the street from the pines, so I can tell u that yes u can!

  • I's surprised no one took the door knobs!

  • reminds me a bit of the movie with Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall.. the Shining...

  • depressing...my family used to frequent the Nevele, the Concord, Browns and Kutchers. From 18-21 I worked summers at the concord....and many times partied with my friends at the Chalet in the Pines....This is unreal...

  • Just ghosts and echo's of things somewhere in time!

  • there'll be a mall there someday-betcha

  • within these abandoned walls...

    ...dreams of future shopping malls

    compliments on great video montage & non-obnoxious soundtrack

  • No dreams of future shopping malls.... Just left to rot!