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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 Catskill Resort Hotel was a resort in the Catskill Mountains in the Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York. It was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. Under the direction of hostess Jennie Grossinger, it became one of the largest Borscht Belt resorts. After decades of ...
Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, dining room, 1978. A sufficient choice of Jewish cuisine was an important feature of the hotels in the Borscht Belt, and "too much was not enough" developed as a notion. Jonathan Sarna wrote: "To understand the emphasis on food, one has to understand hunger. Immigrants had memories of hunger, and in the Catskills ...
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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.
When someone with a Jewish-sounding last name called to make a reservation, hotels would often lie and say they had no vacancies. Recognizing that Jews needed a place where they could get away without having to worry about antisemitism , one Canadian-Jewish couple sold their deli and bought a beautiful 150-room hotel on Lake Rosseau in Muskoka ...
It opened on February 8, 2018, [4] and is owned and operated by Empire Resorts. [5] It was built on the former site of the Concord Hotel. [6] The property features 65,000 square feet (6,000 m 2) of gaming space with 112 table games and over 2,150 slot machines, [7] and an 18-story hotel tower with 332 suites.
Room 950 in 1977. Milton Kutsher was active in sports circles, making the hotel the Catskills home of legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach, Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, [9] who worked at Kutsher's as a bellhop, and Hall of Famer, Joe Lapchick, who played for the Original Celtics and coached the New York Knicks.