Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel
- Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel was a resort in the Catskill Mountains near the town of Liberty, New York, and is part of the Borscht Belt.
Asher Selig Grossinger moved from New York City to Ferndale in Sullivan County in the Catskill Mountains in the 1900s. Asher was born in Baligrod, a small village in Galicia, Austria. His business ventures failed and he was in poor health, so he rented rooms to visitors from New York City. His wife, Malke, operated the kosher kitchen, and Jennie Grossinger (1891-1972), his daughter, was the hostess. They first called their home Longbrook House, and in 1919, they sold it and purchased a bigger house on convert|100|acre|km2, and called it Grossinger's Terrace Hill House.
In 1952, Grossinger's earned a place in the history of skiing as the first in the world to use artificial snow. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/25/newsid_2786000/2786871.stm On This Day: March 25] , BBC News, accessed December 20, 2006. "The first artificial snow was made two years later, in 1952, at Grossinger's resort in New York, USA. "] By the time Jennie died in 1972, the hotel had grown to 35 buildings on convert|1200|acre|km2 that served 150,000 guests a year. It had its own airstrip and post office. But in the late 1970s and 1980s, resorts like Grossinger's or the Concord could no longer attract younger guests. Grossinger's closed in 1986, [ [http://www.catskillarchive.com/grossinger/index.htm Grossinger's] ] but the golf course is still open as of 2008. [ [http://www.grossingergolf.net/ Grossinger's Golf and Country Club] ] Louis Cappelli once planned to open a "luxury boutique hotel" on the property, with 200 rooms, a spa, and various other amenities. [ [http://www.cappelli-inc.com/developments/grossingers.shtml Grossinger's Golf Resort] ] This however, seems to have been abandoned.
Bibliography
*Joel Pomerantz; "Jennie And The Story Of Grossinger's" (1970)
References
External links
* [http://www.catskillarchive.com/grossinger/ Catskill Archive: Grossinger's Hotel]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/grossinger.html Jewish Virtual Library: Jennie Grossinger]
* [http://www.joe4speed.com/grossingers.htm Grossinger's Hotel Today]
* [http://www.grossingergolf.net/ Grossinger's Golf and Country Club]
* [http://www.gate.net/~leehb/grossinger.htm Pictures from 1962-1969]
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