Abandoned 1950's Luxury Ski and Honeymoon Resort (Time-Capsule)

[@katzfam1089]

My parents went there for their honeymoon back in 1966. My dad was telling stories about it while watching this video.

[@judyberends4586]

That is so nice KATZ FAM💞

[@michealjacksonfan949]

awwwww that is so nice. But it is so sad to see it like this now it was so nice back then

[@famousutopias]

The round building must have been a year old at the most at that time!

[@katzfam1089]

@@famousutopias Yep it was brand new at the time, he was sad to see it in such decay

[@richarddressner639]

Katz Fam sadly, the Grand Nevele has been demolished. Only one that still stands is Browns, and that’s because they morphed into condos, but mostly the property was destroyed by fire.

[@neurotoxin71]

The Nevele Country Club was established in 1901 by Charles Slutsky, who named the first accommodation the Nevele Falls Farm House. Following the Catskill hotel fashion of Mission Revival architecture, new wings were built in that style in the 1920s and 1930s. The Slutsky family also operated the adjoining Fallsview hotel, which was merged with the Nevele for a time. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Nevele was greatly expanded in the modern style that had by then come to prevail in the Catskills. Architect Sydne Schleman designed the Vacationer Wing and the Waikiki Indoor Pool in 1954. These were followed by architect Herbert D. Phillips' Golden Gate and Empire wings from 1956, linked to adjoining buildings by tunnels. Phillips also designed new lobbies in a style that followed the influential hotel designs of his former employer Morris Lapidus, who had worked at other Catskill resorts. By 1964 Phillips was a partner at the New York firm Viola, Bernard & Phillips, who designed the ten-story dodecahedron Nevele Tower. The nearly circular building was intended to counter the excessive corridor lengths that plagued more traditional Catskill hotels. The 1990s and later Room 1613 in 1977 Originally named simply Nevele, the resort was renamed the Nevele Grande when it again merged with the adjacent Fallsview resort after the Nevele was sold by the Slutsky family in 1997. President Lyndon B. Johnson once stayed at the Nevele, to dedicate a new hospital in Ellenville in 1966. By 2006 the Nevele Grande had fallen on hard times and the Fallsview property was sold. The Fallsview has since reopened as the Honors Haven Resort and Spa. The original Nevele property, containing a distinctive high-rise, remained open for several years after the split as the Nevele Grande resort. Owners Mitchell Wolff and Joel Hoffman struggled financially and failed to pay taxes and eventually shut down the resort without notice after the 2009 Fourth of July weekend. On September 1, 2009, an auction of the property was canceled the day before it was to occur because a buyer was allegedly found. However, by the time the auction had been scheduled the property had fallen into a state of disrepair, including "musty staircases and rooms, big and small, with odd smells wafting out of them." The hotel remained unsold months later, although Hoffman was still attempting to generate revenue with a deal to sell timber on 100 acres of property. He also renewed an agreement to let Nextel put cell phone antennas atop one of the buildings. On March 26, 2010, New York State Supreme Court Judge Mary Work granted Wolff ownership of the hotel in light of Hoffman's failure to pay Wolff an earlier $2m judgment. The initial dispute arose when Wolff sold Hoffman 99% control of the hotel in exchange for lifetime health benefits, a deal on which Hoffman almost immediately reneged. Judge Work described Hoffman's mismanagement of the hotel "staggering," and upbraided him in court for failure to be forthcoming. In May 2012, Nevele Investors LLC, a subsidiary of Claremont Partners Ltd., which had purchased the resort, announced that the Nevele Grande would undergo a $500 million redevelopment to turn it into a resort and casino, subject to the approval of state legislation to allow casino gaming. The 1966 tower and entrance lobby, ice skating rink, and golf course would be retained in the new complex. Although the state rejected the proposal to bring gambling to the project in 2014, a developer planned to incorporate the hotel into a new mega-sports complex with construction to begin in 2017. In September 2017 Nevele Investors LLC announced a re-opening date of March 2020. As of November 2018, the hotel still sat unused and deteriorating. In March of 2019, the developer said that funding had not been secured and that there was no timetable regarding the future. In October of 2019, a report stated that a "for sale" sign had been placed on the property. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevele_Grand_Hotel

[@tonycorente7304]

Super great history data...thank you

[@MJARTBYDAY]

I saw this on another channel months ago and got talking to a lady whos husband used to be a member of staff here. She went on to say that the owner treated them really well and he was a nice person and all the staff had fun too. It really is such a shame to see these kind of places run down and decayed .. so sad .. thank you for sharing this with us all you seem very respectful god bless you both x

[@jimren5638]

My wife and I went there in the winter of '79-'80. First time on a snow mobile and horseback riding. We ice skated too. Damn a long time ago! My son went there on his senior class trip in the early 2000's and said it was pretty run down there at that time. It is amazingly in pretty good shape considering how long it's been shut down. The owners house is in the woods on the property too and it's a pretty cool explore. There's also an amazing snow grooming machine in a building near the slope that looks like it would start right up and run. The name of the place is eleven spelled backwards because the owners had 11 kids. I've seen more recent explorations and now there are signs all around the main tower showing where explosives are going to be placed as they are planning to demo the place. It's now Jan. 2021 and for all I know it's been destroyed.

[@solohoh]

Ben J. and Julius Slutsky were the owners when I worked as an athletic director at this Jewish country club/resort in the winter of 1964, after being hired in response to their ad in the New York Times. Their names are on the 1964 W-2 forms I still have. My last day was spent as a lifeguard at the deep end of the pool shown at 7:57 in this video. The 11 story circular hotel was built after 1964. My pay was $1.00/hour ($40/week) plus room and board. We used the same menus (like the one shown at 13:08) as the guests, and it was really great food. I saved up enough money for the transportation and sailed to Europe in January 1965. I'm 80 now, all those folks I worked with are gone and forgotten now. The building at 14:51 was an old guest hotel, converted to an employees residence. In 1964 we employees lived in those small rooms, one bathroom per floor. I did my laundry in the bathtub. One of the other 5 athletic directors was the lifeguard at the pool -- a 25 year old guy named “Johnny.” His upper two front teeth were missing as the result of a fight when he was growing up in the Bronx. Johnny was a tough guy but he had a soft heart. Another athletic director was a divorced woman named “Valerie.” She had some influence with the owners and lived in a nicer, separate location at the resort. Valerie brought her 2 young children to the resort for us to meet once on her day off. I asked her if she was Jewish and she said “yes, by injection,” meaning that she had been married to a Jewish man who, I think, was connected in some manner with the Nevele. The winter of 1964 was before the American civil rights era, and I don’t remember any Black, or other minorities at the Nevele resort. Each room at our living quarters had a mezuzah affixed to the upper right door jamb -- for Jewish homes, to fulfill the mitzvah (Biblical commandment) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9). The owners, Ben J. and Julius Slutsky, kept building and growing the resort as the guest volume grew. They sold the Nevele in 1995. Resorts and summer camps in the Catskills lost their attraction when airlines lowered their fares and the World opened up to tourism. There's an interesting obituary for Julius Slutsky at: www.recordonline.com/article/20060408/news/30408999292

[@Raptorman0909]

Great inside perspective, the era you worked there was towards the end of the heyday and by the early 70's they began to decline -- before the airlines began to significantly lower there rates which was more like the early 80's. I think the decline, in the early period (70's) had more to do with the expansion of the interstate highway system thanks to Eisenhower. Once the decline set in and then the airfare dropped so average people could fly that was the final nail. It's interesting to note that the decline of the Malls occurred at roughly the same time, perhaps a decade later. The peak era for Malls was, around the late 70's whereas the peak for the Catskill resorts was a decade earlier.

[@rheingoldlounge]

Thank you for sharing these memories. You give a great sense of that time and place.

[@bronx-calizoo5132]

@13:39 When you made the switch from abandoned theater to putting a pic if its glory days with the people in it, was awesome. Do it more often. 👍

[@Rockpirate101]

I love the respect you guys show the places you visit.

[@Napco205]

Grand Catskills Resort: The Nevele. Ellenville, NY

[@deekay941]

SOUTH TEXAS CHEVY tyvm, I was wondering this from the start.

[@pene9101]

SOUTH TEXAS Is it really, That is cool

[@Joey-rs7uq]

I drive by that every year, no wonder it looked familiar.

[@judyberends4586]

@@Joey-rs7uq great .

[@nicolebrewer534]

I live right by there

[@Coolstonerchick]

I love your videos no bullshit straight to the point and sick locations!!

[@maryannedelaney]

So wonderful to go back in time. I wish they could be restored.

[@miranda5237]

The upkeep and insurance costs for a place like this would be huge. It is sad to see it so decayed. Great video.

[@carmenjackson774]

Wow those rooms. Just imagining people staying n them..just wow. 😌

[@steviesgirlbrenwag]

This is an original 1950’s hotel but it closed around 2009. They planned to re-reopen it in 2020 but it was too far gone & will be demolished... named Nevele “Eleven” backwards, said to be named such during the founding of the area in the eleven century...

[@deendrew36]

The only people there during the 11th century were the Native peoples.

[@jimren5638]

The name Nevele was eleven backwards because the owners had 11 kids. The owners house in on the property also and it's a pretty nice old house.

[@sassi214]

If you lived in the NY tri-state area in the 1980s, you'll know this place because of the tv ad jingle. SUPER catchy and memorable.

[@SirJohnKnight]

What's the name of the resort ?

[@JPVideos81]

Nevele

[@robis.2935]

I've lived in the NY Tri-state area my whole life and I don't remember the ads/commercials. I wish I did. The place is fascinating. What a shame that it's abandoned.

[@Raptorman0909]

For those interested, this link has the Nevele jingle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYrZla2HjpWKoZI

[@cattenchaostherandomperson]

it’s a place to go with your family, or when the two of you want some privacy. when you feel at home, and you’re glad to be AT THE NEVELE!

[@famousutopias]

The round building must be about 1965 vintage based on the penthouse kitchen. I’ve seen a 1965 GE print ad with that very electric range at 20:49 . In yellow or Harvest Gold! Another one for appliance geeks is that awesome KitchenAid dishwasher at 21:08 . That model was top of the line (very) and that trim was 1964-1965. It was about $300 in 1965 which would be $2,500 in today’s money. I still use the one in our old family home and it works like new and has been serviced twice in 55 years. Used regularly. The last tidbit: did you ever wonder how the drapes at 12:55 manage to look clean and white while flapping in the breeze? Those were popular over floor to ceiling curtain walls and were made of Orlon which was a Mylar yarn. There’s no plasticizer to go bad so they last virtually forever. That was definitely the “better living through chemicals” era. TBH, the Orlon is inert unless it burns. Master bath faucets etc are Moen solid brass models from 1964-66. That was one very high priced penthouse suite.

[@dellahicks7231]

This is the Nevele in the Catskills, it was part of the 'Borscht Belt', a series of resorts in NY state. It was less a honeymoon destination and more a family resort, there is some amazing history surrounding these resorts. There is a set of segments on the news from the 1990's done by the late Joel Siegel, called 'Memories Of The Catskills', it is on KZbin. Discusses the Gossinger's Resort, but very interesting!

[@bonniericica6895]

Thank you Della Hicks for the info on the KZbin of the Catskills!

[@dellahicks7231]

@@bonniericica6895 I find the era of these resorts very interesting Bonnie, as well as the ones that came along later in the form of honeymoon resorts. Such a different time back then!

[@richalderson6069]

Watching these amazing videos of yours makes me somewhat despise just how much money some people get to throw away while there are others who can barely earn enough to afford decent accommodation or to feed their families.

[@Raptorman0909]

I grew up about 40 miles away, on the other side of the Hudson, and I remember the advertising for these places. This resort, which I'll not name, had a particularly catchy jingle. All of these old Borscht Belt resorts had there hey day in the 40's through the 60's but by the 70's they pretty much all began to decline. The towns around the resorts all fell into decline as the income dried up. It's almost metaphorical for the decline of the American middle class that roughly parallels the decline of these resorts. But hey, the good news is that a handful of people have profited immeasurably over this time.

[@LakeNipissing]

Thanks for sharing this video. I could spend days exploring this place. Simply amazing time capsule! Must admit the still at 3:48 is creepy.

[@cherihill2003]

I love the Nevele! I watch every video I can find on it. It must have been so beautiful once. Thanks for your video!

[@AquaticPlace960]

If you are homeless or hell if this was the Apocalypse this would be a kingdom. Sucks for the person still paying taxes on the property. And then a part of of me thinks damn, why didn't the government just buy it and use it for housing? Thanks for sharing upload great video

[@big120treez]

Charles Johnson I agree. So many empty and/or abandoned places in the US but also so many homeless people. Esp the homeless vets. If it was once used for vets after WW2 then it could have still housed so many people. The land of the free and wasteful. Shame really.

[@pene9101]

Great idea guys, but I'm sure the Government would think it would cost too much UGH!!

[@mariejames1863]

T

[@rebeccagreen9240]

I agree with you

[@donnaleeclubb119]

@@pene9101 It really would cost too much now to fix it up.

[@CarolAnn-gh9fl]

I believe the suite with kitchen was the owners private space. The Catskills lost their clients when air travel allowed Jewish families to ski further from home or take vacations in Europe and the Caribbean. But they were wonderful places to visit and stay. My family went to several Catskill resorts in the 70’s. The food entertainment and number of activities gave everyone from grandparents to teens something to do.

[@mojojeinxs9960]

I find it funny that some of the beds are made. That yellow stove is a work of art.

[@SuV33358]

Nature just comes right on in, doesn't it though?🌿🌱☘️💧

[@stephygirl55]

Definitely your best so far! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@tarrahrobillard3300]

I love your videos! and abandoned things! thank you for sharing

[@cometbook]

The Sahara Cafe, perfect setting for a desert 🐪

[@Syn1]

Noticed the cost of one of their lift tickets back then was only $12!!! 😱😱 Cool place, though and awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[@Stephanie-hc3sg]

Probably from a time when minimum wage was 10¢ an hour lol

[@heytherespookyface]

So cool! It's crazy that they just walked away from it and left everything behind.

[@CherryBerry48]

aww that is so sad how a million dollar place can be in such disarray

[@mereclander]

Very cool place and vídeo. Thanks!!!!

[@Ines_iiii]

What? this guy deserve much more subscribers . you're amazing dude .

[@judyberends4586]

I'm a subscriber and I gave it a like right away. What a same to have this abandoned. Thank you for your long hike and to capture all this for us. 😎

[@rosemary-bn2di]

Must have been grand in the day !!! Love 💕

[@glen8449]

Vermont sure has A LOT of abandoned places you go to. I enjoy the videos, right to the point. Thanks. 👍

[@natehoot9714]

This isn't Vermont.

[@tamarrajames3590]

Great job on this explore, it is huge...why are there ALWAYS Christmas decorations? It’s almost an rubes meme. All those places in upstate New York had their heyday before affordable flight took away most of their clientele...suddenly a middle class couple could fly to London or Paris for their honeymoon instead of going to a resort with “organized fun” or Niagara Falls. That loss cut so deeply that these top heavy organizations simply could not afford to compete. The wall art fountain was custom made by a well respected artist specifically for this resort...it is worth a lot today, and I hope the current owners preserve it for the future. The architecture of that skating rink is insane! It is so striking and impressive...it looks modern even by today’s standards. You did it justice...thank you.🖤🇨🇦

[@DeceptiJenn]

I love your videos the time you take and the information.

[@buff_grandmagym.mylife]

You and proper people are are my favourite urban explorers!!

[@Gypsy839]

Wow thank you for taking me there and showing it great video!

[@ricardoqanaya6292]

Once again! You out did yourselves! Outstanding job giving us another tour of the " Blast from the Past " !

[@summits100]

What a cool place and such a waste! I really appreciated the photo insert showing what it was like before the deterioration.

[@rayneparish5778]

I LOVE how you always notice the animals and point them out. Im a new subscriber to your channel this is only the 3erd or 4th video I've seen so far. Good enough for me

[@patigiddens1314]

Very cool find!! Loved to have seen it in its heyday!!!!! Thanks for letting us tag along!!!!

[@brettachey8141]

I like how the baby frog in the fox was there I do think it is sad how people left the picture was behind that first Building they went into that was really cool look and the last thing if you got to stay there and you have to see that place back when it was in his heyday you know you haven't make love there

[@bevcd3625]

What a shame. Such an amazing place. 👍✌️🇦🇺

[@Milcom34]

Great Find DE. Very Very Cool. Take Care and Stay Safe.

[@chimalongyang6867]

I just love it very much.

[@nancyparanormalfunk1501]

Wow big stretch of property it's almost like not just even a time capsule bit like Under the Dome so cool

[@chewedgumstucktoshoe144]

Nevele resort is NY is the name of this place for anyone wondering

[@kevinj97045]

They didn't hike 4 miles to get to it.

[@dawnbenchley7237]

Great explore! So sad this place was let go. Beautiful in it's day

[@LithiumSurfboard]

Your best video yet! Well done. So much to see.

[@timstacy8034]

Such a great find and explore.. always love watching your videos.. keep up the great work!

[@Monbloid1963]

Great video. Thank you for posting and taking the time to hike there to explore and bring it to us on the youtube. Your footage is a great companion to JPVideos exploration of the place as well. I never went there but would have loved to in it's heyday. Sad to see it in ruins. Such a beautiful place in so many aspects. How wonderful it is to see a young fellow like yourself appreciate such time period beauty. Vintage aspects from the 50's 60's 70's & 80's are present. Much success to you.

[@chrisbondio2394]

Very interesting video. It's amazing how fast these places decay. I read it was shutdown in 2009. I think you filmed this in 2019. Goes to show how important maintenance is....

[@robertscottpurse1]

Wow! So cool how you guys find these places. It's crazy places like this are left to rot.

[@cherylkilbourn3773]

So much of this stuff could be salvaged! What a shame! Interesting video though. Loved it!

[@paulam1837]

Wow this place was amazing. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@greeneyedldy50]

This video is amazing guys I felt like I was with you guys thank you

[@lauratyler591]

Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed this semi untouched view!

[@misha2197]

Aww little toad froggie thing! ♡

[@charlesmarilynbillington3532]

Send in the Haz- Mat team. Walking in that place for just 5 minutes will give you a respiratory infection. Use precautions when exploring.

[@Starrlite77]

New subscriber here! Loving your vids. Love the fact that you give a background for each one!

[@MrScotia]

The resort might be abandoned but they sure as hell took all the snow with them

[@deekay941]

MrScotia global warming

[@big120treez]

A lot of ski resorts have to make home blown snow, at times, when it doesn't show as much as needed.

[@Stephanie-hc3sg]

We have ski hills in Wisconsin and they make snow to cover the slopes so people can ski

[@Stephanie-hc3sg]

@@deekay941 lmao shut up

[@deendrew36]

You know they have summer in this area, right?

[@melb2086]

The music is beautiful 🤗🙂bossa nova

[@mattperrin8372]

That place is amazing ! Top effort for getting there dude. Great video.

[@geegeepr1]

This was the heart of my home town. It was so amazingly beautiful. I had family that worked here. It was so heartbreaking when they closed. There has been talks about demolishing and reopening a new at first casino and then a sports resort but everything is on hold because of financial reasons. I'd be amazing if they were able to make something new in that area. It would help out the town so much.

[@robis.2935]

I wish I had seen it when it was open.

[@blueberymufn11]

I hope I'm mistaken but all those papers with circles everywhere are those radiation warnings? It's hard to tell but look like radiation sign not biohazard though... You guys should start wearing masks and gloves. Especially around a bunch of mold. Stay safe!

[@MervinGriff]

those are markings for structural. maybe pending demolition.

[@Cocc0nuttt0]

radiation (or poison for that matter) from where? if it was within the area of an industrial accident, it would probably be known by now

[@tgraz6751]

9

[@30snowbunny]

It's gonna be demolished with explosives

[@sergiobrunati7601]

Awesome place!👍 thanks for sharing!!

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

Great video guys. Thanks.

[@petloveinjapan]

The rock stayed here, wow

[@sydneymarshall3204]

It always amazes me that these places are just abandoned and that places like people’s homes just have stuff in them like they were frozen in a time capsule. It’s the history buff in me...

[@moonwalker091000]

Really cool guys!! Your awesome!!

[@thevacdude]

Thanks for the tour.

[@rdoc]

With a facility, this large all it would take to put it out of business is a couple of warm winters like we have been having. Then think of the cost of upkeep on a place like this. It would not take long to get in over your head.

[@williamconstantino1852]

Professionally done thanks really enjoyed.

[@shadow1674]

your video's are groovy and interesting , thank you for posting

[@SirMKeehl]

I would not have the gut to do any of this. Thanks for uploading so many cool videos!

[@jeremyratner8457]

Fyi there are tons of amazing tunnels and a underground mini golf room lots of other areas there to explore!

[@XxLvewxX]

Wow! I love these videos, Find them so fascinating yet creepy at the same time lol

[@natalea1967]

Oh wow what a cool place.

[@nancydarling4918]

Good video. Thanks for filming.

[@hannahm9490]

Loved this place, thanks for sharing 🙌

[@dariazarina4557]

Loving all your videography spending time just watching your explorations

[@diyautoschool]

gee,,, didn't the other guy do a video on this place???

[@jerseytomato100]

@8:10 I'm amazed that pool has nothing thrown into it.

[@jessicanuoffer]

So cool, thanks for doing what you do!

[@adutchgirl9077]

Love you're videos. For some reason they calm me down before sleeping. Feeling relaxt. 😁 thnx for another great video!

[@ViperSRTnACR]

16:53 was very unexpected. If ya smell what I'm cookin that is...

[@deendrew36]

Ride With Chris what are you talking about? I can’t see anything weird at that time.

[@jaimeisreal]

That music is so appropriate for this. Because it makes you think of when this facility was in full operation. +1 Like. +1 new Subscriber. Keep it up!

[@judyberends4586]

This place is huge .Wow ! That is a same to have so much left to ruins . Amazing place. Thank you for sharing.Be safe next time . mold spores are so dangerous .😎

[@leojoshua21]

Great job! I’ve seen many of your vids and this was one of your best. I love how you respect the locations and provide great views and angle shots with the camera. Very good work. Keep it up!

[@donna24301]

Always a Great video!👍🏻♥️😎

[@ijulesy]

Wow! amazing find, such a shame that it has been left to rot :(

[@Ferris19]

Enjoyed that explore.

[@cattenchaostherandomperson]

this place is my profile picture. I love the architecture used in this resort and the history of the whole area it’s in. so sad to see it abandoned and crumbling, destroyed day by day by the average vandal. there is only one piece of graffiti that I have seen that I liked and it was a line from the old commercials of this place

[@KahlestEnoch]

You guys got some amazing shots this time awesome job

[@AliceConsortium]

Most of my urban exploration has been Soviet buildings around eastern Europe, and this feels very similar to some of the sanitariums of that era and region - including some which are still operating.

[@astouffer]

You're doing amazing work.

[@rebeccagreen9240]

I like history myself.. I just wasn't good at learning it in school

[@blacknight2149]

Omg you HAVE TO WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR!! Mold EVERYWHERE!

[@jacquelinekezema7586]

Beautiful place. Probably didn't get enough snow every year and had to shut down. But still would of made a beautiful summer resort . This guy should be wearing a respirator when exploring as you can see lots of mold in the hallways ect.

[@DarkExploration]

I do wear a respirator. I just take it off to talk to the camera so my voice isnt muffled

[@jacquelinekezema7586]

Well that’s good better safe than sorry also asbestos in a lot of those places. Love 💕 your videos they are great!

[@DarkExploration]

@@jacquelinekezema7586 thanks so much jackie :)