Good Day for Decay's video: Abandoned Browns Resort Catskills NY The Families Lost EVERYTHING

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. From the 1940s to the 1980s, the hotel was a popular vacation destination for many upper-middle-class families living in the New York City metropolitan area. Jewish-American families were welcomed and even catered to specifically by the hotels in the Borscht Belt during a time period when anti-semitism was prevalent in the hospitality industry. Filling a niche, the area quickly became a mecca for Jewish-American families. Brown's Hotel was located in the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake in the Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York. In 1944 in the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake, New York within the Town of Fallsburg, Charles Brown, owner of several hotels, purchased the Black Apple Inn from the Appel family for US $70,000. The Appels had built the hotel in the early 1920s. After making an additional $100,000 in renovations, the 473-room hotel opened as Charles and Lillian Brown's Hotel and Country Club with the phone number Hurleyville 150. The resort became known for the wealthy patrons it attracted, competing against the larger establishments in the area. In 1978, Charles Brown died That summer, Bob Hope was paid $50,000 to make his sole appearance at a Catskills venue. At that point Lillian Brown, who owned 100% of the company, began gifting small shares of stock to her grandson Bruce. In 1988, after suffering from financial trouble, Lillian Brown was forced to file for bankruptcy . On May 30, 1997 at the age of 93, Lillian Brown died in Miami Beach, Florida. It was Later turned into Grandview Palace Condominiums In March 2012, the city of Fallsburg had threatened to condemn the condominium due to numerous violations including inoperable sprinklers, fire alarms, and fire doors,] but the owners promised to fix the issues. Because of the fire safety issues, security personnel were ordered to patrol the grounds every 30 minutes in the event that a fire started. On Saturday, April 14, 2012, a guard on routine patrol noticed a wood-burning smell near an old boiler room at 5:05 p.m. but could not locate any smoke. A tenant smelled something burning at 5:20 p.m. and observed smoke rising from the main building but it was not deemed serious enough to call authorities. Around 6:00 p.m., the guard who initially smelled smoke unlocked the boiler room after reports of more smoke, he observed heavy smoke and flames leaping from the room at this time. The initial call came in at 6:06 p.m. but Loch Sheldrake fire chiefs, typically stationed just 1.1 miles east of the condominiums, were out of town for the weekend. The Hurleyville Fire Department five miles south of the property was called into action. The sizable inferno with 20 to 30-foot high flames eventually drew over 43 fire companies and 300 firefighters in what is believed to be the largest fire in Catskills history. Even forest rangers were brought in to battle fires that had burned nearly 20 acres of the Catskills’ characteristic pine forests. The blaze swept through the century-old wooden-frame structure destroying seven of the nine buildings of the complex aided by adjoining hallways between buildings and fueled by propane tank explosions. Over 100 residents were evacuated with no one seriously injured, many victims being relocated to the sports complex at Sullivan County Community College less than two miles southeast of the property. Four firefighters were slightly injured and by Sunday morning the fire had finally been extinguished. Fallsburg town supervisor Steven Vegliante believed that all fire code violations had been resolved before the blaze but insurance companies disagreed. On May 24, it was confirmed by officials that the fire began in the condominium's main building that had completely collapsed, initiating in a boiler room no longer in use in what was once the basement of the Brown's Hotel. The damage was so bad that the county's public safety commissioner Dick Martinkovic stated “We’ll never be able to go in there and put our finger on one specific thing and say that’s what it is.” 2 years prior to this video...This was my very first video I ever made...all my early videos were picture stills turned into videos Check it out https://youtu.be/Odn1Bn8mXFI Music: Remember [No Copyright Claims] - SergePavkinMusic Music Link: https://youtu.be/Iz5yqrW1ZKw