A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

That could be a street in my Ohio hometown.

[HONDO74]

Interesting how all those houses in the picture had 2 chimney's. Took a lot to heat those old houses.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

What is that "castle" on the hill?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What is that "castle" on the hill?

One of the big hotel resorts of Pen-Mar

[rogruth]

What is that "castle" on the hill?

One of the big hotel resorts of Pen-Mar

Still in use?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What is that "castle" on the hill?

One of the big hotel resorts of Pen-Mar

Still in use?

Doubt it's still there.....

[healey36]

The Buena Vista Springs Hotel was built by the Rennert family in 1890. It was a 250-room resort hotel, similar to the Blue Mountain House at Pen Mar and the smaller Monterey Inn at Monterey. The Buena Vista was a very popular resort hotel, but that popularity began to fade during the run-up to WWI (like much of the Pen Mar resort area). In 1931 the Buena Vista was sold at auction to the Catholic Church. The Jesuits renamed it Bellarmine Hall and operated it as a summer retreat center for the seminarians of Woodstock College. The main building burned in a fire in 1967 (attributed to arson), with the other facilities continuing in use as a retreat center. In 2018 the church announced it was closing the center and offering the property for sale.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The main building burned in a fire in 1967..................

[healey36]

Big old hotels built out of wood typically don't last forever. The Blue Mountain House burned to the ground in 1913, and the Monterey (oldest of the three) went up in 1941. I think if you read up on the big old resort hotels in the Catskills, you find a similar line of history.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Big old hotels built out of wood typically don't last forever. The Blue Mountain House burned to the ground in 1913, and the Monterey (oldest of the three) went up in 1941. I think if you read up on the big old resort hotels in the Catskills, you find a similar line of history.

Yes, that all makes sense and is mine with what I know as well. Just sad to lose these bits of local history.

[rogruth]

I don't drive much anymore but I always was impressed with the style of buildings throughout the country.
But what upset me was seeing these buildings in disrepair and then being torn down.
I realize that sometimes it isn't possible to save all buildings but there always seem to be worthy
buildings that are torn down. Many small towns in the south are not very old and will tear down
old buildings without any thought about preservation. The old buildings also can remind people
of what did exist in their town at one time. Sometimes it is not possible to save buildings.
I talk to much.

[healey36]

One of the things that seems to separate Americans from Europeans is this never-ending sense of bottoms-up renewal...we don't seem to abide much of anything with some years on it (other than highway bridges, which seem to be crumbling before our very eyes). A buddy of mine had a house built in the UK - walls and ceilings were poured concrete, with some sort of engineered roof trusses/joists. The thing looked to be built to last a thousand years. None of the stick-built stuff we have here. Houses, automobiles, computer equipment, appliances, none of it do we Americans expect to last an inordinate amount of time. Our economic model seems built on a shortened cycle of obsolescence.

[Rufus T. Firefly]