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Lynn, Big Ed, and Todd - other than Motts, the three of you are now my newest best friends! I thought I was the only one who remembered. Man, I STILL want a 'way back machine'/

I do see 'danger'. Didn't see it until reading your post and then looking closely...but i see it now.

Who is that coming down the sidewalk near the building....hope he was with you, Motts, and not a left-over prisoner, lol

Those aren't lights....they're buzzing soap dispensers. Sorry Motts, had to say that. :-)

Saw Flock of Seagulls there back in the early 80's during their heyday. What a place as a kid and young adult....thx for the pics

Thw story about the boy dying in the heating ducts is accurqte though. They found him due to the smell and his feet had melted off up to his ankles. The maintenance man who was there to cut the wall describes it in an interview. Worst thing he said he ever saw. Boston big wigs wete all there and city offociqls because it was a terrible tragedy. On a side note lobotomy was not invented at danver nor perfected there. People beleive things that make the place more 'interesting' i guess.

Contrary to populqr belief this hill is not where the 'witches' were hung during the salem witch trials. Hathorne hill gets its name from one of the judges during the witch trials. Judge hathorne's house originally was on this site. I cant even describe how many people claim this is where the hangings took place, and its completely innacurate, but a good story.

1980:
1) yes it was lovely wainscotting on the bottom half - lovely white as I recall.
2) light golden wallpaper on top half
3) ceiling and sprinkler system was freshly painted white & recently inspected (i made sure before I put my money down)
4) There was sunlight and cool cross breezes and music
5) It was not "in the middle of nowhere" if you could look past your millennial and x-gen stuck-up noses you could imagine a pre-1960 Catskill town flourishing or a post 2020 Catskill town coming back in a different way due to NY city sprawl. But oh ya I forgot ya'll would actually no imagination exvept the negative kind. Vision is not your thing.
You people are despicable the way you disrespect this place as if you have the right ! You never lived there. You never went during its heyday ! How dare you speak ill of it with distain ! How ignorant of you ! You have NO clue how much work the owners did or how they struggled by looking at the decay ! Of course the decay is bad ! ITS DECAYING ! The people who loved it are GONE ! Easy to throw stones at them now, dumbass !
Shame on you.

Yes. Thank you so much Mr. Photographer for not devulging MY personal information ! This was the exact simmer I lived there ! Allan Rubin and Barry Osten were not so lucky. Here's a newsflash to you ... 1980 was NOT a million years ago ! And we don' t want our stuff on thr internet for your entertainment !

Ohhh Jeeezus people ! Nooooh, nobody took that stuff down .... but somebody could have ! YOU could have ... but nobody did ! It decayed ! And no, its not worth a small fortune until somebody tresspasses, steals it, taking it down, polishes it up, and sells it on Etsy, shipping & handling not included - of course ! Wake up to reality people !

Of course ! God knows who snuck in there and did god knows what after the owners closed it up ! It was fine in 1980. Looked not pristien but clean & sufficient !

Its just decay.
Life is short

Jezus, you people watch too much TV ! Research the local economy ! You might find toward the end of the catskills heyday ... they had to make-do. Which meant using the leftover paint on hand ! Have you people no imagination to put yourself in other peoples shoes historically ? Or is your capacity for that so limuted thus the fascination with it ? Its a poorly painted wall people ! Due to owners struggling in economic hard times ! Jeez ! Duh !

I looked up the Heiden Hotel on the internet because I actually lived there for three months and wanted to know if I could recapture memories or find other people whom lived there at the same time. I knew it was a slim chance. I was surprised to find it on a website that showcased old places - loosely romantisizing the decay of man-made ventures. The authors made some attempt to give minimum historical facts and context . The comments were even more lacking ! They mostly refering to the decor in decay. Well, kudos Einsteins ! Decor WILL DECAY ! Anything on this earth will decay ! It's a natural phenominom. It's gonna happen ! Get over it ! Well, guess what ? LIFE also happened here ! Some pretty f'in good life ! I got a college art degree I can wipe my ass with. I suggest you get out there and LIVE LIFE ! Stop looking for decayed shit and LIVE ! We did . . . at the Heiden !

If walls could talk !