1,916 Comments for The Pines Hotel

I vaguely remember the Pines as a kid the pictures are bringing back memmories.

Where is this place located?

I've seen sismilar places in austria. Up in the mountains, before the "winter sports tourism", many villages had what they called "cure hotels" or something similar, it was a place where you could just relax, have a peaceful rehabilitation after a time of sickness or so. It was even forbidden to work or make noices such as running heavy traffic though these villages, to keep them as peaceful as possible. But when the winter sport tuorism started, and people went to these villages to go skiing, the hotels popularity decreased, until they had to close down most of them.

Therefore, if you go to a small mountain village in austria, you may see these large hotel builings in the middle of the village, abandoned. Imagine that! In the middle of the town, surrounded by houses stands a 5-6 stores high building abandoned! Noone can afford to buy and renorvate these hotels, and some of them doesn't even have water or electricity in them! They just stand there.

I was on a holiday trip to Badgastein in the Austrian alps, when i saw these buildings, and i asked a local about them, and he told me what i just told you here. He alsoadvised me not to visit them, and i didn't really dare to either, but oh, how i regret that now! Anyway, thats the story, i don't know if it even fits here, but anyway...

...or a case of jewish lightning?

That chandelier is shaped like a pine cone. Nice art deco touch.

Wow... my phone looks just like this one... mine is beige, though... oh well.

This brings back memories. I was a bell hop there in the summer of 1979. I had a great time although the bell hops received the worst food and had the worst sleeping quarters; plus we had to kick back some of our tips to trhe service manager, Kenny M .

hello? operator? lmfao

if you like The Shining, i would highly suggest Rose Red, another Stephan King book made into a movie, it's all about those freaky houses....

The new home decor fad-- sod carpets!

I took one of the keys as a Souvenier,(I hope I spelled that right), I feel this place will all ve gone in a few more years. The "Borscht belt" is a hobby of mine, So I wanted a relic of The Pines

HEY!!! Here's a site on the Pines from when this hotel was still in use!!! Pretty neato.

http://ineedattention.com/pines/?photos=archv&show=archv_bldg_out_aerial.jpg

oh yuck

the maids in the hotel i work in could take some lessons from whoever cleaned this bathroom lol.

im a firm believer in bringing the outside in with plants but this is extreme.........a wonderful picture

Hey the 80's called they want their music back!