1,916 Comments for The Pines Hotel

I dialed the number.. and... both times. Busy signals.

I come back on this site on a regular basis, I don't know why, but I do. Maybe it's because I hope to see if my old friend Tom Tom has posted!

I would think it would be fun to live in the "Ritz" cockroaches and all. To get away from home for the summer and have a fun job and meeting new people. Sounds great to me!

if anybody goes up in the spotlight room there are paper cut outs of bats on the wall

anyone remember new years eve parties?

hey guys... in refrence to who owns this it is a company out of the city mainly heisuitc jewish. they are in big trouble with the state and owe about 5 million in taxes on the property and will not answer any questons about the property... but dont steal from the pines

I spent all of my summers here from 1968 until 1985 . My grandparents spent many hours playing cards here. It was so packed, standing room only. It truely was a magnificant hotel in her past, very sad.

'beauty school drop out...' hehe thats all i think about when i see these things

The newer version of The Shining was filmed at The Mount Washington Resort Hotel in New Hampshire. I know for sure because I've been there and it not only looks exactly the same but there are autographed photos of the movie being filmed there throughout the hotel.

Seeing a lot of the other comments with people who have seen their old childhood haunts more or less crumble, I've got a similar story. I haven't made it back to George AFB in California--a victim of the first round of BRAC closures after the First Gulf War--but my mom's been there and I've seen it at one-meter resolution with Google Earth. Apparently the US Army is using old base housing as an urban warfare training ground (according to some Discovery show I saw recently) and the dead grass is visible from orbit.

I understand the feeling connected to places like this falling apart, but in the desert it's an entirely different animal. According to my mom it's more preserved, oddly enough--no water damage to speak of--so you only get natural erosion from the occasional sandstorm and falling trees and the like.

A modern Cold War ghost town.

Sorry Liss, Didnt steal anything from there, never been there, wouldnt even know where to find the pines

Its also the most decayed.The Savoy building is pritty much unsalvageable.Water damage is so bad.Every single floor is dripping and the ceilings are hanging down.

Just makes me think more and more JLP stole a lot of stuff from the Pines.
So you say who cares?Im not going to fight about it.
Some places DONT get torn down.Ive been in places with medicines dating from the 50s.Still sitting there,untouched,waiting for the next photographer to take a photo,or someone just to enjoy it.
Ive seen things dated even further to the 1800s.Did i take them?No.
Most likely they could end up in a museam or collection one day.And you'd have been the idiot that stole it.

If you get caught with property you not only get charged with criminal trespass but theft,and sometimes they can get you for B+E.Is it worth it for a phone you could find at a yard sale for a buck?
Not IMO.

I was there earlier this year and I have pictures of the fixture still standing.I went back a few days ago and was extremely sad to see it gone.
I dont believe the Pines has any private security.
Once someone notes something of value in these places,no sooner it gets stolen.

the building was burned down by the fire dept. during training.

I believe the telephone area code for the Pines' location is now 845. I wonder what would happen if someone dialed 845-434-6000. Has the phone number been reassigned? Would someone pick up the phone? Or would it be an automated voice message?