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Another funny Ritz story.. Late one night the fire alarms start going off. We open our doors to see smoke (steam) pouring out from the room at the end of the hall way (what would be the second floor room on the far left in the pic). The guy inside was yelling & cussing. We went in for a closer look- through the smoke you could see the form of a tall thin black guy, completely naked, bending over at the old steam radiator with the broken lever in his hand yelling "how the hell do you shut this mother f*cking thing off?!" Of course nobody was willing to help the naked new guy- we retreated back to our rooms in hysterics instead.
..Or the time the keg broke during a party. We finally got it 'fixed' early the next morning- but it would only flow continuously with beer. What else could we do but to all call in sick so as not to let it go to waste? No staff today Jerry..

There were never any curtains in this area.. it was a mini 'greenhouse' type nook under the stairs that led to the night club.
A fire in the main building? These shots were taken in 2003..

If you think nobody will care if you steal from this place than you have no idea just how bored South Fallsburg PD actually are. They actually investigated the stealing of a pie from the Pines bakery back in the day.. (And when the detective came to the Ritz to question us it was spattered with whipped cream- jinkies!!) I'm going to assume it has only gone downhill from there.
I'm more intrigued by the fact that JLP genuinely seems to want to furnish his living quarters with this debris. How does he drive past any dumpster anyplace and maintain his composure?

Howie,
Anyone that worked there in the 80-82 timeframe has to remember Rock. He was an OK guy - if you were a friend, he was there for you. But most knew not to get on his bad side.........

We used to sit at the bellhop desk and wager on the amount of people who would come tumbling down those stairs.

The value of the phone will not cover your court costs and fines you will get from the jugde for trespassing of private property and stealing a telephone.

Ha....cool find, but I couldn't resist tho, I would of had to taken it.

Which sort of moron would want a rotary phone these days? Beyond an antiques collector. These wouldn't be worth the effort to steal. They are hardly rare enough to have appreciated in value. Find one from the 40's then you might have something.

And the whooshing noise as it goes right overhead...

But would a phone worth maybe $5 be worth spending hundreds of $ a day to have security guard it

Howie -- there was a fire at the Pines in April 2006? Do you have any more info about this?

On the subject of stealing...

I can't speak for a place like this, but in the case of places that are owned by the state (such as the hospitals), whether the buildings are abandoned or not, they are still state property. Which means everything inside them is state property. Hell, the "no trespassing" sign I have is state property! Like it or not, all of this is someone else's property and it is, by law, stealing.

I'm sure no one wants a lawsuit on their hands over someone trespassing and getting hurt and I agree that's why they guard these places to begin with. But if stealing is a crime, do you think the cops aren't going to care if you walk out with an armful of state property?

Any crime gives reason for the owners of these places to step up their security. By saying you want a damn orange phone, you're sending a red flag to security that they have more possible trespassers.

just went into a box of crap and dug out my old staff room key (circa 1982) with the same green key tag shown in the photo.

in response to Julies question..."WHY leave the plants and take all the curtains?????? "

The curtains and other useful decor were sold to other resorts that remained in operation (ie. the Villa Roma). Ironically, the curtains are gone since the leveling of the main bldg due to the fire in April '06.

we had curtains too in the staff house/bungalow across the street from the main entrance, but it was a blanket held up with thumb tacks to cover our window.