1,916 Comments for The Pines Hotel

I recommend going there if you can...drove by on 12/24/06 and was actually shocked at how much more overgrown the property was. There must be some amazing relics inside there...definitely free for the taking if you have the balls to enter.

OK Lynne, if thats how you feel, fine,. But let me tell you i know for a fact that the places like this are not guarded because of fear of theft of old keys or telephones, the owners or cities have the guarded because they fear someone will get inside, get hurt, and look for a lawsuit. The guarding is only to protect themselves from a lawsuit brought on by someone sneaking in for whatever reason.. Yes vandalism is a fear among abandoned places. Its a shame that people go around places like this and set fires, have paintball gun wars, break windows, and spray paint graffitti all over the place. Its a shame those who have done that have ruined it for those who just want to take pictures and yes maybe a souvenier that no one would possibly miss.

JLP,

This site is watched by a lot of people who are in law enforcement. This website was developed and is maintained by someone who is an urban explorer and photographer, not someone who believes in relieving people of possibly unwanted possessions. A true urban explorer has a motto - "Take only pictures - leave only footprints." What you are suggesting - theft - is the reason why so many places are heavily patrolled and make it such that fewer and fewer photos can be taken. You are actively encouraging theft. Theft = the taking of property which does not, by law, belong to you. When people come on to this site and discuss how they are going to steal from these sites, for some funny reason it makes the people who own and guard these places a bit more likely to step up the security and make it more difficult for the rest of us to get to see these places. Why don't you go to a site where they actively encourage people to steal items, spray paint graffiti, and set fires? That is not what this site is about. Since you have been so hell-bent on stealing items from this place you probably haven't read what the majority of people have said when commenting on all the other pix. Most of them have said that they don't think that stealing is right. It's one of those funny Judeo-Christian morals that a lot of us have been raised on and that our society is based on, as old-fashioned as that appears to seem to you.

I personally don't care if you take anything at all from this crappy, nasty place. It is not a place that draws me at all, and I can find a number of ways of getting things I want in a more legitimate fashion. But by coming on this site and salivating over and over and discussing your proclivity toward theft, you make it more difficult for the rest of us to go to these places or even to see pix of these places.

That is my beef with you. I don't care that you have the morals of a young child, but your constant quest for other peoples' property does make for a bit of an increased risk for people who actually enjoy exploring and photographing these sorts of places.

You come on this site every few months trying to get people to agree with you that it is all right to steal from someone you don't know if you think they are an idiot and if they have items that you want but they don't care for and may destroy. I agree that it is a sad thing when some material item you want is going to be tossed when you would get great enjoyment out of it. But I think it is a bigger shame if people let their personal greed affect their morals. The loss of personal morals affects most of us a great deal more than the loss of some material items.

In my humble and certainly unasked for opinion. :-)

Thanks Nauseous, see im not the only one who thinks that everything in this hotel is an item that no one could possibly miss and even if, woud anyone god honestly care? More than likely the place is going to be torn down or redeveloped and it would all be thrown into a guarded dumpster since theyd be afraid of someone suing them if they got in there and got a little paper cut

So what are we supposed to do Lynne, wait until the whopping 2 sec when the dumpster isnt being watched by an armed guard and hope we find an unbroken 1 by then.

I agree nickleplate ,something so mundane is now interesting. luv this site!

I remember this lobby being filled at check-in time for singles weekends, college and high school trips, and the Sr Citizens "mid-week specials". I worked here as a lifeguard and running the spotlight in the nightclub. I usually wasn't in this part of the hotel but since I was part of the activities staff, occasionally my boss, Hank Leids, would have me come to help out with the check in. I'll never forget the time he decided it would be funny to bite me on the ass in the middle of the lobby during a singles weekend check-in!!! Kind of hard to keep order and respect in the pool after that!!!

Howie,
Yup - She left a few months after I started there. Right around the same time as the head lifeguard, don't remember his name - just that he was a vegetarian. I ended up the only lifeguard for that winter - 1980-1981.
I don't know what ever happened to Helana, but she was definitely someone you don't forget...... When I first started there I shared a room with her. I was quite happy when that arrangement ended!!!

You got that right man.

I guess its fall season on the carpet.

Finally, someone mentioned Dirty Dancing. I was waiting to post until the end to see if anyone else thought of that movie. That's all I have been able to think of while looking at these pictures.

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner", is my favorite line from the movie!

I was never lucky enough to go to a resort like this when I was growing up, but I sure am enjoying the pictures of this and all the stories from guests/workers.

just for the sake of aurgument, probably not.

homeless person's dreams

Morals? Fear of being arrested with stolen property? Because they belong to someone else? That's a poser.

i remember when i use to run through the hotel. My father owned myers bar in fallsburg and was good friends with the manager of the hotel. I miss that pace so much i wish they would reopen it.. The winters i would go sking, it makes me cry when i see the pictures and the hotel in life.