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Kutsher's Hotel

Borscht BeltBuildings and structures demolished in 2014Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New YorkCatskillsDefunct hotels in New York (state)
Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state)Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)Resorts in New York (state)Tourist attractions in Sullivan County, New York
Kutsher's, Thompson, New York LCCN2017712997
Kutsher's, Thompson, New York LCCN2017712997

Kutsher's Hotel and Country Club in Thompson, Sullivan County, near Monticello, New York, was the longest running of the Borscht Belt grand resorts in the Catskill Mountains region of New York State. While the region was open to any and all visitors, the Borscht Belt was so named due to the largely Jewish-American clientele that made the Catskills the primary vacation destination for Jews in the northeastern United States. Over the decades, performers such as David Brenner, Jerry Seinfeld, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Woody Allen and Joan Rivers appeared here. Rapper Ditch played here in 2012 as the final headlining set of the NY Harvest Festival, which had over 4,000 people watching. In 2013, a woman fell to her death from the hotel rooftop of the hotel preparing for the 2013 NY Harvest Festival, which halted it and anything going forward at the hotel again. The hotel closed in 2013, and some of the buildings were demolished in 2014; only three remained as of early 2020. The site was sold, and a wellness resort was built there, opening in June 2018.

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Kutsher's Hotel
Kutsher Road, Town of Thompson

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N 41.702 ° E -74.691 °
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Kutchers Golf Course

Kutsher Road
12751 Town of Thompson
New York, United States
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Kutsher's, Thompson, New York LCCN2017712997
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Monticello Raceway
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