Sullivan County, NY – A group of local people want help in creating a Catskills bungalow heritage museum.
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“Many individuals and their children joyfully remember their summers here in the Catskills as some of the happiest moments in their life. But there is no physical, visual place to share those memories again,” organizers said in a news release.
The purpose of the proposed museum is the preservation of the heritage and history of bungalow colonies in the Catskills.
Since the 1970s, the bungalow colonies have severely declined. Many colonies were abandoned, demolished or sold for development.
Various religious groups have taken over and upgraded some colonies, but that leaves few open for rent to the general public.
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Not a bad idea as long as absolutly no government money is involved. We the taxpayers have funded both a Jello Museum and a Cheese Museum in upstate New York.
Hey, my bungalow is a museum, from now on I will charge an admission fee.
Since the 1970s, the bungalow colonies have severely declined? Hey I didn’t know that when a religous Jew buys a bungalow colony it is considered as declined.
And what about all those trailer parks. Have they declined too? Aren’t they for rent to the general public?
thats why they call them trailer trash.
never heard bungalow trash
let’s see…items for the bungalow museum…a housecoat and a turban?
I went to Cranberry Lake in Mountaindale for about 17yrs of my childhood I loved everything about the bungalow colony…..There was nothing fancy about the place…. but let me tell you the owners the Klein Family were the best. All of us were differant Chasidish, Litvish, Hemish, Yekish…Etc. We loved and respected each other….Thank you for helping me have such an unbeleiveable upbinging watching how Jews Get Along
B”H I grew up in the good old days, in the 50s and 60s. I spent summers in Ferndale near Nadels grocery, and summers in Glenwild near Zuckers hotel. There were no official day camps, learning rebbes, lifeguards etc, and we kids were free the whole day to do as we wished. We played Monoploy, Authors, Scrabble, machanayim, jump rope etc. and were never bored. One summer, the oldest kids made a day camp for the younger ones and we charged $0.25 a week per child! We took hikes to other towns. Summers will never be the same in Sullivan County any more. I wish my kids could experience such summers.