Beyond rimshot comedians, bungalows, and bad carpet

posted Jul 10, 2012 at 11:40 AM

NYT has an interesting article about the effort to re-brand the Catskills as... something... at least something not the Borscht Belt, in order to attract tourism. (There's also a mention of "creeping hipsterism." Is that like kudzu?) The online article also includes a 1967 photo of the indoor pool at the old Grossinger's resort -- it's a somewhat different scene there now.

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