Homowack Lodge

2016 update: Homowack Lodge is now a historic landmark.

The unfortunately named Homowack Lodge was one of the many Borscht Belt resorts that were popular from the 1920s to the 1960s, but declined in the ‘70s and ’80s, when the popularity of resorts was replaced by cheap airfare to other places, seaside trips, and private vacation homes. Homowack was a family resort before being turned into a day camp for Hasidic girls. The city forced it to close in 2009 for safety and health violations, such as toxic mold and faulty wiring.

Some before/afters of Homowack:

The view of the dining room from the road:

The bowling alley (which smelled like a thousand farts)

One of the many bars:

The main dining room with the recreation room and hotel rooms in the background:

 

    

    

 

  

   

To see more photos, go to the flickr

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