Hoping for a casino

The site of the former Concord Hotel, above, was once a thriving resort in Kiamesha Lake, in Sullivan County. Developers want to build a new resort casino here, and are anxiously waiting for permits for up to two Catskills casinos to be issued by New York State's Gaming Facility Location Board.

The date of the board's announcement has been delayed, and is now expected on Dec. 18, according to the Times Herald-Record. John of Catskills Photography, who shot this photo on Nov. 29, 2014 and shared it in the Watershed Post Flickr pool, reports that there has been some new construction at the site of the Concord in hopeful preparation.