Any old timey fan worth his salt has seen footage of The Rock training here. Also visited by Dempsey, Lesnevich... tons of old timers. A part of boxing history... check it out now... http://beta.news.yahoo.com/photos/grossinger-s-abandoned-resort-1308604839-slideshow/
Wasn't Jerry Quarry training there in 1973, preparing for the Shavers fight, only for the bout to be cancelled due to Shavers suffering a broken jaw in training? I remember seeing the pictures of Quarry in the magazines, in which he's wearing the Grossinger's T-shirt and blasting Archie Moore for allowing Shavers to spar with a bomber like Jeff Merritt.
I bet Burt went through a few livers there. Seriously, old school classic era ****. Wish I could have lived through those years.
'73 was long after I stopped going to Grossinger's, k. Moved to Los Angeles in '74. Visited Grossinger's in the '40s 'n '50s.