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Older Resident Shows Spunk

I suppose by now everyone in the building has heard rumors of the recent incident in which an older lady – we’ll call her Spunky—attacked a staff member with a broom.  Spunky was checking out the vacant room next to hers for signs of paranormal activity – a valid concern around here – when the staff member came in and ordered her out.  Bristling at what she perceived as a tone of disrespect; Spunky moved swiftly to teach him some manners.  Though intending a mere love-tap on his shoulder, the staff member unwisely moved his head in the way at the last moment, causing Spunky to brain him full on the noggin with her broom.

     Dazed, the staff member staggered off and called the cops, and soon they arrived five strong, to restrain the small woman.  Luckily, they decided not to arrest her. 
     The reason I bring this up is that it serves to demonstrate that many of our residents, especially the older ones, have needs that the new management must take special care to address with the sensitivity they deserve.  I think I’m safe in saying that Stanley Bard probably wouldn’t have allowed  the episode to come to that.  One of his main talents was in mediating such disputes as this. 

       In fairness, I must add that Spunky mentioned that the new desk manager (or whatever he his) Glennon was understanding when she talked to him after the fact.  Maybe there is some hope for this place after all.

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14 responses to “Older Resident Shows Spunk”

  1. Charles Dydzuhn Avatar
    Charles Dydzuhn

    As a former employee at the Chelsea Hotel. A life long resident of Chelsea, and A Lover of that Old Bitch of a Hotel and a Bard Family Fan, I find it really disconcerting that You All are fighting change.
    Stanley was the Ring Master for too long. The same people writing all this crap never gave David Bard a chance to make the changes necessary to help him and his Family continue their Legacy. The main culprit was and is Stanley and those who feed his massive ego.
    I have never worked for anyone I respect more than David Bard.I again Thank Him for giving me a chance to be a part of what he has done, quietly, in deference to his Dad,to reclaim this Monolith of History’s dignity.
    Charles Dydzuhn, Former Superintendent of the Chelsea Hotel

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  2. LP Avatar
    LP

    I respect your love for David Bard. Please respect our love for Stanley and all he created, and our deep suspicion and mistrust of the new regime who have demonstrated they care nothing for the spirit of the hotel. I do not respect your axe-grinding or characterization of the writing in this blog. Stew elsewhere.

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    Anonymous

    Wow, LP…maybe people don’t respect YOUR axe-grinding or characterization of the writing in this blog? Maybe YOU should go stew elsewhere. What, are you one of the two bloggers who run this hotel blog? Who died and left you the Judge over everyone else’s thoughts and opinions?
    David Bard SHOULD be in charge right now and his dad never really gave him the chance to take over like he was SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER. I think David is wonderful myself and happen to be in agreement with Mr. Dydzhun, who has the guts to write his FULL name, even after having been an employee of the hotel.
    And besides, he’s not saying kiss new management’s behind….he’s merely saying that change needs to happen and that it really shouldn’t have come to this. David should have been allowed the control his father promised him and that, had he had this chance, the situation wouldn’t be where it is today. He’s not saying he doesn’t think Stanley did great things for the hotel, but Stanley is very set in his ways.
    LP, get off your throne in the sky…you’re not God. People have the right to their opinion and they have the right to speak from personal experience and FACTS. Chill out!

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  4. Charles Dydzuhn Avatar
    Charles Dydzuhn

    To add the hot chilli to my stew,
    I’m only angry at the clowns still clutching at the Ringmasters coat-tails.
    I respect,and Yes, adore Stanley as much and more than most could fanthom.
    I left on good terms,I have no wish to return, I have nothing to gain, except setting it straight, as I see it, simply my opinion.
    I wonder if half the effort of bringing back the BARDS had been spent on helping David Bard in his endeavors to move the Chelsea Hotel into future could have been directed to making THE OLD BITCH as profound an oasis as we all feel it should be, these words would be mute.
    I believe that chance was wasted, and my cheap prose, won’t make a difference.
    Again just my opinion.
    David Bard should be brought back to run The Chelsea Hotel and a Grand portrait of Stanley Bard should be hung in his renovated office along with his library and an acknowledgement that He saved the Chelsea Hotel and allowed it to continue its wonderful legacy.

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  5. Charles Dydzuhn Avatar
    Charles Dydzuhn

    Bye the way LP, KISS MY ASS, and clean your apartment. Stew on that. I been in there!

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    Anonymous

    I truly do wish that David Bard and the other shareholders could come to an agreement regarding David’s managing the hot alongside new management. I think the two combined would be the best of both worlds. David would make sure that the character and spirit are protected, and hopefully the residents, and new management would make sure that the hotel is run more “properly” in regards to keeping records and handling the business side of things, including repairs, amenities, and hotel function (which you can imagine to be whatever you think of when you think of “regular” hotel).
    Sadly, I’m not sure if this could happen, but if both sides would wave the white flag and meet in the middle as true PARTNERS (despite the differing number of shares, it’s been decided on one vote per family on the board)…the legacy will live on and maybe even create a new legacy for the next generation.

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  7. LP Avatar
    LP

    No Name, The former employee who so clearly dislikes Stanley is entitled to his opinion. I am entitled to mine. It’s easy to infer the grudge in his post. You always take the side of those who criticize Stanley, yet claim to want Stanley back. My. Dydzuhn whatever’s remarks are okay by you, and evidently so are the insults from Krauss and Elder, but anyone who says anything remotely similar in tone about the new managers gets a pasting from you. Please note Mr. D’s civilized rejoinder (KISS MY ASS). Mr. D., you have never been in mmy apartment. It is clean as a whistle. No name, I am not one of the bloggers. Wrong again!

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    Anonymous

    which “No Name” are you speaking to, LP? There’s a few of us. I do NOT always take the side that criticizes Stanley, that’s just bull, and if you’d re-read and not selectively absorb the GOOD things I say about him, you’d know that.
    I will back whomever says something that’s true. Be it on Stanley’s side, be it on the other shareholders side… there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s being intelligent and realizing that there IS NO ONE SIDE TO THIS SITUATION! BOTH sides have valid points.
    That’s how I choose to respond to things, not from ignorance and childish taking of sides. It’s hard to take the side of something that can proved to be incorrect…at least for ME it is. With you, perhaps less so, but that’s your problem.
    You really don’t know anything about me or who I am (which is obvious from the things you say), but the situation still stands even though you and a handful of others seem to completely take the side of Stanley for, I assume, personal gain or reason that will benefit you. Makes sense. The problem is, there are too many facts that have been proven, apparently in court, and most residents know how things rolled here. I don’t know where you seem to live or hang out, but your blinders are amazing.
    And YES, guess what? I DO want Stanley and DAVID back! Can I say that despite knowing some of the reasons why he’s no longer managing the place- absolutely!!!! I don’t really give a damn if you believe that or not but at least I’ve been truthful, even if I hate to admit some of the facts.
    Obviously, this blog has not gotten the Bards back in control and doesn’t seem likely to do so. I truly wish it had that power, but it’s highly unlikely. It’s gotten into a really stupid pattern of arguments that are based on people saying things that you can actually prove to be incorrect. How stupid. Check facts, ask around, state opinions and if others have differing ones and give examples, well…there ya go. It’s obvious that with certain things, there ARE right and wrong. The rest, personal opinion, which we all are entitled to.
    Again, the name calling stuff, really, PLEASE, grow up and be civil.

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  9. LP Avatar
    LP

    Why don’t you practice what you… oh never mind.
    Here’s another key difference between our points of view: I don’t believe both sides have valid points. The point of the minority shareholders are only valid if you take a legal, corporate view of things, which is not the universe the Chelsea has traditionally resided in. As for facts, as has been repeated much here it is hard to quantify everything Stanley did for his residents, for the culture, for the world in his many years of long days working at the Chelsea Hotel while the other partners were… where? Doing what? Any true Chelseaite knows that all facts are merely suggestions and the real reality is nothing like the one most people believe. By appearances, I think you believe that version of “reality” most people choose to believe. Maybe I’m wrong.
    Fine if you do. That’s your choice, and it is a choice. Just keep in mind, even if only in the back of your mind, that of the the so-called “facts” get nowhere near the truth. After all my Chelsea Hotel years, i say unequivocally that the truth of Stanley’s hotel is much more profound, human and real than these minority partner’s could be. They’d have to plaster a lot of cracks to even register on the meter.
    No, I don’t know who you are. Maybe we ride the elevator together all the time. But your constant hint hinting made me sort of indifferent to knowing. I have only your posts to go on and respond to which is what I am doing.

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  10. Miss H Avatar
    Miss H

    Yes yes, LP!
    Excuse me, Nameless person, but what “gain” or “benefit” do you think most of us can expect if Stanley comes back? If by personal gain you mean a sense of satisfaction and pleasure in knowing that people we love, the Bards, are restored to their rightful place, then yes, we will gain. If you mean the sense of relief and hope that would come in knowing that the outlaw boho hotel hasn’t become a victim of the massive corporatization of the world, again, we would gain in that respect. But if you are talking of some material benefit, that just shows how out of touch you are with the Chelsea spirit. You just don’t get it, and neither do these people who have come in and taken over. That’s sad. Personally, I have no material gain at stake here. I don’t live there and have no hope of living there again. But as I said before, I don’t want to live in a world where Stanley’s hotel doesn’t, can’t, exist.

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  11. Miss H Avatar
    Miss H

    Yes yes, LP!
    Excuse me, Nameless person, but what “gain” or “benefit” do you think most of us can expect if Stanley comes back? If by personal gain you mean a sense of satisfaction and pleasure in knowing that people we love, the Bards, are restored to their rightful place, then yes, we will gain. If you mean the sense of relief and hope that would come in knowing that the outlaw boho hotel hasn’t become a victim of the massive corporatization of the world, again, we would gain in that respect. But if you are talking of some material benefit, that just shows how out of touch you are with the Chelsea spirit. You just don’t get it, and neither do these people who have come in and taken over. That’s sad. Personally, I have no material gain at stake here. I don’t live there and have no hope of living there again. But as I said before, I don’t want to live in a world where Stanley’s hotel doesn’t, can’t, exist.

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    Anonymous

    Sorry Miss H, as much as I respect what you say and actually feel the same way about Stanley, it’s YOU who isn’t grasping what personal gain I’m speaking of and it’s really pointless to bother debating. I’ve lived here quite a long time and know how people are here. They are good people, but again, I KNOW how they think. The personal gain I speak of isn’t material in any way other than their apartments and rents. I DO know the Chelsea spirit and am FAR less out of touch than people who don’t live here seem to be.
    I wish that we could go back in time and have some better agreement decided upon by the courts. Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s about to happen and that it a rotten thing. David Bard belongs in charge right now. He should be working alongside new management at the very least. How this could eventually happen, I don’t know, but it’s what SHOULD happen. If new management has to remain, then old management should still have their place as well.

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  13. Miss H Avatar
    Miss H

    That’s why I asked, because I was trying to figure out what sort of personal gain you were speaking about. It wasn’t so long ago that I lived there and I have visited many times since i left. I am still in touch with many people there, so I am not so out of touch with the spirit of the place. Most of the people protesting would, in my opinion, be protesting even if they’d left the place and gone elsewhere. Maybe one or two just want to keep their rent deal, but then, couldn’t an argument be made that they’d be more likely to ingratiate themselves with new management than to protest in that case?

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    Anonymous

    To set it straight again; I worked with Stanley, I respect, and Love Him in a way only those who worked for and with him will ever understand.
    I feel the same admiration for His Son David. I left of my own accord and wish ney-sayer’s would resist twisted anylization of my words.
    I wrote this before I resigned. Maybe a few of you should accept partial blame for not allowing David to do what was needed to prevent this drastic change to your little enviorment.
    OLD CHELSEA HOTEL
    What kept it unique
    Was its uncivilized vibe-
    An anti-societal artistic enclave.
    History, notoriety,
    A notion of shared exsistance.
    To repose with its ghosts
    Pilgrims of difference dreamed.
    Neglect, Antipathy, Dereliction,
    Gentrification.
    Thought iron and stone survive
    Its soul has met its demise.
    The ghosts have gone-
    New inspiration can’t afford
    To stay here no more.
    C.D. 2006

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