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Marlene Krauss & David Elder Pillage the Chelsea Hotel’s Heritage

Read more in "Knockin' on Dylan's Door" at The New York Post.

If you watched the Fox 5 News report on the destruction of Bob Dylan’s room last night, you may have noticed a slight error.  Toni Senecal said that the building isn’t landmarked, when in fact it is a NYC and National landmark.  (It was actually the very first building to become a NYC landmark back when the designation was established.)  What the filmmaker interviewed appeared to be saying was that the individual rooms are not landmarked, which is true.   Of course, Dylan’s room should have been landmarked, as it is the possibility of staying in the rooms of such icons that is one of the big draws of the Chelsea Hotel.  Nobody who would ever think to stay here gives a rats hiney about I-pod docking stations.

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4 responses to “Marlene Krauss & David Elder Pillage the Chelsea Hotel’s Heritage”

  1. Old & Crappy Avatar
    Old & Crappy

    Wow, I can’t believe the Hotel made Toni Senecal feel unwelcome. Also, I noticed that http://www.hotelchatter.com was asking their readers whether or not they would feel welcome staying at the Chelsea with all of the drama that’s going on around here.

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  2. Five-Oh Avatar
    Five-Oh

    I saw it also, it was quite a scene. I wonder who called the NYPD – Tilley or the Fox News crew?

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  3. Gina Avatar
    Gina

    The hotel makes everyone feel unwelcome these days…… Its pretty sad actually…..

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  4. Miss H Avatar
    Miss H

    Marlene Krauss, David Elder and Andrew Tilley are the most inhospitable hoteliers since Basil Fawlty, who at least had wit to redeem himself. If their utter incompetence wasn’t so tragic, it would be hilarious. It doesn’t matter how many I-pod docking stations, flat screen TVs, blah blah they put into the rooms, if they are lacking the most important quality in the hospitality business — warmth. They are all chilly people, and make others feel uncomfortable.

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