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“Hotel Spokesman” Triumphs Over Common Sense

In Tuesday's New York Post, a "hotel spokesman" lets us in on why workers trashed Dylan's room.  He Dylanroom claims the destruction was meant to shore up an unstable wall!  Excuse me for being cynical, but how, exactly, is beating a wall with sledgehammers supposed to shore it up?  Were the workers surprised when, instead of being strengthened, the wall came tumbling down?  How much are we paying this rocket scientist of a "hotel spokesman"?

Other coverage of recent events:
Post Chronicle, The Money Times, curbed.com, timesoftheinternet.com, gothamist.com, gothamist.com, contactmusic.com, curbed.com,curbed.com, hotelchatter.com, New York Post, Fox News, UPI, NBC News, rockinsights.com

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11 responses to ““Hotel Spokesman” Triumphs Over Common Sense”

  1. post apocalypse Avatar
    post apocalypse

    thats a lot of nonsense, first of all. as someone who is very familiar with the aparment i can say the wall they destroyed was in no way ‘unstable’. nor is the wall anywhere near the kitchen or bathroom that they took out permits to renovate. more lies.

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  2. Flack Avatar
    Flack

    The press media, until recently, was the Hotel Chelsea’s best friend. Now management lies to the press at will (The Post), ejects the press from the property (Fox TV), and extorts money from them (Vogue Magazine). Its a halfbaked strategy that is going to backfire big time.

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  3. Girl Next Door Avatar
    Girl Next Door

    A lot of coverage for this story — Outlaw Bloggers you’re still the #1 source for the straight dope around that nuthouse.

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  4. Miss H Avatar
    Miss H

    The new regime is full of shit, as usual. Did the prmits they obtained under false pretenses mention shoring up this wall, which by all accounts was pretty stable?

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  5. Falling Down Avatar
    Falling Down

    Maybe Tilley should take advantage of low air fare and scoot on back home (no…not to the State of New Jersey…) and start refurbishing the Tower of London or one of his own national treasures instead of wrecking those of ours that he clearly isn’t capable of understanding.

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  6. Sung to the Tune of Ray Stevens Avatar
    Sung to the Tune of Ray Stevens

    (Reporter):
    Hello, everyone, this is your Fox News reporter Toni Senecal with all the news that is news across the nation, on the scene at the world famous Chelsea Hotel. There seems to have been some disturbance here. Pardon me, sir, did you see
    what happened?
    (Witness):
    Yeah, I did. I’s standin’ right over there by the Star Lounge, and here this Andrew Tillley
    come, running in front door, past the Larry Rivers, right through the reception area,
    surounded by bodyguards, chasing an executive from Vogue. And I hollered over t’ Stanley, I said, “Don’t
    look, Stanley!” But it’s too late, Bard’d already been incensed.
    (Chorus)
    Here Tilley comes, look at that, look at that
    There Tilley goes, look at that, look at that
    And he’s holdin’ some Stop Work O’s
    Oh, yes, Krauss called him this Week
    Book me that, book me that
    He’s the fastest VP on two feet
    Book me that, book me that
    He’s just as proud as can be
    Of his Bob Dylan catastrophe
    The creep ain’t goin’ give us a peek.
    Oh, yes, Krauss called him this Week
    Book me that, book me that
    About wearing those blonde hair streaks
    How ’bout that, how ’bout that
    If there’s an audience to be found
    Tilley is sneakin’ around
    Invitin’ public critique

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  7. Avatar
    Anonymous

    They Call Him the Creep!

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  8. I'm OK, You're UK Avatar
    I’m OK, You’re UK

    Tilley, C’mon. That wall is on the opposite side of the unit from the bathroom. You can see the bathroom (pink tiles) in the photograph. Who are you kidding, mate?

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  9. Spot 'o Tilley Avatar
    Spot ‘o Tilley

    If he was planning all along to piss up our legs, Andrew Tilley should have had the deceny to offer a cup of tea

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  10. Anonymoose Avatar
    Anonymoose

    Ah the good old days.
    That was before people like Krauss, Elder, Travis, Tilley and Tamasar were even part of our vocabulary as Chelseaites.

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  11. CYA ASAP Avatar
    CYA ASAP

    God help whoever fudged those applications. Management is in CYA mode, they’ll hang their confederates out to dry and not lose a wink of sleep.

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