It seems that our fellow SRO tenants, the folks at the Riverview Hotel—to whom we lovingly bequeathed Glennon “Gigi” Travis —are getting a taste of what happens when you let these scoundrels get their hands on a Certificate of No Harassment: rampant construction resulting in rat infestation and no heat or running water. (And of course rude behavior, though that’s a given where Gigi is concerned.) It’s this sort of construction that’s designed to get rid of the remaining holdouts at the Riverview, and as such constitutes a form of harassment in itself. Think of what the Chelsea would be like if what was happening on one wing of our second floor – harassment targeting one outspoken tenant — were happening on several floors at once!
Congratulations are in order, however, to the folks of the Riverview for taking it to the streets, protesting—fittingly and somewhat hilariously—in front of the celebrity hash house, the Waverly Inn and in front of Born & Drukier's Bowery Hotel. Why should these real estate profiteers be allowed to hobnob with the hoi polloi when real New Yorkers have to come home to the living hell they’ve created? Why not let Leo and Gwyneth know where their money is going? We could probably take a page from their book and pay a visit to minority shareholder Marlene Krauss’s favorite eatery. I, for one, would relish the opportunity to lob a loogie or two into her watercress soup. An extra helping of the Special Sauce for you Marlene! — Ed Hamilton (Photo: curbed.com)
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11 responses to “Riverview Tenants Stick It To Greedy Hoteliers Where It Hurts”
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We are with you in spirit, Riverview Residents! Unite, and don’t give those owners, Glennon Travis or his spray-on tan a moment’s rest.
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Ha! I might make my own ‘Glennon Travesty’ sign and join that picket line! His malodor lingers still in the halls of the Chelsea. Speaking of which a rumor has it that it was Glennon’s idea to set off a stink bomb during an event earlier this year, and to blame it on tenants that he’d been trying to run out. Be careful Riverviewers! He gets up to some underhanded tricks.
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Eric Goode should have more sense. Wasn’t so long ago he was ‘merely’ a tenant like the rest of them and not an owner.
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A Hotel with boutique aspirations will not be able to deal with residents expressing their 1st amendment rights. It doesn’t fit into their overblown concept for the place, so Riverview Residents — be outspoken! Hang banners! Wear protest tshirts! Let management know!
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if the riverview folk can’t get relief of the problems that caused them to protest, they should all lawyer up and make sure they get every penny out of the elitist ownership in their buyout. thats the only language those guys understand, anyway
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Glennon Travis is a walking stink bomb, and Born and Drukier, Krauss and Elder, are all pond scum. Their era is over — thank God or whoever — but they don’t realize it yet.
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Riverview Tenants – Whatever you do don’t set off any stink boms and offend Glennon’s ‘preferred’ clientele. Resist the temptation!
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How hard would it be to make sure every security camera faces a BRING BACK THE BARDS sign? And how hard would it be to replace them whenever Tilley tears them down?
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I don’t envy the Riverview’s rat problem. Hate rats. Including Glennon. Its safer here at the Chelsea all we’ve got is our apartments filling up with toxic dust from David Elder’s illegal demolition work.
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Let me correct myself – we HAD our apartments filling up with toxic dust, UN-TIL inspectors from the DOB saved us with a Stop Work Order. Riverviewers, makes ure you use that 3-1-1 service – thats what they’re there for!
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Hey, Ed!
This is a hilarious piece. I know so little about saving a building, I could barely understand it!
It’s Kari from your Gorilla Lit reading a couple months ago at Bar on A, the woman writing the Hunter S. Thompson-Gone With the Wind inspired sci-fi novel.
Read The Legends of Chelsea Hotel you kindly signed for me and it’s incredible. Hopefully, the real estate stop in NYC will grant more life to the artists and ghosts of the Chelsea.
Carry on my wayward son!
Juanita D. Rockefeller and Co.LikeLike
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