Theories abound as to why the Chelsea Hotel management removed a panel from the historic landmarked balcony on Monday and replaced it with a generic black iron plate. Now the NY Times reports that "… inspectors and engineers have visited more than 530 buildings across the city to determine whether the property owners maintained the exterior of their buildings, including balconies,..” The article goes on to say that buildings are required to inspect their balconies every 5 years and report the inspection to DOB. Was the inspection something that fell through the cracks during all of the recent managment upheavel? In any event they better replace the panel soon or else the Chelsea Hotel will have another Landmark violation on their hands to go with the inappropriately repaired railing on the Star Lounge stairwell.
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2 responses to “Was the Chelsea Hotel Caught in a DOB Sweep?”
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I thought the same thing when I read that article in the Post. Notice that they don’t list the buildings involved. Or is Tamasar dismantling the Hotel Chelsea chunk by chunk?
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Granted, there’s little for New Management to do but twiddle their idle thumbs, but one would hope they don’t plan to strip corrosion-proofing paint from 125 year old cast iron. That would be a landmark disaster in the making.
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