Today marks the three-year anniversary of the shameful ouster of the Bard family.  Although the Chelsea Hotel is presently in disarray, we feel confident that plumber’s daughter Marlene Krauss’ reign of failure will soon be over.  While the Bard family showed a profit year after year, since their ouster the hotel has been loosing money hand over fist.  Rooms sit empty and un-renovated, or are Caseandjoe rented for peanuts over the internet to clueless tourists with no sense of the hotel’s proud tradition.  The only tenants remaining in the retail stores are those that the Bards brought in, as no business person in his or her right mind would rent from Krauss and partner-in-slime David Elder.  Most recently, Elder, who fled to California under cover of darkness, has been excavating the basement in a desperate attempt to find  Piri Thomas’ money.  Good luck with that.  Meanwhile, despite new manager Tamasar’s new round of eviction proceedings, there’s still no boutique hotel and plenty of permanent residents left.  The dedicated activists of the Chelsea Hotel continue to fight for the return of the Bard Family.  For those keeping score at home, the card now reads:

 

BD Hotels & Glennon “Gigi” Travis8 months

Andrew “Picadilly” Tilley7 months
David Elder – 13 months

Arnold "crapper czar" Tamasar – 1 month and counting down to blast off

Stanley Bard – 50 Years

 

Two year timeline is here:

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8 responses to “Chelsea Hotel Still Standing (Barely) On Three-Year Anniversary of Bard Ouster”

  1. Michel Bouchet Avatar

    spent 6 nights at the chelsea a month ago, never again ! poor service and rude people at the desk .

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  2. Mirjam Avatar
    Mirjam

    Not all tourists are clueless ;-). Some of us actually love the place as much as the residents do, even though we don’t live there permanently.

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  3. Elderburied Avatar
    Elderburied

    Happy Birthday Stanley!
    Thank you for this fine article. I agree with everything that you’ve said. This hotel has little resemblance to what it was when the Bards were here; it’s a shell of it’s former self due to the greed and stupidity of Elder and Kraus. The only thing that is clear is that they don’t know what they are doing.

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  4. Sherill Avatar
    Sherill

    Only three years? It seems like forever.

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  5. Poppy Avatar
    Poppy

    I lived at the Chelsea for a time in 1991…remarkable place…pure magic.
    Bring back the Bards…or I’ll NEVER go back again.

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  6. former tenant Avatar
    former tenant

    I’m pretty sure the Bard family own the hotel or are the majority shareholders. If the management over the past three years is as bad as you say, and the bottom line is money then who, or what, is stopping the return of the Bards? surely the publicity surrounding such a return would generate enough buzz to keep the hotel filled for the next three years. If money’s what you’re after then Bring Back the Bards!

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  7. john Avatar

    I stay chelsea in 2 days,services and food is very nice. thank you for chelsea.

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  8. The Ghosts Avatar
    The Ghosts

    Agree, former tenant, the best moneymaking policy now would be to bring back the Bards. The publicity would be priceless, and I’m sure an honorable exit can be arranged for the two minority shareholders if they do the honorable thing now and return the hotel to its proper stewardship.

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