The enclosed phone booths in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel represent some of the last remaining booths in the city. Not only are they historic, they are cool, and serve a useful purpose. Chelsea Dynasty has announced that the two enclosed phone booths in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel will be removed sometime in the next two months when the construction begins on the first floor. Management indicated that the booths will be saved as historic artifacts and perhaps reinstalled at some future time. We certainly hope that this is the case. No mention of what will happen to the mobile which hangs above the booths.
The removal of the booths presents a problem for the tenants who use the phones on a regular basis. One solution proposed by management is to provide low-cost outward bound calls from the in-room house phones for individuals who depend upon the phones located in the lobby.
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2 responses to “Chelsea Hotel Phone Booths to be Removed by Chetrits”
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The continuing rape of the Hotel Chelsea…I was there last Sunday and it was the FIRST time in my life I couldn’t walk in the lobby…
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i have photos of my nephew in this phone booth from the time he was 2 moths old until the closing when he was 5. we stayed at the chelsea hotel every time he came to visit me in the city. it was our special place. when i say “where do i remember you well” to him he says “in the chelsea hotel”. this makes me so sad. it makes him so sad. we will miss your special place.
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