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Category: Bard Family Ousted
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One of the ex-employee’s allegations in Arthur Nash’s personal injury lawsuit against the hotel [Arthur Nash, plaintiff vs. David Elder, Chelsea 23rd St. Corp., BD NY Hotels, LLC, Charles Ferri, et. al., before the Supreme Court of the State of New York] is that manager Arnold Tamasar sent him on personal errands during work hours. …
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The personal injury lawsuit of Arthur Nash vs. David Elder, Chelsea 23rd St. Corp, BD NY Hotels, et. al. is getting more interesting every day. In an attempt to avoid being served in the case, Elder, who was once so proud of being owner, vice president, and manager of the Chelsea, is now claiming that…
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While the writers of Courtney Love's blog, What Courtney Wore Today, clearly support David Bard in his bid to reclaim the Chelsea Hotel Courtney Love seems to have a thing for Andre Balazs — we think: hmmmm…. We vote Mr. Bard. Clc just tells us “Its entirely unrelated. I have my own property adventures to…
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Current General Manager Arnold Tamasar has told multiple tenants that Tristar Capital, headed by former cab driver David Edelstein, has bought the Chelsea, reportedly for significantly less than Madoff-victim Marlene Krauss’s asking price. Condos to come. Meetings with the hotel staff have been called to inform them that a new management team will be taking…
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Our illustrious proprietor Stanley Bard, ousted from his mangement role along with his son David, in 2007 has recently announced publicly that he is willing to buy out the other Chelsea Hotel shareholders. This is the best news that the beleaguered Chelsea Hotel and its residents could possibly hope for. Our only question is, what's…
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Does Cara Buckley's article in the NYTimes (12/8/10) get it right on the money? Are we really going to go "quietly into the night?" Is this the end of the line for the Chelsea Hotel's famous spirit of non-conformity and resistance? Even if Michael Musto is right that our "legend has been slowly evaporating," has it…
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Looks like the Chelsea Hotel's new management has licensed the hotel's image for commercial purposes. As appalling as this is, as well as injurious to the Chelsea Hotel's reputation, we suppose they have the legal right to do this. On the other hand, one question that springs to mind is whether the artists whose work…
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This entire place has become a parody of itself, i.e., faux, why not the signs?
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Good news for 23rd Street & West 4th St! Noel Ashman, who was attempting to take over Star Lounge from Charles Ferri, only to be thwarted in his pursuit of a liquor license, was recently rumored to be ready to seize the venerable Fedora Restaurant on W. 4th Street. However, it appears that he didn't…
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