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Category: Bard Family Ousted
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In a recent article by Chris Shott, Stanley Bard explains his loyalty to El Quijote, the Spanish restaurant located in the Hotel: "They run a nice, clean operation and times were so hard years and years ago in this city, and they stayed and they put in their own money to stay," explained former hotel…
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Things are getting very confusing around here. How in the world are we supposed to sort out these clues? First we received this e-mail from Director of Operations Arnold Tamasar on March 22, 2010: Ed, Although we did not get off to a great start I wanted to wish you all the best. The Hotel Chelsea will…
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Irish musician Ciaran Dwyer writes to the blog, "Recently i wrote a ballad that we will be including as a b-side on a 7" single that will be released in April (The song Back Disco from our record will be the A-side), Its an acoustic tune called "Chelsea Bards" and i have included a verse…
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Here is a two minute 40 second clip of a typical street scene in the early morning hours outside of the Star Lounge in the basement of the Chelsea Hotel. Here's another video from earlier in the evening. Check out the hot girls. I must be getting old, but don't some of those girls…
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Black Blair Warldorf gives us the inside dope on what goes on at Star Lounge on a typical night. Gee, sounds like the newly repaired cast iron landmark railing is already endangered. My hand is soooo swollen and so is my knee. I kicked in a storefront window and my leg popped….smh….alcohol is the devil about…
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The bad situation at the Star Lounge, where fights have been spilling out into the street for months, has finally reached crisis proportions. In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 20, Chelsea Hotel residents were kept awake for several hours by constant yelling and screaming as at least three fights broke out in front…
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Due to continued interest in David Elder’s harebrained scheme to open two bars in the Chelsea Hotel lobby—one in Stanley’s office and the other behind the front desk(!?)—and maybe an Argentinean restaurant somewhere or other in the hotel, we felt it was time to give our readers a summary of what has occurred: On January…
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Mike Skall, an adopted Chelseaite weighs in with his take on the struggle to save the last outpost of Bohemia. May more like him rise from the ashes of the Chelsea's burned-out junky soul. Click on the banner to play Chelsea Hotel #9. Chelsea Hotel #9 (Bard Mix Demo) Chelsea Hotel #9 – 2009 Michael Skall Hey Artie…
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Noel Ashman today swore up and down to a reporter from dnainfo.com that he wasn't planning on opening anything in the Chelsea Hotel. That's funny, since why else would his name be on the liquor license for Star Lounge which is in the Chelsea Hotel. Furthermore, we were at a community board meeting just last…
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The present, illegitimate, management this week began demolition/“renovation” in room 614 of the National and City Landmark Chelsea Hotel. This is the room where the great Arthur Miller lived in the 1960s, and where he penned his play “After the Fall.” The room is virtually unchanged from the time when Miller lived there, and contains many…
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