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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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Commentor Deja vu writes in to remind us once again that the more things change, the more they remain the same: Hmmm, I've just been reading Florence Turner's book, "At the Chelsea." Here's what it says on page 12 about minority shareholder Marlene Krauss's father, one of Stanley's father's partners and co-owner of the hotel:…
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In Tuesday's New York Post, a "hotel spokesman" lets us in on why workers trashed Dylan's room. He claims the destruction was meant to shore up an unstable wall! Excuse me for being cynical, but how, exactly, is beating a wall with sledgehammers supposed to shore it up? Were the workers surprised when, instead of…
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Manager Arnold Tamasar really made legendary photographer Terry Richardson feel at home in the Chelsea yesterday. Richardson was doing a shoot for Vogue in a room at the Chelsea, when he thought he might like to have a shot or two looking into the room from the hallway. No problem, right? Especially when Vogue…
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The demolition of Bob Dyan’s room, 211, was carried out based on falsified permits, and far exceeded the scope of those permits in any event. Who do we blame? General Manager Andrew Tilley! Tilley will say that the falsified permits were applied for before he became manager, which is true, but the illegal “construction” occurred…
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Some of you may have received notices lately advising you not to use your fireplaces. Additionally, some people were reportedly told that the reason was that the fireplaces were initially gas burning and that they are going to be reoutfitted for gas. (Is that what happened to the fireplace in Bob Dyaln's room? Reoutfitted for…
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Unfortunately, Andrew Tilley’s corporate Visigoths, using a falsely obtained construction permit, have trashed Bob Dylan’s old room, 211, pulling down walls and ripping out a mantelpiece. The good news is that the Department of Buildings responded promptly when informed of this wanton destruction, determining that the “work” being done in 211 exceeded the scope of…
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Read more in "Knockin' on Dylan's Door" at The New York Post. If you watched the Fox 5 News report on the destruction of Bob Dylan’s room last night, you may have noticed a slight error. Toni Senecal said that the building isn’t landmarked, when in fact it is a NYC and National landmark. (It…
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There was a nice piece about the El Quijote in Chelsea Now last week, pointing out that the restaurant has been a fixture of the Chelsea Hotel family for 80 years, and celebrating it’s antique décor and affordable prices. Though the article, written by Dean P. Wrzeszcz, also notes that the El Q has 39…
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Be sure to watch Fox News tonight (12/4) at 10:00 p.m. They stopped by the Chelsea Hotel today to cover the on-going destruction of Bob Dylan's former home. We saw the camerman out in front of the hotel, and he was not being allowed to film and being told to move on. By the time the news…
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In case anyone wondered what we were talking about in our previous post about the Chelsea Hotel management falsifying construction permits, this should clarify matters. The pictures below were taken on Tuesday, after construction began in Bob Dylan's old room at the Chelsea Hotel (#211), where he lived in the 60s, writing "Sad Eyed Lady of…
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