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  • Glennon, We Hardly Knew Ye: A Recap of Glennon Travis’s Glorious Tenure at the Chelsea Hotel

    Glennon Travis, we hardly knew ye.  And it’s a shame too, but certainly the fact that board member Marlene Krauss, Harvard MBA, feels she has to come to the Chelsea Hotel to micromanage its operations, does not bode well for your job security.  Still, we have our memories, and what fond memories they are:  1. …

  • More Regulations Heaped on Hapless Bohemians

    We heard it through the grapevine that the Chelsea Hotel has a new policy now: for any sort of repair to be done on your room you must notify Glennon Travis in writing of the problem.  What we want to know is does this include when your toilet overflows or when you have a leaky…

  • Copy Cats, Copy Cats, Nyah Nyah Nyah!

    An aggrieved hipster writes: "Hi, Actually, "the Chelsea" is not based on the Chelsea Hotel in NYC. The name comes from the fact that the hotel is located on Chelsea Avenue in the "Chelsea" district of Atlantic City and in no part trying to be confused with or compared to the Chelsea Hotel. Just  because…

  • A Little Wet Behind the Ears

    If you happened to notice that the Chelsea Hotel did not have any water Saturday morning here’s the reason. The overhead sprinklers in No Stars Lounge erupted and flooded the basement.  The water had to be shut off throughout the building to turn off the sprinklers.

  • New “Chelsea” Can Kiss Old Chelsea’s Butt

    When I first heard of the new “Chelsea Hotel” (or is it just “the Chelsea” as it says on their sign?) opening in Atlantic City, I figured that sounded like a good place to move to once BD evicts us.  But on second thought, I’m sure it’s just another uptight place that would throw us…

  • Stanley Bard Speaks Out

    Hey BD, want to know how to sucessfully manage the Chelsea Hotel?  Listen to the man who was able to manage the hotel for 50 years. (Video interview with Stanley Bard originally shown at the Museum of the City of New York 4/4/08)

  • BD Gets Another “C” (They Deserve an “F”)

    The HPD building inspector paid another visit to Michele Zalopany’s leaking, mold-spotted apartment last week.  He was less than pleased to learn that the A & B Level violations he had previously cited had been ignored.  However, upon closer inspection, he discovered another C-level violation in her apartment.   Now BD will have to replace Michele’s…

  • Boutique Hotel Here We Come

    Check out this new "do not disturb" sign spotted hanging on a door on our floor.  It replaces those quirky ones we had before which said we were all busy working on our masterpieces.  In BD’s new world order there will not be any masterpieces created at this place.  

  • HPD Responsive to Chelsea Residents’ Concerns

         A couple of weeks after we reported on the sorry state of Michele Zalopany’s apartment – due to  leaks that BD wouldn’t repair – progress appears to have been made.  In particular, BD is now putting in a new floor in her kitchen.  Though we’d like to claim credit for the blog, it…

  • Pool Post Mortem

    UPDATE — Both Elevators Are Now Out of Service!  People are huffing and puffing up and down the stairs.  The Service Elevator is being overloaded with equipment for fashion shoots and will probably soon be out of service too! I didn’t get a chance to check out the Pool Art Fair which took up most…