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  • Art Group Mistakenly Believes it is Fighting Recession

    The upcoming art show in the old Capitol Fishing Tackle storefront is being sponsored by a group called “No Longer Empty” which has the laudable goal of addressing two problems caused by the recession: empty retail spaces and the collapse of the art market.  What they don’t seem to realize is that the Capitol space…

  • Hotel Chelsea Concierge Newsletter Available Online And In The Lobby

    Helpful hints and interesting trivia courtesy of the Hotel Chelsea Concierge Newsletter. Updated weekly!

  • SPIN – CONTROLS – R – US

    Oh, so now according to the Chelsea Hotel official website Nadia donated the painting to the Hotel.  (Does this mean the Hotel is back to being a non-profit organization?) I see!  So sorry for the misunderstanding!  Heads up Elder, when you try to do spin control don't link to the offending truthful story.   Related Coverage: Mark L. Young Stops…

  • Arthur Nash’s BBB Banner Rejected From Art Show at Capitol Fishing Tackle

    Well, the worst has finally happened: though it had hung in one form or another for two years, tenant activist Arthur Nash’s BRING BACK THE BARDS banner was removed from the hotel’s façade at approximately 8:45 this morning. Kinda-sorta manager Arnold Tamasar did the honors in person, as a police officer and a security guard…

  • Did David Elder “PLAY” Chelsea Now?

    Check out the excellent and hilarious story in Chelsea Now’s Buzz column this week (not yet online), wherein tenant activist Arthur Nash alleges that artist Nadia Bertrand “played” the newspaper by claiming that minority shareholder David Elder gave her a month’s free rent in exchange for two paintings. We have a bit to add to…

  • “TALLY BROWN: NEW YORK”

    Rosa Von Praunheim, the director of "TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK," is in town. He will be showing his film at the Anthology Archives this Saturday, June   6th.  Former Chelsea Hotel resident Ching ho Cheng is in this film. TALLY BROWN was a bohemian artist and underground star living in New York. She starred in some…

  • Expect Delays: 2 of 3 Elevators Out-of-Order

    Must not be any guests in the hotel.  How else to explain the decision to take two elevators off-line for repairs on the same day!  Obviously the needs of the staff — how are they supposed to do their jobs? — and the permanent residents don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy…

  • Artists Worldwide: Stand By The Bards

    An open letter to the artists planning to participate in the June 18 show in the former Capitol Fishing Tackle storefront at the Chelsea Hotel: Although some of you may not know this, the Capitol Fishing Tackle is Manhattan’s oldest bait & tackle shop, and had called the Chelsea Hotel home since 1954.  Sadly, in August…

  • The Conspiracy of Beards: A Leonard Cohen Cover Band

    The Conspiracy Of Beards, a men's choir from San Francisco who sing the songs of Leonard Cohen, sing "Chelsea Hotel #2" on the PATH train from New Jersey to New York, until the conductor orders the videographer to put the camera away.

  • Chelsea Hotel Kinda-Sorta Manager Arnold Tamasar Not To Be Outdone by Failed Chelsea Hotel Manager David Bernstein

    Guess who’s tweetin now?  Don’t be fooled by imitations.  Figure it out, if you can.  There is only one real live Chelsea Hotel twitter feed. You decide who you’d rather follow. Cavet Emperor. twitter.com/hotelchelsea twitter.com/TheChelseaHotel twitter.com/THECHELSEAHOTEL twitter.com/THEHOTELCHELSEA Why is this last one screaming at us? Maybe it’s really Marlene Krauss over there tweeting.