Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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“The new generation of bands, they’re all nice boys,” chirps a boutique hotel owner (“Just Call Our Band the Model Guests,” David Brown, New York Times, 11/25/07). Articles such as this appear from time to time–obviously based heavily on press releases from the hotel industry—trumpeting the end of hotel-trashing behavior. For you see, the guys…
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For our Japanese readers, be sure to tune in to Sekaigumi TV #9 tonight (November 28 – Fuiji TV Network) for a documentary on the Chelsea. A full hour long, this film, focuses on the history of rock music associated with the Chelsea, profiling Sid and Nancy, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, etc.,…
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Glennon finally got a clue and took his Myspace page down. But just because Glennon wouldn’t be our friend on myspace doesn’t mean that his friends don’t want to be our friends. Quite the contrary they have much to tell us about Glennon and his various peccadilloes. One of Glennon’s friends shot us an e-mail…
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When we got back from our Thanksgiving Holiday, the first thing we heard – before we even got through the door of the hotel actually – was an outpouring of resident appreciation for Chris Shott’s Observer article about the Chelsea’s supposed manager, 26 year old Glennon Travis. Certainly it is a must read…
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Wow, talk about an unrevealing interview (Hotel Chelsea by Brendon Lemon, Interview, 11/07). Though it’s good to hear from majority owner and former hotel manager Stanley Bard, and to see that he’s still upbeat and optimistic and hasn’t let his ouster get him down, he doesn’t say anything we haven’t heard before, and…
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According to an article in the City Review (Edward Short, 11/16/07), Ashcan painter John Sloan didn’t give a damn when NYU tossed him out of the old Judson Hotel at 53 Washington Square South. He just packed up and moved to the Chelsea Hotel. Also, according to the article, he didn’t care that the old…
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If you’re visiting the blog for the first time because you saw the segment on Channel 7 Eyewitness News this morning, welcome. I’m sure you’ll find much of interest here, including updates on what has transpired since the beloved Stanley Bard was ousted as manager over the summer. In a nutshell, the long term…
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At least two of these memos and maybe more have appeared on doors at the hotel this week. Just because Marlene Krauss, Harvard MBA, says that you only have three days (or in this case until the 20th since it seems like Marlene doesn’t know how to count) to pay doesn’t mean squat. We believe…
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Last night when I arrived home the lobby was filled with junk – lights, cables, trunks, cameras, you name it—and people running around this way and that. All of the seats in the lobby were taken by extras or whoever and even Stanley’s office had been commandeered. I went to get on an elevator. Sorry…
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Well the hotel really isn’t full but at least the e-mail server is full. Maybe that is what BD is talking about when they are claiming 100% occupancy. Check out the following letter: I tried to email the Chelsea today to arrange my trip on my grant money. I couldn’t decipher their new website *it’s…
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