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  • Meet the Man Behind the Memos

    While hotel layabout David Elder was back sleeping on the lobby couch the other day, at least one of our dark lords was hard at work, writing memos and giving orders designed to regiment and control our previously carefree Bohemian existence.  But just who is this larger-than-life figure who dares to take on the daunting…

  • Hotel Chelsea Beautification Campaign Kicksoff!

    All of the residents of the Hotel received a letter in their boxes late last week.  Though it sounds like they just want to clean out the trash, the halls of the Chelsea have always had a more casual, lived-in feel to them.  Some residents have turned the space outside their doors into pleasant little…

  • STILL UNWANTED

    A reader just sent in this photo snapped in the elevator earlier today. It appears the reward has changed!

  • HE’S BACK & STILL UNWANTED

    Things must have been really boring out in LA because our favorite Lovecraftian Abomination has returned to the Chelsea.  The judge has yet to rule on the Piri Thomas case so the saga continues. Halloween is upon us. Time of ghostly doings.  Will Sid & Nancy finally give him his just desert?

  • Chelsea Adopts Anti-Child Policy

    One of our fellow Chelsea Hotel residents received this bizarre and outrageous letter in her mailbox on Friday.  As you might infer from its wrinkled condition, this resident crumpled it in disgust and threw it into the trash, and that’s where we found it.  As, in addition to being an attempt to intimidate a particular…

  • Grand Ballroom Construction Labeled Illegal

    For undertaking work without a permit in the Grand Ballroom, the management of the hotel has been fined $250.00, according to a spokesperson at ECB (the hearing was held yesterday). Kudos to the Department of Buildings for showing up and taking an interest in what is going on in the Chelsea.  Obviously, the fine is…

  • Retail Tenants of Chelsea Hotel Come Under Fire

         According to an article in The Observer, rock-and-roll hairstylist April Barton’s rent on her salon, Suite 303, is being increased to a whopping $30,000 a month!  And she doesn’t even have a storefront.  Apparently BD (or their financial backers) thinks it can make more money renting the space nightly as a hotel room.…

  • Holy Moses. Johnny Craviotto Says NO MALL IN THE CHELSEA

    As a Drummer and Drum Builder to the stars, Johnny Craviotto has been involved in the music business for nearly half a century.  He began his professional playing career in the early 1960s and quickly progressed to touring and performing with such rock-and-roll legends as Ry Cooter, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Moby Grape, and Neil Young. Legends:…

  • New Application Process for Chelsea Hotel

    In the good ol’ days, if you wanted to live here, you just brought in your art portfolio and showed it to Stanley Bard.  Now the rules are less clear.  Here’s one strategy.  How about it BD? 

  • Who Will Remember The Shapshaks?

    UPDATE — According to a tipster, Jerry Weinstein has been told by NEW MANAGEMENT that he is no longer personally allowed to accept reservations. (Photo: AFP, Jerry a few days after the ouster.) I thought I had stepped into the twilight zone on Wednesday when I got home from work and didn’t recognize a single…