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  • Bettina Says You Don’t Have to be Jewish to be Holy

    Bettina sends this cabbage flower to all the good people of the Chelsea Hotel!  And wishes everyone a Happy New Year.  (It’s also Betinna’s birthday).

  • To Slash or Not To Slash

    Born & Drukier have trumpeted the fact that they have achieved the Chelsea’s high occupancy rate without slashing rates.  But on the Chelsea Hotel website we see once again that they are advertising rooms for the bargain basement price of $119.00  a night, which I probably don’t need to tell you, is the lowest seen…

  • Bloody British Wanker Denied Life Giving Water at Chelsea

         We reported earlier about how BD Hotels was slashing rates on some of the rooms, but it appears they are making their money back by cutting out essential services.  The following is from a column in The Guardian by Russell Brand.  Is this guy joking or what?  Sometimes it’s hard to tell with…

  • Even The Tiny Netherlands is Watching

    We received the following comment and questions from a Dutch reporter:I am a dutch reporter for the magazine HP/De Tijd. I am following this daily blog because of the change at the Chelsea. A new management has been installed since June. There are a lot of rumours going around in the papers, television and even…

  • Author of Ash Wednesday Stalked by Gawker

    Ethan Hawke’s NY1:One on 1 interview which was taped in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel aired last week.  As you may recall, while Hawke was here to shoot the interview he took the time to question the new management about their intentions.  Hawke talks about his sighting at the Chelsea as reported by Gawker…

  • A Busy Barrister at the Chelsea Roofland

    Historian Sherill Tippins once again steps up to the plate to provide Legends with invaluable information about the early history of the Chelsea.  She seems to be the only one in existance who knows this stuff, and we all owe her a debt of gratitude for dragging it back from obscurity into the light of…

  • Trash Culture at the Chelsea

    Our illustrious proprietor Stanley Bard paid a visit to the hotel last Thursday, and apparently decided to take the opportunity to do some house cleaning.  I was across the street dining at the Pita Hut when I noticed several of my Bohemian comrades from the Chelsea going through the boxes of trash that had accumulated on…

  • John Vanderslice Follows in the Grateful Dead’s Footsteps

    http://www.brightcove.com/playerswf Legend has it that on August 10, 1967 the Grateful Dead played a concert on the roof of the Chelsea Hotel.  Flash forward 40 years and check out this concert by San Francisco singer/songwriter John Vanderslice.

  • A Real Chelsea Commercial

         We came home Wednesday to find the block in front of the Chelsea lined with movie trucks.  Inside, they’d put down cardboard to protect the marble floor of the lobby.  It was impossible to get an elevator, and upstairs, we found that the movie people had commandeered four floors, including ours.     Hmmmm,…

  • The Signs They Are A-Changin’

    A bevy of new signs have sprung up on the facade of the Chelsea Hotel.  Although they seem to be the work of the same culprit they come from many different sources.  We would only suggest that any future banner makers check with their dictionary or spellchecker before executing their work.  Nevertheless it’s the thought…