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  • BD Invites Residents to Check Out

    Yes, we’ve got a request, bring back the Bards.  Some of our fellow residents got surprises in their box this month.  Instead of an invoice, they got letters in their boxes informing them they are expected to check out.  Even though you may not have been here for long if you have lived here for…

  • Confusion Reigns at the Chelsea: Even the U.S. Mail is No Longer Sacred

    Tuesday afternoon there was a sign in the Chelsea Hotel elevator: TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT BD HOTELS IS NO LONGER THE MANAGING AGENT OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL.  ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DAVID ELDER, OFFICE OF THE MANAGER.       I went downstairs to see what it was all about…

  • Ways to Help The Chelsea Hotel Community

         Did you keep a souvenir from your stay at the Chelsea?  For many of you, even if you only stayed a short time, you may have fond memories and you may have saved a souvenir.  Now those souvenirs could help us keep the Chelsea as it is and avoid having BD turn it…

  • A Reign of Confusion

    All of the residents of the Chelsea received this notice in their mail box today.  TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION please be advised that BD Hotels is no longer the managing agent of the Chelsea Hotel.  All inquiries should be directed to David Elder, Office of the Manager. I asked Glendon, the new director of operations…

  • Linda Troeller’s Atmosphere

    Linda Troeller’s new memoir, Atmosphere was recently featured in the Village Voice and the New York Times.  Linda has lived at the hotel since 1994 and her book documents the period from her arrival until 2006. In an interview in Chelsea Now Linda calls her work "an artistic interpertation of the atmosphere of the Chelsea."…

  • Sign Sign Everywhere a Sign

    1. Casebeer, Joe & Tosh checked in. 2. BD Hotels got tacky. 3. Casebeer & Joe got rowdy. 4. David Edler got a sign. 5. The missing rosettes were mourned. 6. The original "Bring Back the Bards" banner reached a milestone. 7. Check out the "Bring Back the Bards" flickr pool for photos from around…

  • Bartleby the Scrivener vs. Klingon Death Rays

         The article in The New York Observer devotes several paragraphs to the claim that Stanley is a bad businessman.  Mainly, it’s board member Marlene Krauss – Harvard MBA in case you missed that – who is taking Stanley to task:  “Frankly, it’s time that somebody watched what Stanley is doing.”      Somebody…

  • Piri Thomas Weighs In: The Trustees Have Been Doing Us Dirty

      The Village Voice spoke to writer Piri Thomas about his dealings with Hotel Chelsea layabout David Elder. Here’s what he had to say: When reached at his California home, Thomas—who is battling his step-son David Elder, the man who residents say orchestrated the boardroom coup that ousted hotel lifeblood and long-time hotel manager Stanley…

  • The New York Observer: Nasty Checks Into the Hotel

    An article in today’s issue of The New York Observer spotlights the recent changes at the hotel.  Mr. Bard’s right. This place is nuttier than ever.  Marlene Krauss, once again, points out that she attended Harvard Business School and therefore knows everything there is to know about running a business.  No quotes from Elder, but…

  • Jerry Weinstein Gives One of His Famous Tours

    The public loves the Chelsea but they don’t love corporate hotels.  Can you imagine this sort of tour being given at the so called Pod Hotel or any other of BD’s glorified flophouses.  The public like the hotel because it’s old and quirky and genuine.  There’s no place else like it on earth.  There’s a…