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  • Jobraith: One of Many Former Chelsea Hotel Rooftop Rockers

    Performing on the NBC show Midnight Special in 1974 during the peak of his career.

  • Rapper A.B.S. Stops by the Chelsea Hotel

    So what's up with this video ABS?  Since when does the Chelsea Hotel play second fiddle to the Eiffel Tower in a rap music video? 

  • The Burning Question at the Chelsea Hotel: Where’s Piri’s Money

    Nobody seems to be able to find the 1.2 million that David Elder hid from author Piri Thomas.  They gutted Bob Dylan’s room looking for it, but it wasn’t there.  Then they dug up the entire roof carting away the trees and soil and various potted plants and still there was neither hide nor hair…

  • Melanie Fiona Will Keep You Up All Night

    Here's the end result of that video shoot a few months back where the crew took over the west wing of the 7th and 8th floors and filmed until 3:30 in the morning on a Sunday.  What do you think?  Was it worth losing a night's sleep over?   You be the judge. Melanie Fiona – Give It…

  • Translator Needed

    Some Chelsea Hotel guests decided to get into the spirit of banner hanging pioneered by tenant activist Arthur Nash.  Here’s the result of their labors.  We don’t know what this means since we don’t speak Italian but assume it’s something along the lines of “Fight the Power” or “Stick it to the Man”.  In any…

  • Chelsea Beaver House A No Go

     Chelsea Hotel ’s recently launched website featured a lovely photo of a fetching young woman sprawled upon the famous staircase.  Having apparently either fallen or jumped or perhaps having just decided to take a rest.   The sexist nature of this photo led some of our blog readers to take exception.  For instance historian Sherill Tippins…

  • Benihana Architect Seeks to Renovate Chelsea Hotel Storefront. Are Times that Tough at Tabler?

    In answer to last week’s quiz: both the Hinckley Hilton and the Edison, New Jersey Benihana were designed by the architectural firm of William Tabler, who have now filed apermit application with the DOB to do $20,000 worth of work in the Capitol Fishing Tackle space.  Well, I guess it’s about damn time, as the…

  • Benihana Steak House vs Chelsea Hotel

    For those of you who didn’t guess the answer to our quiz question on Wednesday here is another hint.  The gentrified and suburbanized Chelsea neighborhood already has an Olive Garden and an Outback Steakhouse.  It’s high time we had a Benihana’s as well.  And maybe we’ll get a Red Lobster in the El Quixote space.   Viva…

  • Bring Back the Bards Campaign to Enter Neon Phase? Krauss & Elder Express Concern for Well Being of Tenant Arthur Nash

    Pictured below is the results of Chelsea Hotel minority shareholder's Krauss and Elder's ongoing campaign to squelch free speech at the Chelsea. DOB has issued a violation to the Hotel because the "Bring Back Stanley Bard" sign was attached to the balcony, which they're calling a fire escape.  Tenant activist Arthur Nash has this to say about the latest…

  • Hinckley Hilton vs Chelsea Hotel

    What do the Washington Hilton, the place where Hinckley shot Reagan, and the Chelsea Hotel have in common?  Care to hazard a guess?  Hint: it doesn’t have anything to do with Sid and Nancy, and it only came about recently.  Stay tuned to the blog for the answer.