Living with Legends

Hotel Chelsea Blog

recent posts

about

Category: Hotel Chelsea

  • The Sins of Former Chelsea Hotel Manager Andrew Tilley

    Though he could never hope to surpass the sterling record of BD Hotel's Glennon "gigi" Travis, Andrew Tilley accomplished much in his short tenure at the Chelsea Hotel: Testified against a tenant at a DHCR hearing,Enforced Marlene Krauss and David Elder's plan to evict tenants,Plotted to send Storme Delarverie to a nursing home,Dismissed three long-term…

  • Chelsea Hotel Residents Rejoice at Manager Andrew Tilley’s Resignation!

    Tireless tenant activist Arthur Nash reacts immediately to the good news of Andrew Tilley’s departure!  This is a great victory for the beleaguered  tenants and staff of the Chelsea Hotel.

  • “I Want My Balls Back!”

    With that primal yawp of pain, Chelsea Hotel General Manager Andrew Tilley handed in his resignation last week.  No word as to when Mistress Marlene Krauss plans to relinquish the family jewels.  Anyway, if you're keeping score at home, the score card reads: Andrew Tilley — 7 months Glennon "Gigi Travis" – 8 monthsSTANLEY BARD —…

  • Prepared To Be Enlightened: WBAI To Host One Hour Chelsea Hotel Special

    Join WBAI FM Sunday, Feb. 1 at 11:00 a.m. (99.5FM) for a program on the current Landlord- Tenant crisis at the famed Chelsea Hotel.  The one hour discussion hosted by Janet Coleman will feature: Producer and current resident Scott Griffin, Producer and former tenant Jen Gatien (of the Abel Ferrara documentary "Chelsea on the Rocks"), Journalist Chris Shott (of The New York…

  • Crap on 23rd Street: Russell Brand Pronounces Judgment on the Chelsea

    In his new book, Articles of Faith, Russell Brand has this to say about the Chelsea Hotel : “They may as well dispense with the toilet and the building; they could just have a bell hop stand in the street and charging you $200 a night to crap in the gutter and snuggle up with…

  • Our Readers Demand Answers, And They’ve Got Some Tough Questions

    We receive a lot of e-mail around here and we love hearing from our readers, but currently we don't have time to respond to each individual e-mail.  Perhaps other tenants and readers could help us out by providing replies via the comment box.  Thanks.  Here's a few of the e-mails we received this week: I enjoy reading your blog.   Before I moved…

  • Who Killed Nancy? Did Anyone Bother Asking Stanley?

    According to this new documentary, Who Killed Nancy? by Alan G. Parker, neither Sid Vicious nor Rockets Redglare was the killer of the nauseating one.  Instead, Parker fingers a shadowy blond-haired Brit from the 6th floor of the Chelsea Hotel, known only as “Michael.”  Who is this Michael, and what has become of him?  He could…

  • Out With The Old, In With Ikea!

    Here are some antique Chelsea Hotel doors that Andrew Tilley threw out on the street.  No doubt Stanley Bard was keeping them around in case any of the doors of the Hotel needed to be replaced.   If ever there was proof that the new management doesn’t respect the history of the Chelsea Hotel this is…

  • Tenant Scott Griffin Discusses Landlord/Tenant Issues at the Chelsea Hotel

    Live — on WBAI FM  Go to WBAI.org and click on "Listen Live" — Now Playing!  If you miss this live broadcast the show will be archived.

  • Hey Dude, Where’s my Security Deposit Interest?

    We just thought of something, the Hotel owes us interest on our security deposits.  In all of the time we’ve lived at the Chelsea Hotel we have never received any interest.  We would like, (and I’m sure many other tenants would like as well) some accounting of this money and of course to be paid.  …