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  • Happy Birthday to Chelsea Hotel Legend Stanley Bard

    Stanley Bard and his wife Phyllis celebrated Stanley's 80th birthday in style earlier this month by dining at El Quijote. Stanley said that one of his all time favorite dishes was El Quijote's Chicken Villeroy, but he ordered something different just to change it up on this particular occasion, looked like the Fish in Green…

  • Former Chelsea Hotel Part-Time General Manager David Bernstein’s Secret Blog

    Remember last May when Marlene Krauss fired Richard Born and Ira Drukier from managing the Chelsea Hotel. Allegedly, one of the reasons she fired them was because General Manager David Bernstein was never around.  So where the heck was he and what was he up to?  The answer can now be revealed.  He was busy…

  • Though Greed and Phony Demolition Win a Round in Court, Dan Peckham Remains a Hero to Tenants Everywhere

    New York Real Estate Legend Dan Peckham’s Appelate Court case against his landlord, Larry Tauber, was decided May 5, and, in a blow against tenants everywhere, Peckham lost (Peckham v. Calogero).  Later that day Tauber sent Peckham an e-mail message that said, “Tick-tock,” hinting that Peckham’s days in his rent stabilized apartment were numbered; Tauber…

  • A Star Is Born: Robby From The Pita Hut

    For those of you who didn’t know that Robby from the Pita Hut was a major talent, check out this hot video from the Rev. Billy Talen for Mayor campaign.  Go Robby!

  • Jumpin Butterballs! They’re Trying to Tear Down the Marx Brother’s Home

         Jumpin’ Butterballs! You might think you’re in the Marx Brother’s movie “Room Service” around here, the way the bumbling, incompetent management keeps trying to evict the struggling artists (some things never change), but at least no one has seriously proposed demolishing the Chelsea.  But the childhood homoe of Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo doesn’t…

  • The New Faux-SRO Trend

         The faux-diner has been popular for years, since, once greedy landlords ran all of the real diners off adventurous yuppies craved a return to that “real New York” dining experience.  And now that most all of the residential hotels have been cleared out, their tenants scattered to the wind, up pops the faux-sro.  To…

  • Rumblings from the Chelsea Hotel’s Law Firm Belkin Burden

         New York real estate legend Dan Peckham sent us this e-newsletter produced by Belkin Burden a few years back, but we didn’t make the connection that the law firm trying to evict him was also the Chelsea Hotel’s law firm!  They haven’t had much luck getting rid of  Peckham, now have they?  That certainly…

  • NYC Real Estate Legend Dan Peckham’s Phony Demolition Case Comes Before State of New York Court of Appeals

         Today, April 1, 2009, the case of  Daniel Peckham vs  Calogero will he heard up in Albany .  Everyone who can make it should go up to Albany and support Dan and his campaign to preserve his rent stabilized apartment against his greedy landlord Larry Tauber.  Dan Peckham, you might remember, is the heroic…

  • In Memoriam: Natasha Richardson (1963 – 2009)

    Many Chelsea Hotel residents have brought our attention to Natasha Richardson’s fine acting role in Chelsea Walls.  She was also a friend to many residents of the Chelsea Hotel .  The  Chelsea Hotel community is saddened by the loss of one of its members. 

  • Chelsea Now Newspaper Shortage?

         Hey, I know it's popular but this is ridiculous!  It was a good thing I grabbed a Chelsea Now early on the day they came out (Friday, March 13), because by the next day they were not to be found in any of the orange Chelsea Now boxes near the Chelsea Hotel.  I thought…