You know that time of day when your blood-sugar level starts dipping and you could kill for sumthin sweet? Well from now until May 4th you can satisfy your sweet-tooth in a major way at The Standard, High Line. The hours of 12-3 is when the hotel will sell...
April 25, 2013
The aftershocks of today's news that King & Grove Hotels will be managing the chaotic Hotel Chelsea continue with this bit of info we received from a Hotel Chelsea insider. The source spoke about Patti Smith's private concert at the hotel on Wednesday for the building's new owner and...
January 13, 2012
Wow. We are stunned, stunned! The new boutiquey brand King & Grove Hotels will finally get a New York City outpost--in none other than the Hotel Chelsea.In a Daily News piece over the kerfuffle about songstress Patti Smith doing a concert at the hotel (she later canceled the performance...
January 13, 2012
There are anti-views, and then there's this. The Real Deal recently got a peek inside the overhauled Chelsea Hotel, where work is very much ongoing. And it ain't pretty. Last time we tried to check out a hotel construction site, we were almost exiled. When did The Real Deal get...
October 07, 2011
The story isn't quite finished yet at the Chelsea Hotel (are you really surprised?), despite the fact that its new owner has temporarily shuttered the whole place. A Racked story explains that pieces of the hotel's woodwork (as in, beams, lumber and scraps) are actually being used by Carmine Street...
August 15, 2011
The day of reckoning has finally come for the Hotel Chelsea in New York, the last Bohemian outpost. The place that housed famous artists and musicians for several years before giving way to tourists on a budget closed yesterday with only a few days of notice.The hotel had been...
August 01, 2011
A while back it was reported that the beleagured Hotel Chelsea finally had an interested buyer who was not Ian Schrager. But no one knew exactly who this mystery buyer was, until now. WSJ reports that it is New York real-estate investor Joseph Chetrit, the man who is responsible...
May 16, 2011
Bad news: All you orgy-loving folks won't be able to do your group thing at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City anymore. The Chelsea has banned orgy party planner Palagia from throwing her monthly sex bashes there. Palagia, who's said to be a Greek Madonna doppelganger, has been...
May 05, 2011
Today it came out that there is finally a buyer for the troubled "bohemian outpost" that is The Hotel Chelsea which has been on the market for the past few months and which has been looked at by several big names in the hotel industry, including Ian Schrager and Andre...
April 06, 2011
The arrival of bougie sweets shop Doughnut Plant may put the final gentrification nail in the coffin of the neighborhood named for the famed Chelsea Hotelat least until the hotel itself gets torn down or converted into an Andre Balazs playpen. Only the second-ever location of the cult-favorite Lower...
February 09, 2011
It looks like Andre Balazs has a bit of an obsession with the spooky Bohemian outpost The Hotel Chelsea. Reports had him yet again visiting the for-sale property last week. But he's not the only one. Now today The NY Post reports that Ian Schrager was also spotted touring...
January 14, 2011
The news outta New York this morning is that the legendary Hotel Chelsea (you know, where Sid Vicious killed Nancy and Bob Dylan trashed a few rooms) will be sold after the building's board said they hoped new owners could "re-energize and revitalize" the 127-year-old hotel/residence. So far, there's...
October 19, 2010
While The Standard battles claims of being too sexy, another New York hotel is trying to sex up its image by starring in the new music video from synth-pop stars La Roux. The Hotel Chelsea hardly needs any more mythologizing, but we dig La Roux and can't blame them for...
October 11, 2010
It seems that when we usually write about the "Last Bohemian Outpost" aka The Chelsea Hotel in New York City, the news is not very good. Hoarders, angry residents, peeping Toms, etc. But today, there's a bit of sweet news for the historic hotel--it's getting a doughnut shop!Yes, doughnuts...
January 06, 2010
It's the most wonderful time of the year--Halloween! Even better, our favorite holidays falls on a weekend this year so you can celebrate both Mischief Night and Halloween without having to deal with a hangover at work the next day. Although we can't promise you that your coworkers won't...
October 19, 2009
Sid. Nancy. Janis. Ethan. We all know the vaunted history of the Hotel Chelsea by now, right? Well, in case you somehow managed to get through the past few decades without hearing all about the boozy, bloody past of this landmark on 23rd Street, along comes yet another movie...
October 16, 2009
Before we stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt last week, we jotted down the property's few haunted room numbers in the hopes of avoiding them (Marilyn Monroe in 246 and Montgomery Clift in 928). Still, infamous hotel rooms aren't restricted to the ghosts of Hollywood; they're to be found all...
June 22, 2009
Covering the management and resident shenanigans that go on at the bohemian Hotel Chelsea could practically be a full-time job. And indeed it almost is for the bloggers/Chelsea residents who write the Living with Legends blog. This time the hotel's residents are up in arms about the renovations that are...
December 04, 2008
Things have gone from bad to worse for the residents of the storied Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan this week (check out our full coverage of the saga here).Yesterday, new GM Andrew Tilley -- who claimed to "be a friend to the tenants" -- is reported to have posted eviction...
October 22, 2008
Uh-oh. When the last woman wrote into the Living With Legends blog -- that little corner of the Internet that has been chronicling the drama at the Hotel Chelsea for fans of the famed establishment and the residents who have suffered from the management changes -- and said she...
September 29, 2008
We weren't sure that things could get much more tumultuous for Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan -- whose management takeover has been an all-out, nonstop dramafest since the new folks in charge have butted heads with longtime residents of the storied Bohemian outpost -- but, alas, they have. An irate...
September 24, 2008
This has been a turbulent year for the Hotel Chelsea. Regular readers of HotelChatter know all about the hostile takeover, the Bring Back the Bards movement, a serial hoarder and much more.Now some really sad news come out of the place. A woman was found dead in her ninth-floor apartment....
August 25, 2008
Ever since the great Hotel Chelsea Takeover of 2007 which ousted the hotel/apartment building's beloved manager Stanley Bard, things just haven't been the same at this "last outpost of Bohemia."In fact, things are probably even messier than ever, especially since the new management team of BD Hotels was dumped...
July 21, 2008
In another nail-biting plot twist in the never-ending saga of the Hotel Chelsea, a new character has walked in to stir things up. Andrew Tilley, an English guy who has worked at the Hyatt Carlton Tower in London and, more recently, the Paramount/Hard Rock Hotel in New York (among...
June 30, 2008
Not sure if you caught it but last month we stopped into the Hotel Chelsea for a brief respite from the hotel takeover and checked out the art exhibit that was going on there. Yet before we could make it to the art floors, about eight FDNY guys came...
May 12, 2008
The Living with Legends blog at the Hotel Chelsea is reporting that the management group BD Hotels has been fired from the hotel. Here are some details:Legends has managed to obtain a copy of the arbitration filing that will ultimately determine who will manage the Chelsea Hotel. What happened in...
May 05, 2008
We always enjoy news about the Hotel Chelsea that doesn't involve a murder, a peeping Tom, or a hostile takeover.We popped into the hotel last Friday to tour some of the first-floor rooms that had been transformed into mini-art galleries as part of the PooL Art Fair. Different emerging artists...
April 03, 2008
We linked back to a local newscast story in Atlanta back in December who did an expose on those drinking glasses you see in hotel rooms. Check-out the video above. Now an ABC channel in Arizona has done their own investigation which was featured on "Good Morning America." Most hotels...
February 14, 2008
We asked for Fashion Week Hotel news and we got some. The Hotel Chelsea is apparently the headquarters for John Varvatos during the fashion festivities. Our tipster writes in:The company's big players are camping out at the legendary hotel hoping to draw on the history and atmosphere over the next...
February 01, 2008
Finalmente, some sexy news about the Hotel Chelsea instead of drama over the current hotel management shake-down.The famous bohemian outpost was featured on the new Bravo TV show, "Make Me a Super Model" hosted by Tyson Beckford who is considerably shorter than his co-host Nikki Taylor.We didn't watch the...
January 25, 2008
We have spies all over the hotel industry who like to send various miscellaneous tips our way. Some of these are post-worthy, others are not much more than one sentence tid-bits. So here's the latest batch of whispers through the hotel grapevine.We had a little surprise bit of Heard Around...
November 30, 2007
In the NYT Book Review, Jeff Giles, an executive editor at Entertainment Weekly, reviewed the new book Legends of The Chelsea: Living With the Artists in New York's Rebel Mecca by Ed Hamilton, a short-story writer who has lived at the Hotel Chelsea for 12 years. The book is...
October 31, 2007
Looks like the new management at the Hotel Chelsea is taking the makeover plans to the web first. The hotel unveiled a slick new website today at 5pm EST.The site includes a quote from the NY Times, a reservations page, room photos, a history of the hotel, a Google map...
October 22, 2007
Seriously, it's getting harder and harder to keep track of all the drama exploding at The Hotel Chelsea.It's like back in 2004 if we missed an episode of The O.C. we'd tune in only to find that somehow Julie Cooper got married again, Ryan Atwood beat up like 10 people,...
July 25, 2007
The good folks over at the Living with Legends blog let us know that the Hotel Chelsea which was recently taken over by BD Hotels and is rumored to be Andre Balazs' project, has gotten some new, cheaper rates. A shared bath studio is now going for $99 a night...
July 17, 2007
Links:· Aww, Ethan Hawke (right) stands up for Hotel Chelsea. [Living with Legends]· Don't walk below Justin Timberlake's hotel room. [VH1]· Want to cheat? This hotel will hold your wedding ring while you do. [MartiniBoys]· Oh, Canadian crazies in hotels. [TorontoStar]· <a href="http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/06/tom_and_suri_cr_1.html ">Surprisingly presh baby Suri makes an appearance...
June 25, 2007
The earth-shattering news that the long-time manager of the legendary old-school hotel/residence/bohemian artist camp The Chelsea Hotel was being kicked out for a slick hotel management company is still producing aftershocks.The biggest one comes today courtesy of Page Six who says Andre Balazs may have some plans up his sleeve...
June 22, 2007
The NY Post has the scoop today on the new management for the legendary The Chelsea Hotel. The Post reports that Richard Born and Ira Drukier, "of Mercer Hotel fame," will be doing some revamping of the bohemian outpost. Now, when we think of the Mercer Hotel we think of...
June 19, 2007
Manhattan's famous Bohemian outpost, The Hotel Chelsea has suffered what its Living with Legends blog calls a "board-directed coup", ousting its beloved manager of over 50 years, Stanley Beard, in what most suspect is an attempt to "boutique-ify" the hotel. An un-named (as of now) management company will take over....
June 18, 2007
The Hotel Chelsea seemingly has everything a cool, hip hotel could want in the 21st century. Celebrity guests? Check. A hotel blog? Check. Voyeurism? Check. Interesting artwork? Check. And now, we there's the hotel's Star Lounge in the basement.The venue is comprised of three distinctive areas subtly suggestive of a...
March 19, 2007
The Living with Legends Blog recently let us know that an up and coming fashion and fragance designer, Kyle Taylor, has recently created a scent inspired by the Chelsea Hotel and its distinctive aroma.Taylor lived in room 831 from 2000 to 2004, which is part of Thomas Wolfe's old suite....
November 22, 2006
Hotel Chelsea's Living With Legends blog is written by two of the long-term residents there about the daily life at the hotel, which does accept regular hotel guests as well. This is an honest brash blog sans any involvement from hotel management, so what you read is the real deal...
June 29, 2006
For those parents who like living on the edge, and for those kids who dare, Hotel Chelsea will run an organized trick or treating mission inside its hallowed halls. Those interested should meet in the lobby at 7pm tonight. Tell the ghost of Sid we said "hey'. Related...
October 31, 2005
Blogger Genuine Jessie handles yellow page complaints by day, and models by night, all from Buffalo, NY. She recently made a pilgrimage to NYC's Hotel Chelsea, and loved it. Though she freely admits this is a love it or hate it place, and it seems Jessie was searching for...
October 12, 2005
Blogger Stephen Art-East reviews the legendary, oft mentioned Hotel Chelsea. It's not to all tastes, and we've definately stayed in smarter hotels for less in California and been surrounded by rock stars, and Florida as well come to think of it, but the shabbyness of the Chelsea is all...
October 06, 2005
I got on [the elevator], and as I turned to face the front the Japanese girl screamed in my ear: "OH, NO!!!" What happened?! I thought. Something with the elevator? Did I do something? It took a moment for it to register that she was simply talking on her...
August 17, 2005
The Hotel Chelsea blog claims: Stanley Bard says that getting into the Chelsea is harder than getting into an Ivy League college. He says he does extensive research on each potential resident. Really? Didn't they let Ryan Adams into that place? Now if Ryan Adams was admitted at Harvard,...
July 26, 2005
If you ever want to check out the Chelsea Hotel on West 23rd Street in NYC, watch out for some children and vermin. Sally Singer, the fashion news editor at Vogue magazine, and her husband, Joseph O'Neill, an Irish novelist and lawyer, live in an eighth-floor suite with their...
May 19, 2005
NewYorkology points us to the new Hotel Chelsea Blog. The blog talks about Ethan Hawke's writing career, interviews Hotel Chelsea residents, and writes of Jane Fonda's brief stay at the property. Of course, the blogs authenticity has already been called in to question by another blogger, so how does...
May 09, 2005
Recent question came to us here at HC HQ: "My 18 year old daughter is a big fan of Ryan Adams, he has a whole album about Hotel Chelsea, she is enamored with the hotel and would like to stay there when we visit New York. Is it safe?...
March 17, 2005
If you're like us, you've read a thing or two about the Chelsea Hotel, New York's infamous den of artists and musicians, murders and movies. Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Warhol's superstars, William Burroughs, Dee Dee Ramone have all called the Hotel home, and several...
October 22, 2004