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New York: Hotel Chelsea Will Still Be All About Art and Music When King & Grove Takes Over

juliana — 2012-01-13T15:18:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelchelseadec20111.JPG" class="top"> The aftershocks of today's news that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/king and grove hotels">King & Grove Hotels</a> will be managing the chaotic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/12/201838/359/hotels/King_Grove_to_Take_Over_The_Hotel_Chelsea">Hotel Chelsea</a> 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 the King & Grove management team (The Thursday night concert for the building's residents was cancelled after they protested.) The source says: <blockquote>Patti's performance on Wednesday was the inauguration of a series of events related to music, the visual arts, literature and poetry, and film that will be curated by the ownership, management and creative teams of the Chelsea. The Chelsea will have

New York: King & Grove to Take Over The Hotel Chelsea

juliana — 2012-01-13T08:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelchelseadec20111.JPG" class="top"> Wow. We are stunned, stunned! The new boutiquey brand <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/king and grove hotels">King & Grove Hotels</a> will finally get a New York City outpost--in none other than the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32">Hotel Chelsea</a>.In a <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/patti-smith-cancels-controversial-chelsea-hotel-concert-respect-landmark-tenants-article-1.1005410">Daily News</a> piece over the kerfuffle about songstress Patti Smith doing a concert at the hotel (she later canceled the performance after tenants threatened to burn copies of her memoir, "Just Kids"), it made clear mention of King & Grove as the Chelsea's new management company: <blockquote> On Wednesday, Smith posted a statement on her website, pattismith.net, defending her decision to work with the new owner of the hotel Joseph Chetrit and the Chelseas management company, King & Grove, which is headed by

New York: Don't Look! Carnage Inside the Beloved Chelsea Hotel

ASchechter — 2011-10-07T09:00:02-05:00

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 to be so ~~lucky~~ sneaky?

Of course, we knew this was coming. Removing the art from the walls was one thing. But when we heard certain parts of the building were already being ripped out to make guitars, we knew the hotel's new ownership meant business.

New York: The Chelsea Hotel Finds New Life...As A Guitar

ASchechter — 2011-08-15T09:10:59-05:00

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 Guitars owner Rick Kelly to, yep, build new guitars. Apparently, Kelly sees the relics as "bones of Old New York City." Funny, we'd be willing to bet they'd find actual bones in there, if they were willing to dig deep enough.

New York: The Chelsea Hotel, After All The Drama These Past Few Years, Has Closed for Renovations

juliana — 2011-08-01T10:33:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelchelsea_exterior.jpg" class="top"> The day of reckoning has finally come for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32">Hotel Chelsea</a> 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 acquired by a new owner back in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/16/104030/359/hotels/Please_Don_t_Let_Chuck_Bass_Take_Over_The_Hotel_Chelsea_Too">May</a> who explicitly said that the hotel would be renovated and modernized. It's just that no one expected it to happen this fast.According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/nyregion/historic-chelsea-hotel-closes-to-guests.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1">NY Times</a>, hotel employees learned late last week that the hotel would be closing after Saturday. The 100 residents of the hotel would be allowed to stay but no more guests would be