http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-05T16:33:14Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/32 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/24/155226/886 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">This has been a turbulent year for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>Hotel Chelsea</b></a>. Regular readers of HotelChatter know all about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Chelsea%20Takeover">hostile takeover</a>, the Bring Back the Bards <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/16913/9643/hotels/New_Hotel_Chelsea_Manager_Fed_to_Bohemian_Lions">movement</a>, a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/1215/29041/hotels/Is_This_The_Woman_Investigated_for_Hoarding_at_the_Hotel_Chelsea_">serial hoarder</a> and much more.<p>Now some really sad news come out of the place. A woman was found dead in her ninth-floor apartment. The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/23/2008-08-23_woman_found_dead_in_chelsea_hotel-2.html">NY Daily News</a> reports: <blockquote><p>The body of Angela O'Conner, 46, was discovered lying faceup on the bed in her ninth-floor apartment just after 8 p.m. on Friday, police said. Neighbors had smelled a strong odor coming from her apartment and called 911, police said. There were no signs of injury to O'Conner's body and there was no indication that someone had broken juliana 2008-08-25T09:35:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/21/1329/89522 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelchelsea8.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Ever since the great <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Chelsea%20Takeover"><b>Hotel Chelsea Takeover</b></a> 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."<p>In fact, things are probably even messier than ever, especially since the new management team of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/bd%20hotels">BD Hotels</a> was dumped a few months back. (Possibly because they <a href="http://legends.typepad.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2008/07/more-bad-behavi.html">"stole pictures"</a> from Flickr?)<p>The hotel now supposedly has a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/16913/9643/hotels/New_Hotel_Chelsea_Manager_Fed_to_Bohemian_Lions">new manager</a> (who's yet to show up for work) and things don't really seem to be improving over there.<p>Of course, this has potential hotel guests concerned and they are writing in to the <a href="http://legends.typepad.com/living_with_legends_the_h/"><b>Living with Legends</b></a> blog, wondering if the hotel is safe enough for them to juliana 2008-07-21T13:40:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/30/16913/9643 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotelchelsea8.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>In another nail-biting plot twist in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Chelsea%20Takeover">never-ending saga</a> of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32">Hotel Chelsea</a></b>, a new character has walked in to stir things up. <p><b>Andrew Tilley</b>, an English guy who has worked at the <b>Hyatt Carlton Tower</b> in London and, more recently, the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paramount/local/184">Paramount/Hard Rock Hotel</a></b> in New York (among other places), has been brought into the Chelsea as the next poor soul to attempt to fill Stanley Bard's shoes as manager. <p>For those of you who aren't up to speed on the drama, this dude has about as much of a chance of being warmly embraced by the Hotel Chelsea crowd as Drew Carey has with The Price is Right people. One post-Bard manager Jenna 2008-06-30T16:37:07-05:00 40.744607 -73.996857 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/1215/29041 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bettina_bennett.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Not sure if you caught it but last month we stopped into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>Hotel Chelsea</b></a> for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/3/0327/74951/hotels/Finally_Some_Positive_Energy_at_the_Hotel_Chelsea">a brief respite</a> 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 in and proceeded straight up the stairs. <p>Later we found out that a woman who has lived there for 30 years was being investigated for a hoarding problem. Now we might know who that is. The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/nyregion/11chelsea.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;ei=5087&amp;em&amp;en=7f667450ae41ca84&amp;ex=1210564800">NY Times</a> has an article about a young artist in residence Sam Bennett who befriended his neighbor Bettina Grossman, a recluse and prolific artitst who became the subject of juliana 2008-05-12T12:07:58-05:00 40.744607 -73.996857 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/10282/09479 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bybybd2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchelseablog.com/">The Living with Legends blog</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32"><b>Hotel Chelsea</b></a> is reporting that the management group <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/bd%20hotels"><b>BD Hotels</b></a> has been fired from the hotel. Here are some details:<blockquote><p>Legends has managed to obtain a copy of the arbitration filing that will ultimately determine who will manage the Chelsea Hotel. What happened in this case is that BD filed suit against the hotel (essentially Marlene Krauss, since she is the one running the show), alleging that Marlene fired them without cause, and that she has failed to pay them the Incentive Fee that she owes them.</blockquote></p><p>Marlene Krauss fired BD for, along with other things, failing to live up to their duties. Now BD is trying to recoup some juliana 2008-05-05T10:34:37-05:00 40.744607 -73.996857 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/