HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Chelsea Takeover

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: Doughnut Plant Moves into the Chelsea Hotel

pbb — 2011-02-09T11:36:40-05:00

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 Hotel—at 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 East Side dessert skunk works, this outpost will feature its own unique flavors that you won't find at Dunkin': chocolate chip, salty peanuts, and oatmeal are all on the menu, reports the New York Times.

New York: Why Do Ian Schrager and Andre Balazs Want The Hotel Chelsea?

juliana — 2011-01-14T10:52:29-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelchelsea_historicsign.jpg" class="top"> It looks like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre balazs">Andre Balazs</a> has a bit of an obsession with the spooky Bohemian outpost <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32">The Hotel Chelsea</a>. Reports had him yet again visiting the for-sale property last week. But he's not the only one. Now today <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/schrager_eyes_chelsea_again_KvYlLgXsdj3tfLm71YVIWJ">The NY Post</a> reports that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ian schrager">Ian Schrager</a> was also spotted touring the hotel again after having previously passed on it a few months ago. But we have to ask, Why?We get that the hotel has an amazing history, especially with the art and music crowd, but it is a troubled property with <a href="http://www.legends.typepad.com/">vociferous tenants</a> who are still determined to bring back the hotel's longtime manager, Stanley Bard, even though he was ousted

New York: More Drama Unfolds at the Hotel Chelsea as New GM Moves to Evict Long-Term Residents

Jenna — 2008-10-22T17:22:30-05:00

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 notices on the doors of "a large number of residents," some of whom had been living at the hotel for up to twenty years.