The first redesign of the Chelsea Hotel website was undertaken during the misbegotten reign of Richard Born and Ira Drukier. Besides being poorly written and edited, the BD site removed all mention of the Bard family’s role in managing the hotel for nearly 70 years. Now it’s hard to tell who oversaw this most recent redesign since Marlene Krauss is refusing to hire a manager for the Hotel, but the tradition of denying the Bard family legacy remains firmly in place. ( Nice photo of the Hotel on the splash page by the way. This takes the campaign to erase the Bard legacy a step further than even BD, who at least had enough concern for the truth to include the Bring Back the Bards signs in their picture.)
One of our favorite new sections of the redesigned site is called “The Chelsea.” As you can see, the site still needs an editor. (Oh, and it also needs somebody who knows how to tell a joke!) Gee, anybody wonder why Jerry Weinstein is the only person on staff who can speak intelligently about the history of the Hotel? Could it have anything to do with the firing of Stanley and David Bard?
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