Chelsea Hotel historian Sherill Tippins, author of the forthcoming history of the hotel, “Dreampalace,” weighs in on the roof garden issue. This should give the building’s tenants a bit of ammunition in their fight against the destruction of the gardens. Obviously it wasn’t the original intent of the architect to have a club on the roof.
Chelsea architect Philip Hubert, 1884: The roof "will be reserved for the exclusive use of the occupants..It will be fitted up with seats and awnings, and will be found a cool and delightful resort in summer."
Is there no landmark protection for one of first roof gardens in the city? Hubert is considered the inventor of the New York roof garden.
(Photo: The All Seeing Eye of the Roof Top)
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