Good News for Chelsea Hotel Painters

Chelsea Hotel manager David Elder is now accepting paintings in exchange for stays at the famed Chelsea Hotel.  And here we thought those people lined up on the sidewalk were waiting to get into the comedy club.  It's a return to the good old days.  Nadia Bertrand told Chelsea Now that she recently turned over two paintings to David Elder in exchange for a month long stay.  "We'll take it as it goes in terms of if other people are interested," Elder told Chelsea Now.  This should give the occupancy rates around here a big boost.  We hear that the poets will still have to pay.  (Photo of Nadia and her painting by Patrick Hedlund.)