Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog

Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Bad Taste

After nearly a year of demolition and "construction" the Chetrit gang has yet to succeed in renovating one room.  This cheap light fixture is all they've got to show for their efforts. 

Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Construction Debris

Here at the Chelsea Hotel construction debris is hidden in the most unlikely places.  And sometimes it's not so well hidden.

Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Black Hole of Calcutta Coming Our Way

Looks like somebody took a wrong turn with the sledge hammer and ended up at the Black Hole of Calcutta.  Who knows how many bohemians have fallen into this bottomless pit.

Black Hole of Calcutta

Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: A Sirocco of Saharan Proportions

A toxic hot wind swirls up the ornate staircase from the first floor, rivaling the siroccos of the Sahara Desert--only less healthy.


(Photo credit: Tunnel of Love)

Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Floods

Yesterday, the floods arrived again at the Chelsea Hotel.  A pipe burst sending water throughout the 10th and 9th floors of the building.  Some tenant's apartments were damaged by the water. The picture below shows the water flowing from a light fixture on the 10th floor. Meanwhile, by our count, a quarter of the Chelsea Hotel's tenants continue to fight evictions in Housing and Supreme Court.

Chelsea Hotel Endures Plagues of Biblical Proportions

Leaks, floods, swarms of mosquitoes, mold, windstorms of dust, dumspters full of uncovered waste, jackhammer demolition: when will the tribulations of our poor oppressed bohemian tribe be at an end?