http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/ Focuses primarily on books, art, and music created by former and current residents of the Hotel Chelsea -- The Last Outpost of Bohemia. en-US 2009-06-16T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/bloggers-declare-victory-and-call-it-quits.html Since we finally got what we wanted from the hotel management, we are going on sabbatical to pursue other projects. As a few of the more perceptive among you surmised, the Bring Back the Bards campaign was nothing more than... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-16T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/hotel-chelsea-newsletter-rene-shapshak-edition.html Related Shapshak Coverage: Who Will Remember the Shapshaks? Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-15T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/a-recent-chelsea-hotel-guest-shares-her-experience.html Hello from Pennsylvania!! I have been an avid follower of the blog for quite sometime and am always disheartened by the stories of mis-management at the Chelsea. It has been my dream to stay there, but I have avoided it... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-14T13:08:55-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/tips-for-artists-in-the-capitol-fishing-tackle-show.html Earlier this week a commenter asked how the works in the Capitol Fishing Tackle Show address the economy. Here's the only answer we've found so far. One of the proposed exhibits at the "Empty by Choice" show is titled “Tips... Art Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-12T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/multimillion-dollar-personal-injury-lawsuit-results-from-management-response-to-art-show-protests.html Tenant Activist Arthur Nash, the victim of unrelenting harassment by management due to his support of the Bard family, is fighting back with a multi-million dollar personal injury lawsuit. Everyone remembers last summer’s highly divisive art show in the Chelsea... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-11T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/art-group-mistakenly-believes-it-is-fighting-recession.html The upcoming art show in the old Capitol Fishing Tackle storefront is being sponsored by a group called “No Longer Empty” which has the laudable goal of addressing two problems caused by the recession: empty retail spaces and the collapse... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-10T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/hotel-chelsea-concierge-newsletter-available-online-and-in-the-lobby.html Helpful hints and interesting trivia courtesy of the Hotel Chelsea Concierge Newsletter. Updated weekly! Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-09T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/spin-controls-r-us.html Oh, so now according to the Chelsea Hotel official website Nadia donated the painting to the Hotel. (Does this mean the Hotel is back to being a non-profit organization?) I see! So sorry for the misunderstanding! Heads up Elder, when... Art Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-08T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/rejected.html Well, the worst has finally happened: though it had hung in one form or another for two years, tenant activist Arthur Nash’s BRING BACK THE BARDS banner was removed from the hotel’s façade at approximately 8:45 this morning. Kinda-sorta manager... Art Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-05T12:21:04-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/did-david-elder-play-chelsea-now-.html Check out the excellent and hilarious story in Chelsea Now’s Buzz column this week (not yet online), wherein tenant activist Arthur Nash alleges that artist Nadia Bertrand “played” the newspaper by claiming that minority shareholder David Elder gave her a... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-05T10:58:10-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/tally-brown-new-york.html Rosa Von Praunheim, the director of "TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK," is in town. He will be showing his film at the Anthology Archives this Saturday, June 6th. Former Chelsea Hotel resident Ching ho Cheng is in this film. TALLY BROWN... Art Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-05T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/expect-delays-2-of-3-elevators-outoforder.html Must not be any guests in the hotel. How else to explain the decision to take two elevators off-line for repairs on the same day! Obviously the needs of the staff -- how are they supposed to do their jobs?... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-04T10:32:46-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/artists-worldwide-stand-by-the-bards.html An open letter to the artists planning to participate in the June 18 show in the former Capitol Fishing Tackle storefront at the Chelsea Hotel: Although some of you may not know this, the Capitol Fishing Tackle is Manhattan’s oldest... Art Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-03T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/the-conspiracy-of-beards.html The Conspiracy Of Beards, a men's choir from San Francisco who sing the songs of Leonard Cohen, sing "Chelsea Hotel #2" on the PATH train from New Jersey to New York, until the conductor orders the videographer to put the... Hotel Chelsea Rock & Roll Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-02T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/06/chelsea-hotel-kindasorta-manager-arnold-tamasar-not-to-be-outdone-by-failed-chelsea-hotel-manager-da.html Guess who’s tweetin now? Don’t be fooled by imitations. Figure it out, if you can. There is only one real live Chelsea Hotel twitter feed. You decide who you’d rather follow. Cavet Emperor. twitter.com/hotelchelsea twitter.com/TheChelseaHotel twitter.com/THECHELSEAHOTEL twitter.com/THEHOTELCHELSEA Why is this... Hotel Chelsea Anonymous Blogger 2009-06-01T07:00:00-04:00