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{{Short description|Historic hotel in Manhattan, New York}}
{{About||the 2009 film|Hotel Chelsea (film)||Chelsea Hotel (disambiguation)}}
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| name                = Hotel Chelsea
| image               = NY chelsea hotel.jpg
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| image_alt           = The facade of the Hotel Chelsea seen from across 23rd Street
| image_caption       = Seen from across 23rd Street
| former_names        =
| alternate_names     = Chelsea Hotel
| etymology           = The neighborhood of [[Chelsea, Manhattan]]
| building_type       = Hotel
| architectural_style = [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne Revival]], [[Victorian Gothic]]
| classification      =
| address             = 222 West [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]], [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
| coordinates         = {{coord|40|44|40|N|73|59|49|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| start_date          = 1883
| opened_date         = 1884
| renovation_date     = {{unbulleted list|1905 (hotel conversion)|1960s (facade and lobby)|1990s (facade and some interiors)|2011–2022 (conversion to luxury hotel)}}
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| client              =
| owner               = Chelsea Hotel Owner LLC<ref name="ZoLa" />
| operator            = BD Hotels
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| height              = {{cvt|180|ft}}
| floor_count         = 12
| floor_area          =
| elevator_count      =
| grounds_area        = {{cvt|17,281|ft2}}
| architect           = [[Philip Hubert]]
| architecture_firm   = Hubert, Pirsson & Co.
| developer           = Chelsea Association
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| rooms               = 155<br />(125 hotel rooms,<br />30 suites)
| public_transit      = [[New York City Subway|Subway]]: {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh local day}} at {{stn|23rd Street||IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line}}
| website             = {{URL|https://hotelchelsea.com/}}
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| name                     = Hotel Chelsea
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| location                 = 222 West [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]]<br />[[Chelsea, Manhattan]], New York City
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|44|40|N|73|59|48|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark_dim:2km|display=inline}}
| locmapin                 = Lower Manhattan#New York City#New York
| area                     =
| built                    = 1883–1884
| architect                = Hubert, Pirsson and Company
| architecture             = [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne Revival]], [[Victorian Gothic]]
| added                    = December 27, 1977
| refnum                   = 77000958<ref>{{NRISref|2009a|dateform=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Chelsea |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5703 |last=Gobrecht |first=Lawrence E. |date=April 20, 1977 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008033339/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5703 |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2010}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5701 ''Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1977''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008033400/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5701|date=October 8, 2012}}</ref>
| designated_other1        = New York City Landmark
| designated_other1_date   = March 15, 1966
| designated_other1_number = 0215
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The '''Hotel Chelsea''' (also known as the '''Chelsea Hotel''' and '''the Chelsea''') is a hotel at 222 West [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in New York City. Built between 1883 and 1884, the hotel was designed by [[Philip Gengembre Hubert|Philip Hubert]] in a style described variously as [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne Revival]] and [[Victorian Gothic architecture|Victorian Gothic]]. The 12-story Chelsea, originally a [[housing cooperative]], has been the home of numerous writers, musicians, artists, and entertainers, some of whom still lived there in the 21st century. {{as of|2022}}, most of the Chelsea is a luxury hotel. The building is a [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets|New York City designated landmark]] and on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

The front facade of the Hotel Chelsea is 11 stories high, while the rear of the hotel rises 12 stories. The facade is divided vertically into five sections and is made of brick, with some flower-ornamented iron balconies; the hotel is capped by a high [[mansard roof]]. The Hotel Chelsea has thick [[load-bearing walls]] made of masonry, as well as [[wrought iron]] floor beams and large, column-free spaces. When the hotel opened, the ground floor was divided into an entrance hall, four storefronts, and a restaurant; this has been rearranged over the years, with a bar and the [[El Quijote (restaurant)|El Quijote]] restaurant occupying part of the ground floor. The Chelsea was among the first buildings in the city with [[Duplex apartment|duplex]] and [[penthouse apartment]]s, and there is also a rooftop terrace. The hotel originally had no more than 100 apartments; it was subdivided into 400 units during the 20th century and has 155 units as of 2022.

The idea for the Chelsea arose after Hubert & Pirsson had developed several [[housing cooperative]]s in New York City. Developed by the Chelsea Association, the structure quickly attracted authors and artists after opening. Several factors, including financial hardships and tenant relocations, prompted the Chelsea's conversion into an [[apartment hotel]] in 1905. Knott Hotels took over the hotel in 1921 and managed it until about 1942, when David Bard bought it out of bankruptcy. Julius Krauss and Joseph Gross joined Bard as owners in 1947. After David Bard died in 1964, his son Stanley operated it for 43 years, forming close relationships with many tenants. The hotel underwent numerous minor changes in the late 20th century after falling into a state of disrepair. The Krauss and Gross families took over the hotel in 2007 and were involved in numerous tenant disputes before the Chelsea closed for a major renovation in 2011. The hotel changed ownership twice in the 2010s before [[BD Hotels]] took over in 2016, and the Chelsea reopened in 2022.

Over the years, the Chelsea has housed many notables such as [[Arthur Miller]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Patti Smith]], [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], and [[Virgil Thomson]]. The Chelsea received much commentary for the creative culture that Bard helped create within the hotel. Critics also appraised the hotel's interior—which was reputed for its uncleanliness in the mid- and late 20th century—and the quality of the hotel rooms themselves. The Chelsea has been the setting or inspiration for many works of popular media, and it has been used as an event venue and filming location.

== Site ==
The Hotel Chelsea is at 222 West [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] in New York City, on the south side of the street between [[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenue]] and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]].<ref name="aia4">{{cite AIA4|page=181}}</ref><ref name="nycland" /> The rectangular [[land lot]] covers approximately {{convert|17,281|ft2}}, with a [[frontage]] of {{Convert|175|ft}} on Madison Avenue to the west and a depth of {{convert|98.75|ft}}.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=216 West 23 Street, 10011 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/772/64 |access-date=March 20, 2020 |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning}}</ref> Seven land lots were combined to make way for the hotel,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884">{{Cite news |date=November 16, 1884 |title=Two Hundred Feet in the Air |page=6 |work=New-York Tribune |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-two-hundred-feet-in-the/133546452/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215830/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-two-hundred-feet-in-the/133546452/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Archard 1885" /> which was 175&nbsp;feet wide and {{convert|86|to|96|ft}} deep.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=26|ps=.}}</ref> Before what became the Hotel Chelsea was developed, a furniture store had stood on the site; it burned down in 1878, and the site remained vacant for four years afterward.<ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1882" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 24–25">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=24–25|ps=.}}</ref> The furniture store and the land had belonged to James Ingersoll, who was affiliated with the [[Tammany Hall]] political ring in the 1870s.<ref name="Tippins pp. 24–25" /> When the Chelsea was finished in 1884, there was a church on either side of the lot.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 24–25" />

== Architecture ==
The Hotel Chelsea was designed by [[Philip Gengembre Hubert|Philip Hubert]]<ref name="inside">{{cite inside}} p. 151</ref> of the firm of [[Hubert, Pirrson & Company]].<ref name="NYCL-0215">{{cite report |url=https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0215.pdf |title=Hotel Chelsea |date=March 15, 1966 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114154547/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0215.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The style has been described variously as [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne Revival]], [[Victorian Gothic architecture|Victorian Gothic]], or a mixture of the two.<ref name="aia4" /><ref name="Tippins p. 5">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=5|ps=.}}</ref><ref name="Burke 1983">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|153681241}} |title=Manhattan Landmarks 100 Years Old: Hotel Chelsea: The Artist's Address |last=Burke |first=Cathy |date=December 18, 1983 |page=B8 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> It was one of the first Victorian Gothic buildings to be erected in New York City.<ref name="Hawes p. 59">{{harvnb|Hawes|1993|ps=.|page=59}}</ref> At the time of its completion, it was the city's tallest apartment building<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> and one of the tallest structures in Manhattan,<ref name="Vigoda 1996">{{Cite news |title=A Peaceful Piece of N.Y.C.: Chelsea, on Manhattan's West Side, Has Exquisite Architecture, Interesting Shops, Lost of History. It's Quiet, Too. Sometimes, Not Even a Mouse Stirs |last=Vigoda |first=Ralph |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=January 7, 1996 |page=T.6 |id={{ProQuest|1841194603}}}}</ref>{{Efn|Although some early sources claimed that the Chelsea was Manhattan's tallest structure until 1902 (when the [[Flatiron Building]] was finished),<ref name="The Troy Record 1946" /><ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|151848682}} |title=10-Story Hotel Once 'Highest In Manhattan' |date=March 7, 1946 |page=3 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="Karlen 1983" /> the Flatiron Building was never the tallest building in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite book |last=Korom |first=Joseph J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1E07CeLNWcC&pg=PA219 |title=Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age: Fifty-One Extravagant Designs, 1875–1910 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7864-9326-5 |series=Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology |page=219 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606224337/https://books.google.com/books?id=j1E07CeLNWcC&pg=PA219 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} at approximately {{Convert|180|ft}} tall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115195/chelsea-hotel-new-york-city-ny-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215025616/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115195/chelsea-hotel-new-york-city-ny-usa |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |url-status=usurped |website=Emporis}}</ref> According to the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], the Chelsea's design was evocative of the demolished Spanish Flats on [[Central Park South]].<ref name="NYCL-0215" />

=== Facade ===
[[File:ChelseaHotelExterior.jpg|thumb|Exterior detail]]
The front facade of the hotel, on 23rd Street, is 11 stories high<ref name="NYCL-0215" /><ref name="NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1977|ps=.|p=2}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1914-07-12">{{Cite news |date=July 12, 1914 |title=New York Apartments Little Changed in 30 Years; In Essentials the Apartment Houses of Manhattan Are Today as They Were in 1884, When Philip G. Hubert Designed the First |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/07/12/archives/new-york-apartments-little-changed-in-30-years-in-essentials-the.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215829/https://www.nytimes.com/1914/07/12/archives/new-york-apartments-little-changed-in-30-years-in-essentials-the.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and is divided vertically into 25 [[Bay (architecture)|bays]].<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> The rear of the hotel rises to a height of 12 stories.<ref name="nyt-1914-07-12" /> The 23rd Street facade is made of red brick.<ref name="wsj-2011-07-02">{{Cite news |last=Karmin |first=Craig |date=July 2, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea Set for a Redo |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584004576420071761802168.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=December 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216164838/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584004576420071761802168.html? |url-status=live}}</ref> It is grouped into five sections, with projecting [[pavilion]]s at the western end, center, and eastern end of the facade. These pavilions flank two groups of recessed bays.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> The main entrance within the central pavilion remains largely intact, although the storefronts on either side have been modified over the years.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> There are several brass plaques next to the main entrance, commemorating notable residents,<ref name="nyt-2000-04-16">{{Cite news |last=Malbin |first=Peter |date=April 16, 2000 |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Chelsea; Strikingly Changed, But Still Diverse |language=en-US |page=344 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/2000/04/16/issue.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215830/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/2000/04/16/issue.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Liebman |first=Lisa |date=January 30, 2020 |title=The Hotel Chelsea Keeps on Keeping On |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/the-hotel-chelsea-keeps-on-keeping-on/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Village Voice |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215829/https://www.villagevoice.com/the-hotel-chelsea-keeps-on-keeping-on/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and another plaque mentioning that the building is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="Newsday 1978">{{cite news |date=November 5, 1978 |title=The Aging Chelsea Still Draws Famous, Bizarre |page=23Q |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|964389533}}}}</ref>

On the upper floors, the brick is interspersed with white stone bands.<ref name="Tippins p. 4">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=4|ps=.}}</ref> The hotel has flower-ornamented iron balconies on its second through eighth stories,<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> which were constructed by J.B. and J.M. Cornell.<ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland |page=70}}</ref><ref name="aia4" /><ref name="NPS p. 3">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1977|ps=.|p=3}}</ref>  These balconies were intended as "light balconies, after the Paris fashion";<ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1883">{{Cite magazine |date=February 1, 1883 |title=Building Intelligence: New York City Building Items Miscellaneous |magazine=The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress |volume=15 |issue=2 |page=32 |id={{ProQuest|88900857}}}}</ref> according to author Sherill Tippins, the balconies were meant to "add charm to the lower floors".<ref name="Tippins p. 4" /> The balconies were also intended to indicate that the interiors were ornately decorated.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> [[French doors]] lead from some apartments to the balconies.<ref name="NYCL-0215" />

The building is topped by a high [[mansard roof]]. The central pavilion has a pyramidal [[slate]] roof.<ref name="NYCL-0215" /><ref name="NPS p. 2" /> There are brick chimneys on either side of the pyramidal-roofed pavilion. In addition, the pavilions on either end of the facade are topped by brick [[gable]]s with large arched windows.<ref name="NYCL-0215" /> The remainder of the roof features [[dormer window]]s and additional brick chimneys.<ref name="Tippins p. 5" /> Atop the roof was a brick-floored space, which could be adapted into a roof garden or promenade.<ref name="Archard 1885">{{Cite news |last=Archard |first=Eliza |date=January 4, 1885 |title=A Home Club House: Description of the "Chelsea," the Model Co-operative Home Building – a Slice of the Golden Age Building in the Air |page=16 |work=Courier-Journal |id={{ProQuest|1037447128}}}}</ref><ref name="Tippins p. 6">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=6|ps=.}}</ref> The center of the roof was interspersed with [[hip roof]]s, beneath which were duplex apartments; residents of these duplexes had direct access to the roof.<ref name="Tippins p. 6" />

=== Structural and mechanical features ===
The Hotel Chelsea has thick [[load-bearing wall]]s made of masonry, which measure {{convert|3|ft|m||adj=}} thick at their bottoms<ref name="Tippins p. 5" /><ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /> and taper to {{Convert|20|in|m}} at their tops. This allowed the [[superstructure]] to support the weight of two additional stories if the building were expanded.<ref name="Archard 1885" /> The walls support floor beams made of [[wrought iron]]; these floor beams are not supported by intermediate columns, creating large column-free spaces.<ref name="NYCL-0215" /> The floor beams were covered with plaster to prevent fire from spreading.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins p. 5" /> As another fireproofing measure, the hotel used as little wood as possible.<ref name="Archard 1885" /> Ceilings measured  {{convert|12|to|14|ft}} high.<ref name="Stephenson 1963">{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Francis M. |date=April 21, 1963 |title=A Salute to the Dowager of 23d Street |page=5 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-salute-to-the-dowager-of-23/133570891/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215829/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-salute-to-the-dowager-of-23/133570891/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The basement measured up to {{Convert|30|ft}} deep and housed the kitchen, laundry, refrigerators, coal rooms, engines, and machinery for gas-powered and electric light.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /> As planned, the hotel had three passenger elevators and two steam-powered freight lifts.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1883" /> When it was completed in 1884, the hotel had [[speaking tube]]s; pressurized steam; a telephone in each room, connecting to the hotel manager's office; and 1,800 lights powered by either gas or electricity.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins p. 5" /> The hotel contained then-innovative features such as electricity, steam heating, and hot and cold water.<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> [[Dumbwaiter]]s transported food from the basement kitchen to each floor.<ref name="Tippins p. 29">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=29|ps=.}}</ref>

=== Public areas ===
When the hotel opened in 1884, the ground floor was divided into an entrance hall, four storefronts, and a restaurant for tenants who did not have their own kitchen.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884">{{Cite news |date=February 29, 1884 |title="How to Live": the Question That Agitates Dwellers in Boston and New York |page=8 |work=Detroit Free Press |id={{ProQuest|561366583}}}}</ref> The lobby was originally furnished with a marble floor and mahogany [[wainscoting]]. On the left wall of the lobby was an elaborate [[fireplace mantel]],<ref name="Tippins p. 5" /> which remained intact in the late 20th century.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> To the right of the lobby was a reception room decorated in white maple, a plush-and-velvet carpet, and old-gold surfaces.<ref name="Archard 1885" /> Three interconnected dining rooms, reserved for residents, were placed behind the lobby.<ref name="Tippins pp. 5–6">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=5–6|ps=.}}</ref> These rooms had decorations such as [[stained glass]], carved gargoyles, and [[Fleur-de-lis|fleurs-de-lis]].<ref name="Tippins p. 31">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=31|ps=.}}</ref> Next to the lobby was a manager's office, whose ceiling had gold trimmings and a mural with clouds and angels.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> There was also a barbershop,<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=February 15, 1998 |title=Streetscapes/The Chelsea Hotel at 222 West 23d Street; Bohemian and Ornate, It Began as a Co-op in 1884 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/15/realestate/streetscapes-chelsea-hotel-222-west-23d-street-bohemian-ornate-it-began-op-1884.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121164230/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/15/realestate/streetscapes-chelsea-hotel-222-west-23d-street-bohemian-ornate-it-began-op-1884.html |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a restaurant, cafe, laundry room, billiards room, bakery, fish-and-meat shop, and grocery on the ground floor and basement.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 5–6" /> Hotel staff lived in another building behind the main hotel,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Archard 1885" /> connected to it by a tunnel.<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 5–6" />

As of 2022, the hotel's lobby is decorated with [[Inlay|inlaid]] ceilings and mosaic-tile floors.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898">{{cite web |last=Shollenbarger |first=Maria |date=May 22, 2022 |title=The rebirth of Hotel Chelsea – and three other legendary hotels |url=https://www.ft.com/content/33dd4e80-c3b7-428b-8046-10f848bb1fc3 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Financial Times |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529233949/https://www.ft.com/content/33dd4e80-c3b7-428b-8046-10f848bb1fc3 |url-status=live}}</ref> The lobby contains furniture in various colors, while the front desk is clad with purple marble. In addition, various paintings by residents are hung on the beige-pink walls, and the lobby's ceiling is decorated with frescoes, roses, and garlands.<ref name="Moore 2022">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Andrew |date=October 11, 2022 |title=West Side Stories |url=https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/the-chelsea-hotel-new-york |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The World Of Interiors |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531004626/https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/the-chelsea-hotel-new-york |url-status=live}}</ref> Adjacent to the lobby is the Lobby Bar, which contains mosaic-tile floors, a marble bar, art from former residents, and old chandeliers.<ref name="Rahmanan 2022 s774">{{cite web |last=Rahmanan |first=Anna |date=July 8, 2022 |title=The new bar at Hotel Chelsea looks absolutely beautiful |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-new-bar-at-hotel-chelsea-looks-absolutely-beautiful-070822 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808050517/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-new-bar-at-hotel-chelsea-looks-absolutely-beautiful-070822 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tauer Tauer 2022 g440">{{cite web |last=Tauer |first=Kristen |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Hotel Chelsea's Elegant Lobby Bar Pays Homage to Hotel Bars Around the World |url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/hotel-chelsea-lobby-bar-pays-homage-to-iconic-hotel-bars-around-the-world-1235245091/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=WWD |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515185537/http://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/hotel-chelsea-lobby-bar-pays-homage-to-iconic-hotel-bars-around-the-world-1235245091/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This bar, formerly storage space, has several pieces of [[mid-century modern]] furniture<ref name="Moore 2022" /> and vintage furnishings such as lamps.<ref name="Tauer Tauer 2022 g440" /> Other decorative elements include [[skylight]]s, floor tiles, brick walls, and [[Trellis (architecture)|trellises]] covered with vegetation.<ref name="Moore 2022" /> 

Next to the lobby is the [[El Quijote (restaurant)|El Quijote]] restaurant,<ref name="nyt-2022-04-12">{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Pete |date=April 12, 2022 |title=El Quijote Tilts Back Toward Its Earlier Glamour |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/dining/el-quijote-review-hotel-chelsea.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307172548/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/dining/el-quijote-review-hotel-chelsea.html |url-status=live}}</ref> which has occupied the hotel since 1955.<ref name="Paddleford 1956">{{cite news |last=Paddleford |first=Clementine |date=June 30, 1956 |title=Exciting Spanish Food On Menu of El Quijote |page=9 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1327602302}}}}</ref> The restaurant is decorated with a marble terrazzo floor, a rough-hewn ceiling,<ref name="Moore 2022" /> red-vinyl dining booths, and chandeliers.<ref name="wsj-2022-09-28">{{Cite news |last=Perrottet |first=Tony |date=September 28, 2022 |title=El Quijote—a Kitsch Masterpiece—Is Open Again in Manhattan's Hotel Chelsea |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-chelseas-el-quijote-is-open-again-kitschy-as-ever-11664379300 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928173318/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-chelseas-el-quijote-is-open-again-kitschy-as-ever-11664379300 |url-status=live}}</ref> Among the decorations are a series of murals depicting scenes from the book ''[[Don Quixote]]'', as well as oil paintings.<ref name="Moore 2022" /><ref name="nyt-2022-04-12" /> El Quijote contains a private bar next to its main dining room.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /><ref name="nyt-2022-04-12" /> Prior to 2018, the restaurant sat 220 people;<ref name="nyt-2022-02-08">{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=February 8, 2022 |title=El Quijote in the Hotel Chelsea Reopens |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319170758/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the Dulcinea and Cervantes rooms at the rear comprised nearly half of the restaurant's seating capacity.<ref name="nyt-2022-04-12" /> These rooms were removed in a 2022 renovation, which also reduced the restaurant's capacity to 45<ref name="wsj-2022-09-28" /> or 65.<ref name="nyt-2022-02-08" /> Since 2023, the hotel has also contained the Café Chelsea [[bistro]],<ref name="Taylor 2023 z717">{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Elise |date=July 14, 2023 |title=This Bastille Day, Celebrate at a New French Bistro Hotspot: Café Chelsea |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/new-french-bistro-hotspot-cafe-chelsea |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=Vogue |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Fenker |first=Deborah |date=July 17, 2023 |title=New Restaurant Opens in Chelsea, a Labor of Love That Took Three Years |url=https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/new-restaurant-opens-in-chelsea-a-labor-of-love-that-took-three-years-JI2596391 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=www.chelseanewsny.com}}</ref> located within three rooms.<ref name="Sutherland-Namako 2023 r733">{{cite web |last=Sutherland-Namako |first=Amber |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Café Chelsea restaurant at NYC's Hotel Chelsea |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/cafe-chelsea |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=Time Out New York}}</ref> The bistro includes vintage decorations, some taken from the [[Lord & Taylor Building]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Suqi|first=Rima|date=2024-05-03|title=10 New York Destinations for Design Lovers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/arts/design/new-york-design-destinations.html|access-date=2024-05-06|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Chelseahotelstairs.JPG|thumb|Art fills the staircase of the Hotel Chelsea.]]

Also at ground level is a [[mom-and-pop store]] named Chelsea Guitars<ref name="nyt-2022-11-25">{{Cite news |last=Vadukul |first=Alex |date=November 25, 2022 |title=A Scruffy Guitar Shop Survives the Chelsea Hotel's Chic Makeover |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/style/chelsea-hotel-chelsea-guitars.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712232605/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/style/chelsea-hotel-chelsea-guitars.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and a private event space known as the Bard Room.<ref name="Rahmanan 2022 s774" /><ref name="Nast 2019 g966">{{cite web |date=August 2, 2019 |title=Hotel Chelsea — Hotel Review |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/new-york/hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513211925/https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/new-york/hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref> The main staircase, at the center of the hotel, is illuminated by a rooftop skylight<ref name="Tippins p. 5" /> and is only accessible to guests.<ref name="Rich 2013">{{cite magazine |last=Rich |first=Nathaniel |date=October 8, 2013 |title=An Oral History of the Chelsea Hotel: Where the Walls Still Talk |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/chelsea-hotel-oral-history |access-date=October 14, 2023 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831220518/https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/chelsea-hotel-oral-history |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2007-06-19">{{Cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Lisa |date=June 19, 2007 |title=Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/nyregion/19chelsea.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706014437/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/nyregion/19chelsea.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The walls of the staircase were once lined with photos created by residents.<ref name="Leve 2007">{{Cite news |last=Leve |first=Ariel |date=May 5, 2007 |title=Travel Edition New York Storeys |page=W05 |work=The Advertiser |id={{ProQuest|355057025}}}}</ref><ref name="lat-2009-06-25">{{Cite web |last=Susman |first=Tina |date=June 25, 2009 |title=Bohemian tenants shown the door |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-25-na-hometown-chelsea25-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123111727/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-25-na-hometown-chelsea25-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The staircase originally had iron railings and marble treads.<ref name="Tippins p. 5" /><ref name="Archard 1885" /> The center of the building is surmounted by a pyramid accessed by a narrow wooden staircase.<ref name="Usborne 2009 l731">{{cite web |last=Usborne |first=David |date=January 4, 2009 |title=Boho blues: The battle to save the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boho-blues-the-battle-to-save-the-chelsea-hotel-1219707.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Independent |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706014437/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/boho-blues-the-battle-to-save-the-chelsea-hotel-1219707.html |url-status=live}}</ref> There was also an elevator cage, decorated with [[Rosette (design)|rosettes]] that matched the exterior decorations.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> The upper stories include a gym and a rooftop spa.<ref name="Moore 2022" />

=== Guestrooms and apartments ===

==== Original units ====
The Chelsea was among the first buildings in the city with [[duplex apartment]]s and penthouse apartments.<ref name="NYCL-0215" /><ref name="The New York Times 1978 c136">{{cite web |date=January 14, 1978 |title=One Dies and Hundreds Are Routed. As Blaze Damages Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/one-dies-and-hundreds-are-routed-as-blaze-damages-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215829/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/one-dies-and-hundreds-are-routed-as-blaze-damages-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Above the ground floor, there were originally either 90,<ref name="Archard 1885" /> 97,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Gross 1984">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|176138297}} |title=Stanley Bard's mission: To make Chelsea Hotel the greatest |last=Gross |first=Alan |date=July 8, 1984 |page=I3 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706}}</ref> or 100 apartments in total.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> There were ten apartments on each story,<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> ranging from {{Convert|800|to|3000|ft2}}.<ref name="Tippins p. 28">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=28|ps=.}}</ref> Each floor had a mixture of small and large apartments, so residents of different socioeconomic classes could reside on the same story.<ref name="Tippins p. 28" /><ref name="NPR 2011 n337">{{cite web |date=October 3, 2011 |title=At NYC's Chelsea Hotel, The End Of An Artistic Era? |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140294070/at-nycs-chelsea-hotel-the-end-of-an-artistic-era |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012031009/https://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140294070/at-nycs-chelsea-hotel-the-end-of-an-artistic-era |url-status=live}}</ref> Sources disagree on whether the largest apartments had eight,<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> ten,<ref name="Archard 1885" /> or twelve rooms.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Hawes p. 59" /><ref name="Tippins p. 28" /> Old floor plans show that the apartments were arranged along a single west–east corridor on each floor;<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> these corridors measured up to {{convert|8|ft}} wide.<ref name="Tippins p. 29" /> The largest apartments occupied either end of the hotel and had at least four bedrooms, while mid-sized two- and three-bedroom units were placed next to these. The smallest units, targeted at unmarried men and women, were arranged near the stairs and elevators at the center of the building.<ref name="Tippins p. 28" />

A variety of styles and materials were used in the apartments to fit each tenant's taste.<ref name="Tippins p. 31" /> Originally, the interiors were ornately decorated. The [[Dado (architecture)|dadoes]] and some of the floors were made of marble, and there was also hardwood floors and doors. In addition, the fireplace mantels were made of [[onyx]], and the fireplaces contained [[Andiron|andirons]] with rosettes.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> 

Every apartment had its own bathroom,<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /><ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1882">{{Cite magazine |date=November 1, 1882 |title=Building Intelligence: New York City Building Items Miscellaneous |magazine=The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress |volume=14 |issue=11 |page=248 |id={{ProQuest|88884079}}}}</ref> and many units also had servants' bedrooms.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> Only the largest apartments had kitchens; everyone else received meals from the restaurants or a caterer.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1882" /> There were 67 apartments with kitchens, each of which had a refrigerator as well as a stove powered by coal, gas, or steam.<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> One of the larger apartments, suite 920, belonged to the hotel's manager and consisted of three rooms with high ceilings.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=102|ps=.}}</ref> The apartments on the tenth and eleventh floors were intended for artists,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> taking advantage of sunlight from the north.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /><ref name="Tippins p. 27">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=27|ps=.}}</ref> These apartments were arranged as duplexes, with artists' studios on the upper level and bedrooms on the lower level,<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> and were in high demand when the Chelsea opened.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> The twelfth floor contained a space accessible only from the rooftop promenade; this was intended as a clinic.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins p. 6" /> Tenants could also use a ballroom under the roof.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" />

==== Subsequent changes ====
[[File:JuniorSuite.JPG|thumb|A suite in the hotel prior to its 2010s and 2020s renovation]]
By the 1980s, the hotel had been subdivided into 400 rooms, many of which retained their original thick walls and fireplaces.<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21">{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |date=November 21, 1983 |title=The Chelsea Hotel, 'Kooky But Nice,' Turns 100 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/nyregion/the-chelsea-hotel-kooky-buy-nice-turns-100.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906023733/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/nyregion/the-chelsea-hotel-kooky-buy-nice-turns-100.html |url-status=live}}</ref> This was reduced by the 2000s to about 240<ref name="Leve 2007" /><ref name="Joyce 2009 k208">{{cite web |last=Joyce |first=Amanda |date=October 25, 2009 |title=True N.Y. grit at Hotel Chelsea |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-10-25-0910220859-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215830/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> or 250 units (some with multiple rooms).<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" /> All of the units had a unique layout.<ref name="wsj-2011-07-02" /><ref name="Nathan 1993" /> The rooms were accessed via wide marble corridors and varied significantly in decorative motif.<ref name="nyt-2005-12-11">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Denny |date=December 11, 2005 |title=10 New York Hotels for Under $250 a Night |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/travel/10-new-york-hotels-for-under-250-a-night.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013122736/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/travel/10-new-york-hotels-for-under-250-a-night.html |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Following a renovation that was completed in 2022, some decorative features, such as entry halls and doorknobs, were redesigned with monograms containing the hotel's name.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /><ref name="Nast 2019 g966" /> There are approximately 155 rooms,<ref name="Nast 2019 g966" /><ref name="Moore 2022" /> divided into 125 single-room units and 30 suites;<ref name="Moore 2022" /> the largest units are two-bedroom apartments with en-suite kitchens.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /> As an allusion to the Chelsea's artistic clientele, the rooms are decorated with artworks collected between the 1970s and the 1990s,<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /> in addition to [[Headboard (furniture)|headboards]] with splattered-paint patterns.<ref name="Moore 2022" /> Some rooms retain original fireplaces and stained glass windows.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /><ref name="Nast 2019 g966" /> The guestrooms also have design features such as wooden [[nightstand]]s, closets with wallpaper, and marble-clad bathrooms.<ref name="Nast 2019 g966" />

== History ==
During the early 19th century, apartment developments in the city were generally associated with the working class, but by the late 19th century, apartments were also becoming desirable among the middle and upper classes.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 13, 1991 |title=Osborne Apartments |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1770.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418003807/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1770.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |page=2}}</ref> Between 1880 and 1885, more than ninety apartment buildings were developed in the city.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 7, 1885 |title=How the Great Apartment Houses Have Paid |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000152&no=10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506014424/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000152&no=10 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide |pages=127–128 |volume=35 |issue=882}}</ref> The architect Philip Hubert and his partner [[James W. Pirrson]] had created a "Hubert Home Club" in 1880 for the Rembrandt, a six-story building on [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th Street]] that had been built as housing for artists.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=August 15, 2004 |title=Streetscapes/Philip Gengembre Hubert; The 19th-Century Innovator Who Invented the Co-op |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/realestate/streetscapes-philip-gengembre-hubert-19th-century-innovator-who-invented-op.html |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627225519/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/realestate/streetscapes-philip-gengembre-hubert-19th-century-innovator-who-invented-op.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tippins p. 21">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=21|ps=.}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1914-07-12" /> This early cooperative building had rental units to help defray costs, and it also provided servants as part of the building staff.<ref name="inside" /> The success of this model led to other "Hubert Home Clubs", including the Chelsea.<ref name="inside" /><ref name="Tippins p. 21" /><ref name="Hawes p. 57">{{harvnb|Hawes|1993|ps=.|page=57}}</ref> Hubert believed that such clubs could help entice middle- and upper-class New Yorkers to live in apartment buildings.<ref name="Hawes p. 57" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=19–20|ps=.}}</ref>

=== Development ===
After constructing several more Home Clubs in the 1880s, Hubert decided to construct a structure in Chelsea. In contrast to previous clubs, where residents were selected according to their beliefs and socioeconomic status, Hubert wanted the new building to house as diverse a group of residents as possible.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=23|ps=.}}</ref> Hubert planned a structure as a self-contained, purpose-built artists' community, based on a concept by the philosopher [[Charles Fourier]].<ref name="Rich 2013" /><ref name="Harrington 2014 r573">{{cite web |last=Harrington |first=Suzanne |date=March 2, 2014 |title=A palace of dreams... and nightmares |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/a-palace-of-dreams-and-nightmares/30044817.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=Irish Independent |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220348/https://www.independent.ie/life/a-palace-of-dreams-and-nightmares/30044817.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The structure, later known as the Chelsea Hotel, was originally known as the Chelsea Association Building and was to be developed by the Chelsea Association.<ref name="Tippins p. 4" /><ref name="wsj-2022-04-26">{{Cite news |last=Cheshes |first=Jay |date=April 26, 2022 |title=How the Historic Hotel Chelsea Has Kept Its New York Cool |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-chelsea-new-york-11650976217 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 }}{{Cbignore}}</ref>  It is unknown who specifically devised the idea for the building.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> A construction materials dealer named George M. Smith applied for the hotel's [[building permit]];<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /><ref name="r-7031128_031_00000067" /> he was one of several members of the Chelsea Association's building committee.<ref name="Tippins p. 27" /> By contrast, a contemporary ''[[New-York Tribune]]'' article described "some 50 people of means" as having been responsible for development.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" />

Hubert identified a vacant site on 23rd Street between Eighth and Seventh Avenues, which had been occupied by James Ingersoll's furniture store, as well as an adjoining townhouse on 22nd Street. Hubert paid Ingersoll $175,000 ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=175000|start_year=1883|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}) for the plots and promised Ingersoll an apartment in the new building, as well as membership in the Chelsea Association.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=25–26|ps=.}}</ref> Hubert, Pirsson & Co. filed plans in early 1883 for a "[[housing cooperative|cooperative club apartment house]]" on the site at an estimated cost of $350,000 ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=350000|start_year=1883|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1883" /><ref name="r-7031128_031_00000067">{{cite magazine |date=January 20, 1883 |title=Between 14th and 59th Sts. |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031128_031&page=ldpd_7031128_031_00000067&no=15 |magazine=Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide|publisher=F.W. Dodge Corp |volume=31 |page=45 |via=Columbia University |number=775 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220414/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031128_031&page=ldpd_7031128_031_00000067&no=15 |url-status=live}}</ref> In August 1883, the Chelsea Association obtained a $200,000 mortgage loan for the building ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|start_year=1883|value=200000|fmt=eq|r=-3}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}) from the [[Equitable Life Assurance Society (United States)|Equitable Life Assurance Society]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 9, 1883 |title=Notes From the Register's Office. |page=8 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|94080978}}}}</ref> The same bank placed a $300,000 mortgage loan on the hotel that December ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|start_year=1883|value=300000|fmt=eq|r=-3}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref>{{cite news |date=December 5, 1883 |title=City and Suburban News: New-york. Brooklyn. Westchester County. Long Island. |page=3 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|94054644}}}}</ref> By March 1884, the Chelsea Association Building was nearly complete. One account in ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the Chelsea as "the most profitable and popular of [Hubert and Pirsson's] enterprises".<ref name="nyt-1914-07-12" />

=== Early years and hotel conversion ===
[[File:New York (6035034993).jpg|alt=A close-up of the hotel's signage|thumb|A close-up of the hotel's signage]]

The Chelsea began accepting residents in 1884<ref name="aia4" /><ref name="nycland" /> and was structured as a [[housing cooperative]].<ref name="Alpern19922">{{Cite book |last=Alpern |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dPPEk7FUs8C |title=Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History |date=1992 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-27370-9 |page=17 |language=en}}</ref> Two-thirds of the original apartments were owned by Chelsea Association stockholders, and the other third were rented out.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 26–27">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=26–27|ps=.}}</ref> Almost from the outset, the Chelsea was one of the most popular of Hubert's Home Clubs,<ref name="Hawes pp. 57–59">{{harvnb|Hawes|1993|ps=.|pages=57–59}}</ref> and there were more prospective tenants than available apartments.<ref name="Tippins pp. 26–27" /> Tippins wrote that, "from the beginning, the Chelsea was a home for eccentrics and the artists were there by design".<ref name="Tippins 2022">{{cite web |last=Tippins |first=Sherill |date=November 4, 2022 |title=The rebirth of New York's legendary Hotel Chelsea |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/article/the-rebirth-of-new-yorks-legendary-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=CN Traveller |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323115802/https://www.cntraveller.com/article/the-rebirth-of-new-yorks-legendary-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chelsea was located in what was then the center of New York City's theater district,<ref name="fednyc">{{cite fednyc|page=153}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=24|ps=.}}</ref> with venues such as the [[Booth's Theatre]] and the [[Grand Opera House (Manhattan)|Grand Opera House]] nearby.<ref name="Vigoda 1996" /><ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> 

Its early residents represented a wide variety of groups, from unmarried professionals to large families.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> Many of the hotel's early guests were authors and artists.<ref name="Tippins p. 27" /><ref name="Brown 2021 m570">{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Mick |date=August 18, 2021 |title=Inside the Chelsea Hotel, New York's infamous house of pleasure and pain |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/inside-chelsea-hotel-new-yorks-infamous-house-pleasure-pain/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Telegraph |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123022501/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/inside-chelsea-hotel-new-yorks-infamous-house-pleasure-pain/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to the ''Real Estate Record and Guide'', many construction suppliers and workers moved into the apartments rather than accept monetary compensation.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> The building also attracted wealthy widows, government officials, and a variety of other middle- and upper-class professionals,<ref name="Tippins p. 28" /> though Hubert refused to disclose residents' names for the social registers.<ref name="Tippins p. 32">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=32|ps=.}}</ref> These residents largely moved from other apartment buildings.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> There were also 30 servants, mostly immigrants from Germany and Ireland.<ref name="Tippins p. 28" />

In 1898, ''[[Lippincott's Monthly Magazine]]'' described the Chelsea as one of Manhattan's "literary shrines", in part because of the presence of residents such as [[Edward Eggleston]] and [[Jane Cunningham Croly]].<ref name="Wolfe 1898">{{Cite magazine |last=Wolfe |first=Theodore F. |date=Apr 1898 |title=Some Literary Shrines of Manhattan.: Iv. Northward to the Harlem, and Beyond. |magazine= Lippincott's Monthly Magazine |page=511 |id={{ProQuest|135762028}}}}</ref> Other early residents included painter [[Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum]],<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> poet [[Henry Abbey]], and actress [[Annie Russell]].<ref name="Tippins p. 27" /> By the end of the 19th century, the co-op was in decline due to the suspicions of New York City's middle class about apartment living, the development of houses further north in Manhattan, and the relocation of the city's theater district.<ref name="inside" /><ref name="fednyc" /> The [[Panic of 1893|1893 economic crash]], and the lasting effects of [[Panic of 1901|another crash in the 1900s]], further strained the Chelsea Association's finances.<ref name="Tippins p. 59">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=59|ps=.}}</ref> During the 1890s, many of the Chelsea Association's original stockholders either died, moved away, or had become involved in legal and financial controversies.<ref name="Tippins p. 55">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=55|ps=.}}</ref> By the 1900s, the Chelsea was accepting a larger number of short-term visitors.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> A ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter wrote in the late 20th century that the co-op had never "had a heyday", as many wealthy residents were already moving uptown after the hotel was completed.<ref name="Gross 1984" />

The building was officially converted to an [[apartment hotel]] in 1905.<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /><ref name="Tippins p. 59" /><ref name="Kaufman 1994" /> At the time of the conversion, the Chelsea was divided into 125 units. Small studios that had been converted from maids' quarters were available for as little as $1.50 per night ({{inflation|index=US|start_year=1884|value=1.50|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US|group=lower-alpha}}), while units that had one or two bedrooms cost up to $4–5 per night (equivalent to between ${{inflation|index=US|start_year=1884|value=4|fmt=c}} and ${{inflation|index=US|start_year=1884|value=5|fmt=c}} in {{inflation-year|US}}{{inflation-fn|US|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref name="Tippins p. 60">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=60|ps=.}}</ref> In the first two decades of the 20th century, the hotel hosted events such a merchandise sales;<ref>{{cite news |date=November 4, 1907 |title=Tribune Sunshine Society: God's Requirement Chelsea Branch Outfit for Negro Girl an Outside Garment Monthly Meeting Grateful for Cheer Box of Cheer |page=5 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|572000906}}}}</ref> meetings of local groups, like the Chelsea Society of New York<ref>{{cite news |date=January 22, 1909 |title=Chelsea Society Dines in New York: Former Residents of Massachusetts City Hold Annual Reunion and Elect Officers at Hotel Chelsea. |page=7 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|507910513}}}}</ref> and Syracuse University Club of New York;<ref>{{cite news |date=October 2, 1912 |title=Alumni to Aid Syracuse: to Rebuild Boathouse, Give Shells and Promote Rowing |page=10 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|575015079}}}}</ref> and educational lectures.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 28, 1912 |title=Day of the Eastern Farmer; New York Gains on the West, Child Welfare Workers Are Told. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/01/28/archives/day-of-the-eastern-farmer-new-york-gains-on-the-west-child-welfare.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220358/https://www.nytimes.com/1912/01/28/archives/day-of-the-eastern-farmer-new-york-gains-on-the-west-child-welfare.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912, several guests from the ''Titanic'' were also given rooms at the hotel.<ref name="Tippins p. 60" /><ref>{{cite news |date=April 20, 1912 |title=Heartrending Scenes at White Star Office |page=2 |work=New-York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|574902050}}}}</ref> The managers sometimes removed guests' corpses from the hotel.<ref name="Tippins p. 60" /> The opening of the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line|Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] in the late 1910s had spurred development in the surrounding area, although the Hotel Chelsea remained in use as an [[apartment hotel]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1920 |title=Old Chelsea Changes on Former Eckford Farm |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/11/14/archives/old-chelsia-changes-on-former-eckford-farm.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220901/https://www.nytimes.com/1920/11/14/archives/old-chelsia-changes-on-former-eckford-farm.html |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the ground-level stores was leased to the Greater Engineering Company in 1920.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 4, 1920 |title=Commercial Lease |page=31 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|97998522}}}}</ref>

=== Knott operation ===
Knott Hotels, a family-owned firm that operated numerous budget hotels in New York City,<ref name="Tippins p. 61">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=61|ps=.}}</ref> leased the hotel in March 1921, establishing the 222 West Twenty-third Street Hotel Corporation to operate the Chelsea.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 21, 1921 |title=Sheriff Knott to Take Over Chelsea Hotel, in 23d Street |page=17 |work=New-York Tribune |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-sheriff-knott-to-take-o/133561657/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220912/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-sheriff-knott-to-take-o/133561657/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The lease initially ran until 1942.<ref name="nyt-1922-05-04">{{Cite news |date=May 4, 1922 |title=Hotel Chelsea Lease Renewed. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/05/04/archives/hotel-chelsea-lease-renewed.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220903/https://www.nytimes.com/1922/05/04/archives/hotel-chelsea-lease-renewed.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 1920">{{cite news |date=November 4, 1920 |title=Commercial Lease |page=31 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|576607375}}}}</ref> By then, half of the Chelsea Association's original stockholders remained, and many parts of the hotel needed to be repaired or upgraded. Shortly after taking over, the Knotts split up some of the apartments, added a reception desk at the bottom of the Chelsea's grand staircase, closed the dining room, and added [[kitchenette]]s to existing apartments. In addition, the hotel's American [[floor numbering]] system was changed to a European floor numbering system; for instance, the second story, directly above ground level, was renumbered as floor 1.<ref name="Tippins p. 61" /> The Knott family extended their lease by another 43 years in 1922, agreeing to pay a total of $6,196,000 ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=6196000|start_year=1922|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}) through the lease's projected expiration in 1985.<ref name="nyt-1922-05-04" /><ref name="The New York Times 1920" />

The Hotel Chelsea continued to serve as a "headquarters for painters and writers", as described by the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brobeck |first=Florence |date=October 5, 1924 |title=This Chef Can Paint and Cook With Equal Skill |page=E8 |work=The New York Herald, New York Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1113045908}}}}</ref> The Hotel Carteret was erected to the east in 1927,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 24, 1927 |title=Skyscraper Church Has First Service; Home of Chelsea Presbyterian Congregation Dedicated in New Hotel Cartaret |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/10/24/archives/skyscraper-church-has-first-service-home-of-chelsea-presbyterian.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220904/https://www.nytimes.com/1927/10/24/archives/skyscraper-church-has-first-service-home-of-chelsea-presbyterian.html |url-status=live}}</ref> blocking eastward views from the Chelsea.<ref name="Tippins p. 61" /> To attract more tenants, the Knotts decreased prices for rooms at the eastern end of the hotel.<ref name="Tippins p. 61" /> In addition, the Knott family transferred the hotel's ownership to the Knott Corporation, a [[Delaware company]], in September 1927.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 13, 1927 |title=Knott Concern Organized to Run 16 Hotels: Corporation Also to Operale Wholesale Laundry and Bakery; Capitalized at 250,000 No Par Shares |page=40 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1113778689}}}}</ref> By the end of the 1920s, the Chelsea had been further subdivided into more than 300 rooms. The Knotts had replaced the lobby's paintings with wallpaper, and they had moved the original lobby furniture to make way for a heater on a [[banquette]]. Most of the hotel's bellhops and waiters were African-American by this time. Switchboard operators and desk clerks called residents by their nicknames.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=61–62|ps=.}}</ref> The ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'' called the Chelsea one of the "last ornate landmarks of a Little Old New York locality".<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 14, 1929 |title=About New York |page=18 |work=Asbury Park Press |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-about-new-york/133564358/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220906/https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-about-new-york/133564358/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Batchelder's Restaurant leased the Chelsea's restaurant space in early 1930.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 6, 1930 |title=Real Estate Transactions in City and Suburbs: Space Taken In Midtown Trade Zone Old Restaurant Leases Another Location in Chelsea Rentals in Central District |page=37 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1113131680}}|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=March 6, 1930 |title=Old Chelsea Restaurant to Move. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/06/archives/old-chelsea-restaurant-to-move.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313195905/https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/06/archives/old-chelsea-restaurant-to-move.html |url-status=live}}</ref> During that decade, the Chelsea Hotel remained popular among artists and writers because of the low rents, the friendly atmosphere, and the fact that the residences provided large amounts of privacy. Because many of the old apartments had been subdivided, each floor had various winding corridors leading to the different rooms.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=73–74|ps=.}}</ref> The low rents in particular attracted artists like [[John Sloan]] and [[Edgar Lee Masters]].<ref name="Tippins p. 77">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=77|ps=.}}</ref> There was controversy in late 1934 when then-manager Jerry Gagin commissioned a series of satirical paintings from John McKiernan, depicting three politicians.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1934">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|163283238}} |title=Murals of Long, Farley and Al Smith Cause Row |date=November 24, 1934 |page=3 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=November 23, 1934 |title=Political Murals Rouse Controversy; Caricatures of Long, Smith and Farley on Restaurant Wall Are Covered Up. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/23/archives/political-murals-rouse-controversy-caricatures-of-long-smith-and.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221413/https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/23/archives/political-murals-rouse-controversy-caricatures-of-long-smith-and.html |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Efn|In particular, U.S. senator [[Huey Long]], New York governor [[Alfred E. Smith]], and U.S. postmaster general [[James A. Farley]].<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1934" />}} Knott Hotels president William Knott ordered Gagin to remove the murals, but Gagin refused, and the murals were instead covered up.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1934" />

=== Bard, Gross, and Krauss operation ===
The last member of the Chelsea Association died around 1941, and the hotel went bankrupt around the same time.<ref name="Tippins p. 100">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=100|ps=.}}</ref> The [[New York Bank for Savings]] repossessed the building at an auction in approximately July 1942. That October, the Bank for Savings sold the hotel, along with the adjacent brownstone house at 229 West 22nd Street, to the Chelsea Hotel Company at an assessed value of $561,500 ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=561500|start_year=1942|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}). The buyers took over a $220,000 mortgage ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=220000|start_year=1942|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}) that had been placed on the hotel.<ref name="nyt-1942-10-05">{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1942 |title=Hotel on 23d St. Bought From Bank; The Chelsea and Home in Rear Are Sold for Cash Over a Mortgage of $220,000 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/10/05/archives/hotel-on-23d-st-bought-from-bank-the-chelsea-and-home-in-rear-are.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221413/https://www.nytimes.com/1942/10/05/archives/hotel-on-23d-st-bought-from-bank-the-chelsea-and-home-in-rear-are.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 6, 1942 |title=Savings Bank Sells 11-Story Hotel Building: Syndicate Buys Chelsea in West 23d St. for All Cash Over 220,000 Mortgage |page=35 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1266911220}}}}</ref>{{efn|Later sources give varying dates of 1939,<ref name="encnyc" /><ref name="Nathan 1993" /> 1940,<ref name="Cale 2000" /><ref name="The Wall Street Journal 1972" /><ref name="Ackroyd 1983" /> or 1942<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" />}} At the time, the hotel had seven stores, 319 guestrooms, and 176 bathrooms.<ref name="nyt-1942-10-05" /> Following the sale to the Chelsea Hotel Company, the hotel was operated by a syndicate of Hungarian immigrants represented by David Bard and Frank Amigo.<ref name="Tippins p. 100" /> The new operators were tasked with updating the hotel, which had outdated plumbing and electrical wiring; dilapidated elevators; and dirty walls. In addition, Bard had to dispel rumors circulating among existing tenants, who believed that Bard had won the hotel in a poker game and wanted to raze it.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=101|ps=.}}</ref>

The [[United States Shipping Board]] leased the ground and second floors in late 1942,<ref>{{cite news |date=December 17, 1942 |title=Seamen School Graduates Bunk At the Chelsea: 100 Moveln at Famed Hotel, Part of Which Is Leased as Merchant Marine Center |page=22 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1264400920}}}}</ref> and members of the [[United States Maritime Service]] used the space as the U.S. Maritime Service Graduate Station.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 17, 1943 |title=Sea Duty Call Ends Maritime Dance |page=729 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-sea-duty-call-ends-maritime-d/133517116/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221414/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-sea-duty-call-ends-maritime-d/133517116/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1944, architect Morris Whinston filed plans for $5,000 ({{inflation|index=US-GDP|value=5000|start_year=1944|r=-3|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|group=lower-alpha}}) worth of alterations to the hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1944 |title=Architects File Variety of Plans; Bank Building and Two New Apartments Are Among the Manhattan Projects |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/11/23/archives/architects-file-variety-of-plans-bank-building-and-two-new.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221916/https://www.nytimes.com/1944/11/23/archives/architects-file-variety-of-plans-bank-building-and-two-new.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chelsea started to become associated with [[bohemianism]] during the 1940s and 1950s,<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> and many original design details were removed during that era.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Hamilton|2007|p=XIV}}</ref> A 1946 article in the ''[[The Record (Troy)|Troy Record]]'' noted that artists lived in 25 of the Chelsea's 300 units and that the hotel no longer served traditional celebrities.<ref name="The Troy Record 1946">{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1946 |title=New York's Hotel Chelsea Still Operates |page=6 |work=The Troy Record |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-troy-record-new-yorks-hotel-chelsea/133513278/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221920/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-troy-record-new-yorks-hotel-chelsea/133513278/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The structure also hosted office tenants such as the [[World Congress of the Partisans of Peace]] on the ground floor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1950 |title='World Peace' Plea is Circulated Here; Stockholm Appeal, Attacked as Soviet Trick, Passed Out at Hotel Suites |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/14/archives/world-peace-plea-is-circulated-here-stockholm-appeal-attacked-as.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221917/https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/14/archives/world-peace-plea-is-circulated-here-stockholm-appeal-attacked-as.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Bard had grown exasperated of the tenants' complaints by 1947, when he sold most of his shares to desk clerk Julius Krauss and plumber Joseph Gross, retaining five percent of his shares in the building.<ref name="Tippins p. 107">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=107|ps=.}}</ref> During this era, the hotel often served as a gathering place for left-wing and socialist activists; for instance, one of the ground-floor spaces was occupied by left-wing organizers who supported the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]].<ref name="Tippins p. 106">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=106|ps=.}}</ref>

Bard again became involved in the hotel's operations by the early 1950s.<ref name="Tippins p. 107" /> By then, additional apartments had been subdivided, and the interiors had been significantly modified. The floors had been covered with linoleum; the walls had been painted over; and the skylight above the Chelsea's main staircase had been sealed.<ref name="Tippins p. 113">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=113|ps=.}}</ref> Bard, Gross, and Krauss jointly operated the hotel through the rest of this decade.<ref name="encnyc">Regier, Hilda. "Chelsea Hotel" in {{cite enc-nyc}}, p.210</ref> The [[El Quijote (restaurant)|El Quijote]] restaurant, operated by a group of Spanish immigrants,<ref name="Tippins p. 132">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=132|ps=.}}</ref> moved to the Hotel Chelsea in 1955.<ref name="Paddleford 1956" /> The next year, inspectors found that the hotel had accumulated sixteen violations of city building codes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1956 |title=Owner of the Chelsea Fined |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/23/archives/owner-of-the-chelsea-fined.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221917/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/23/archives/owner-of-the-chelsea-fined.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By the late 1950s, the Chelsea had begun to accept black residents, starting with the printmaker [[Robert Blackburn (artist)|Robert Blackburn]], and European artists were increasingly moving in.<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /> David Bard had sold all of his remaining hotels and spent large amounts of his time talking to the artists and authors who resided there.<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /> His son Stanley, who would later manage the hotel himself, recalled being jealous of the hotel because David spent all of his time there.<ref name="Fleming 1983" /><ref name="Vowell 1999">{{Cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|2478051549}} |title=I'll Take the Room With the Tortured Past |last=Vowell |first=Sarah |magazine=GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly |volume=69 |issue=2 |date=Feb 1999 |pages=97–100, 102–103}}</ref>

By the beginning of the 1960s, the Chelsea Hotel was known as the "Dowager of 23rd Street",<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> and the surrounding area was populated with what Tippins referred to as "tawdry bars and low-rent offices".<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=137|ps=.}}</ref> Nearly all of the entertainment venues in the area had been replaced with stores and apartments.<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> Most of the hotel's occupants were long-term residents, who rarely moved away<ref>{{Cite news |last=Talese |first=Gay |date=December 5, 1962 |title=A West Side Hotel That Charmed O. Henry Retains Old Character |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/05/archives/a-west-side-hotel-that-charmed-o-henry-retains-old-character-plaque.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222418/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/05/archives/a-west-side-hotel-that-charmed-o-henry-retains-old-character-plaque.html |url-status=live}}</ref> due to the low rental rates.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=138|ps=.}}</ref> [[Nouveaux Realistes]] artists also began to frequent the hotel in the 1960s,<ref name="Tippins p. 143">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=143|ps=.}}</ref> and pop artists often collaborated there by 1962.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=148|ps=.}}</ref> The [[New York Community Trust]] installed a plaque outside the building in 1962, detailing the hotel's history.<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> Other plaques honoring specific residents were installed in the mid-1960s, including those for the author [[Thomas Wolfe]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 1964 |title=Novel About 'Mutiny' Found Unconvincing |page=24 |work=The Reporter Dispatch |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-novel-about-mutin/133571477/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222420/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-novel-about-mutin/133571477/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the poet [[Brendan Behan]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1965 |title=Brendan Behan Plaque Presented |page=7 |newspaper=The Irish Times |id={{ProQuest|524415828}}}}</ref>

=== Stanley Bard operation ===
Stanley Bard became manager in 1964 after his father died.<ref name="nyt-2017-02-15" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 166–167">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|pp=166–167}}</ref> Stanley, who had been a plumber's assistant at the hotel since 1957<ref name="nyt-2017-02-15" /> or 1958,<ref name="Gross 1984" /> was already familiar with many of the hotel's artistic residents when he assumed the managerial role.<ref name="Tippins pp. 166–167" /> He began trying to attract artists who had been rejected from other hotels.<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /><ref name="Ackroyd 1983">{{Cite magazine |title=Living at the Chelsea |last=Ackroyd |first=Peter |magazine=The Spectator |volume=250 |issue=8067 |date=February 19, 1983 |pages=9, 10 |id={{ProQuest|1295781371}}}}</ref> Bard did not run advertisements, instead attracting new residents via [[word of mouth]].<ref name="The Wall Street Journal 1972" /> The remaining co-owners, Joseph Gross and Julius Krauss, continued to work under Stanley Bard.<ref name="Leogrande 1970" />

Stanley Bard was less strict than his predecessors, allowing residents to combine apartments on the basis of a [[handshake deal]].<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> Residents could install their own art, and pets might be allowed based on Stanley's whims.<ref name="Gross 1984" /> Film director [[Ethan Hawke]], a onetime resident, recalled that Stanley charged residents different rates based on whether he liked them;<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> a headline in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' proclaimed that "If Stanley Bard likes your wife you'll get a room at the Chelsea".<ref name="The Wall Street Journal 1972">{{cite news |date=December 21, 1972 |title=If Stanley Bard Likes Your Wife You'll Get A Room at the Chelsea |page=1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|133702371}}}}</ref> Bard generally had a lax attitude toward unpaid rent;<ref name="wsj-2011-07-02" /><ref name="lat-2009-06-25" /> he sometimes accepted paintings created by residents who were unable to pay rent,<ref name="nyt-2022-11-25" /><ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> and he started displaying these works in the lobby.<ref name="Leogrande 1970">{{Cite news |last=Leogrande |first=Ernest |date=March 21, 1970 |title=You Can Get High on Art in the Chelsea Lobby |page=100 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-you-can-get-high-on-art-in-th/133732237/ |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222420/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-you-can-get-high-on-art-in-th/133732237/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Another resident who could not afford rent was hired as a bellhop.<ref name="NPR 2011 n337" /> Despite Bard's cavalier attitude toward guests' activities, he closely monitored all aspects of the hotel and sometimes refused to rent rooms to people who were disruptive or those that he disliked.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal 1972" />

Although Bard sometimes did not pay attention to maintenance (leading one resident to say that "the place was held together with Scotch tape"),<ref name="Pressler 2019 i540">{{cite web |last=Pressler |first=Jessica |date=April 11, 2011 |title=The New York Apartment — Will the Chelsea Hotel Become a Luxury Condo or Boutique Hotel? |url=https://nymag.com/realestate/features/apartments/chelsea-hotel-2011-4/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=New York Magazine |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324025033/https://nymag.com/realestate/features/apartments/chelsea-hotel-2011-4/ |url-status=live}}</ref> he helped curate the artistic community there,<ref name="Leve 2007" /> providing artists with materials and looking after their children.<ref name="Tippins pp. 166–167" /> The hotel also came to be known as a place where creative and eccentric figures stayed.<ref name="Newsday 1978" /><ref name="Clines 1978">{{cite news |last=Clines |first=Francis X. |date=February 4, 1978 |title=About New York: The Chelsea Is Still a Roof for Creative Heads |page=17 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|123833982}}}}</ref><ref name="Fleming 1983" /> Bard stated in 1975 that he had friendships with tenants, not "tenant–landlord" relationships,<ref name="Hilts 1975">{{cite news |last=Hilts |first=Donna |date=April 6, 1975 |title=A Quirky Old Hotel With An Aura of Creativity |page= |pages=69, 71 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|146359201}}}}</ref> and residents were free to walk into his office and talk with him.<ref name="Newsday 1978" /> Bard had a bookcase in his office, with books written by residents.<ref name="Burton 1971">{{Cite news |last=Burton |first=Anthony |date=December 23, 1971 |title=A Room in Bohemia: the Hotel Chelsea |page=335 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-room-in-bohemia-the-hotel/133732468/ |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222430/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-room-in-bohemia-the-hotel/133732468/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ackroyd 1983" /> Tippins writes that Bard's inobtrusive management approach, along with the "self-directing population ... and members' willingness to live in the moment", created a strong artistic culture at the hotel.<ref name="Tippins p. 183">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=183}}</ref>

==== 1960s and 1970s ====
[[File:Chelsea Hotel (52323419077).jpg|thumb|The hotel viewed from the northeast]]
By the mid-1960s, the hotel began to attract artists who frequented [[Andy Warhol]]'s [[The Factory|Factory]] studio,<ref name="Tippins pp. 209–210">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|pp=209–210}}</ref> as well as rock musicians (who were not allowed in many other hotels).<ref name="nyt-2007-06-20">{{Cite news |last=Dwyer |first=Jim |date=June 20, 2007 |title=The Changing of the Guard at the Chelsea |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/nyregion/20about.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126011944/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/nyregion/20about.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tippins p. 229">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=229}}</ref> The ''[[Austin American-Statesman|Austin American]]'' described the hotel as having "400 rooms, 150 kitchens, and 150 fireplaces".<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966">{{Cite news |date=March 30, 1966 |title=Chelsea Hotel Same Amid Hell's Kitchen |page=7 |work=The Austin Statesman |id={{ProQuest|1516026643}}}}</ref> The hotel was physically decaying during that time,<ref name="Tippins pp. 209–210" /> though the facade was cleaned.<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" /> The [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (LPC) designated the Hotel Chelsea as a city landmark in March 1966,<ref>{{cite web |date=March 23, 1966 |title=12 Buildings Chosen as City Landmarks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/03/23/archives/12-buildings-chosen-as-city-landmarks.html |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308075152/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/03/23/archives/12-buildings-chosen-as-city-landmarks.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1966 |title=Board Selects 12 Landmarks |page=517 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-board-selects-12-landmarks/133729162/ |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222923/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-board-selects-12-landmarks/133729162/ |url-status=live}}</ref> a decision ratified by the [[New York City Board of Estimate]] that June,<ref name="nyt-1966-06-11">{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1966 |title=City Estimate Board Calls Chelsea Hotel a Landmark |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/06/11/archives/city-estimate-board-calls-chelsea-hotel-a-landmark.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317223107/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/06/11/archives/city-estimate-board-calls-chelsea-hotel-a-landmark.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1966 |title=Chelsea Hotel, Home of Artists, Named Landmark |page=3 |work=The Buffalo News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-chelsea-hotel-home-of/133732032/ |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222924/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-chelsea-hotel-home-of/133732032/ |url-status=live}}</ref> despite opposition from a local planning board, which called the Chelsea a "shabby institution".<ref name="nyt-1966-06-11" /><ref name="Tippins p. 210">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=210}}</ref> The hotel, which was recognized for both architectural and historical significance,<ref name="NPS p. 3" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 209–210" /> thus became one of the city's first official landmarks.<ref name="NPS p. 3" />  Later the same year, Bard decided to redecorate the lobby<ref name="Variety 1966" /> after the release of Warhol's film ''[[Chelsea Girls]]'' drew attention to the hotel.<ref name="Variety 1966">{{cite magazine |date=December 21, 1966 |title=Vintage Hotel Chelsea No Like Warhol's 'Girls'; Not Its Kinda of Frail |magazine=Variety |volume=245 |issue=5 |pages=1, 16 |id={{ProQuest|963026950}}}}</ref><ref name="Tippins p. 213">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=213}}</ref> The staircase was also cleaned in phases from top to bottom.<ref name="West 1968">{{Cite news |last=West |first=Isabel |date=December 8, 1968 |title=The Chelsea Hotel |page=A16 |work=Boston Globe |id={{ProQuest|366727245}}}}</ref>

The popularity of ''Chelsea Girls''—along with that of the album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'', written by Chelsea Hotel resident [[Bob Dylan]]—attracted many aspiring artists and actors to the hotel during the late 1960s, in spite of its rundown condition.<ref>{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|pp=215–216}}</ref> About half of the rooms were occupied by permanent residents by the early 1970s; although new residents had to pay at least $400 ({{inflation|index=US|value=400|start_year=1970|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US|group=lower-alpha}}) per month, older residents were protected by [[rent regulation]] and paid as little as $155 a month ({{inflation|index=US|value=155|start_year=1970|fmt=eq}}{{inflation-fn|US|group=lower-alpha}}).<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine wrote that the Chelsea was "the only landmark building still doing business" from the time when the neighborhood was a major theatrical hub.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Baral |first=Robert |date=January 10, 1973 |title=Miscellany: N.Y.'s Chelsea Zone To Redevelop Into A New Cultural & Show Biz Hub |magazine=Variety |volume=269 |issue=9 |pages=2, 60 |id={{ProQuest|1032460561}}}}</ref> The hotel's residents included many stage and film stars, artists, and "less conventional celebrities", who stayed despite the lack of modern amenities and the presence of pests.<ref name="Hilts 1975" /> The cheapest units tended to have more issues.<ref name="Payne 1977">{{cite news |last=Payne |first=Peggy |date=January 23, 1977 |title=Writers, artists: Hotel Chelsea lures the famous |page=C10 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|169523052}}}}</ref> For many residents, however, there was "no life outside the Hotel", so they did not feel compelled to move.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=254}}</ref> By the early 1970s, residents were increasingly unable to pay rent because of a general economic downturn,<ref name="Tippins pp. 290–291">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|pp=290–291}}</ref> and Bard was forced to evict some residents to reduce expenses.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|pp=297–298}}</ref>

The hotel was in decline by the mid-1970s, with graffitied walls and a cockroach infestation.<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref name="Tippins p. 320" /> Residents removed some of the stained-glass windows and iron grates for scrap.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=310}}</ref> It was common to see drug users in bathrooms and drug dealers in the hallways,<ref name="Tippins 2022" /> and a brothel also operated openly within the hotel.<ref name="nyt-2010-12-08">{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Cara |date=December 8, 2010 |title=As Hotel of Stars and Grit Faces Uncertain Future, the City Shrugs |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/nyregion/08chelsea.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221173516/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/nyregion/08chelsea.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Resident suicides and fires were frequent,<ref name="nyt-2010-12-08" /><ref name="Tippins pp. 324–325" /> as were robberies.<ref name="Tippins pp. 290–291" /> Robbers held several residents hostage in a 1974 robbery,<ref name="Fleming 1983" /><ref>{{cite web |title=2 Hold 15 in Hotel 2 Hours, Rape One |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=October 21, 1974 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/21/archives/2-hold-15-in-hotel-2-hours-rape-one-robbery-victims-are-placed-in.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222923/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/21/archives/2-hold-15-in-hotel-2-hours-rape-one-robbery-victims-are-placed-in.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=October 21, 1974 |title=Chelsea Hotel Robberies |page=12 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-chelsea-hotel/133774809/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223426/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-chelsea-hotel/133774809/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Chelsea was damaged in a 1978 fire that killed one resident.<ref name="The New York Times 1978 c136" /> The death of [[Nancy Spungen]] at the hotel in 1978,<ref name="Schindler 1978">{{cite news |last=Schindler |first=Jean |date=October 13, 1978 |title=Rock Artist Held in Friend's Death |page=9 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|964384205}}}}</ref> and the death of her boyfriend—[[Sid Vicious]], who had been charged with her murder—the next year, brought further negative attention to the hotel.<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=341}}</ref> Nonetheless, the Chelsea's reputation as an artists' and authors' haven remained intact.<ref name="Burke 1983" /> Although there were frequent remarks about the "downright creepy" atmosphere,<ref name="Tippins p. 325">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=325}}</ref> many residents remained in spite of the decline in both the hotel and the surrounding neighborhood.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=293}}</ref> Bard dispelled concerns by saying that any major crime at the hotel was covered by the media due to the Chelsea's bohemian nature.<ref name="Fleming 1983" /> According to Laurie Johnston of ''The Times'', the hotel had "some glittery (and, to some old-liners, scary) clientele among rock musicians and such".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnston |first=Laurie |date=May 25, 1979 |title=A Walk Through Chelsea's Literary Past |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/25/archives/a-walk-through-chelseas-literary-past-walking-tour-on-sunday.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223426/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/25/archives/a-walk-through-chelseas-literary-past-walking-tour-on-sunday.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1977.<ref name="Tippins p. 320">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=320}}</ref>

==== 1980s to 2000s ====
Bard and the Chelsea's residents had planned a centennial celebration in November 1983,<ref name="Karlen 1983">{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|1882553883}} |title=Celebrating the Chelsea's Centennial |last=Karlen |first=Neal |volume=102 |issue=15 |date=October 10, 1983 |pages=16, 16D, 19 |magazine=Newsweek}}</ref><ref name="Colford 1983">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|993675510}} |title=100 Wacky Years: the Eccentric Residents of the Chelsea Hotel prepare to celebrate the centennial of this artistic Mecca |first=Paul D. |last=Colford |date=November 17, 1983 |page=B4 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298}}</ref> though the celebration was delayed by a year.<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|pp=341–342}}</ref> Bard said at the time that he wanted "to keep the atmosphere kooky but nice, eccentric but beautiful",<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /> rather than updating the hotel to keep up with the surrounding neighborhood's [[gentrification]].<ref name="Karlen 1983" /> He accommodated residents' creativity and maintained close relationships with tenants,<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /><ref name="Dougherty 1982" /> to the point that residents spoke with staff "as they were family" and walked behind Bard's desk to get their own mail.<ref name="Colford 1983" /> The hotel also attracted many tourists who wanted to experience its "eccentric" nature, although the staff mainly catered to long-term residents.<ref name="Dougherty 1982">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1630239202}} |title=Staying at Hotel Chelsea will expand your horizons |last=Dougherty |first=Steve |date=August 22, 1982 |pages=1F, 8F |work=The Atlanta Constitution}}</ref> The Chelsea was still cheap; nightly room rates were about one-third that of more upscale hotels uptown, and studios there were less expensive than others in the neighborhood.<ref name="Karlen 1983" /> By the mid-1980s, the hotel largely catered to the [[punk subculture]],<ref name="Gross 1984" /> and it was 80 percent residential by the late 1980s.<ref name="The Record 1988" /> The hotel building itself remained in a state of disrepair:<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> for instance, a balcony fell off the facade in 1986, injuring two passersby.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 27, 1986 |title=The City; 2 Hurt by Debris Of Fallen Balcony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/27/nyregion/the-city-2-hurt-by-debris-of-fallen-balcony.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193459/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/27/nyregion/the-city-2-hurt-by-debris-of-fallen-balcony.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The balcony's collapse prompted a subsequent renovation of the building.<ref name="Alpern1992">{{Cite book |last=Alpern |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dPPEk7FUs8C |title=Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History |date=1992 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-27370-9 |page=17 |language=en}}</ref>

After Bard's children David and Michele became involved in the hotel's operation during the 1990s,<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> they completed a $500,000 renovation of the facade in 1990 and renovated one of the sixth-floor rooms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Slesin |first=Suzanne |title=Motif and Pace Set by Snail At the Chelsea |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=June 28, 1990 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/28/garden/motif-and-pace-set-by-snail-at-the-chelsea.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223426/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/28/garden/motif-and-pace-set-by-snail-at-the-chelsea.html?searchResultPosition=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> David Bard upgraded the lobby's equipment,<ref name="Nathan 1993" /> and the family subdivided the ground-level ladies' reception room into a set of offices, but they left the ceiling murals intact.<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> The reception desk had been relocated to a niche off the main lobby.<ref name="Sell 2002">{{Cite news |last=Sell |first=Larry |date=December 19, 2002 |title=A Night at the Chelsea |pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-chelsea-ghosts-and/133459941/ 2D] |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-a-night-at-the-chel/133460032/ |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223429/https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-a-night-at-the-chel/133460032/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chelsea's reputation for "wildness" receded in the 1990s, though the hotel continued to attract artistic tenants under Bard's management.<ref name="nyt-2010-12-08" /> Long-term residents paid up to $3,000 a month in rent, while short-term guestrooms cost up to $295.<ref name="Kaufman 1994">{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michael T. |date=October 14, 1994 |title=The Hotel In Chelsea That Art Calls Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/14/arts/the-hotel-in-chelsea-that-art-calls-home.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526103702/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/14/arts/the-hotel-in-chelsea-that-art-calls-home.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Short-term guests also traveled to the hotel for a variety of reasons. Some wished to stay in rooms occupied by particular residents,<ref>{{cite web |first=Ron |last=Alexander |title=The Fame Lives On (In Fact, It Lives Here) |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=April 12, 1990 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/12/garden/the-fame-lives-on-in-fact-it-lives-here.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223958/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/12/garden/the-fame-lives-on-in-fact-it-lives-here.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> while others traveled there because of their cheap rates.<ref name="Bragg 1992" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zeman |first=Ned |date=April 18, 1993 |title=Rooms With Attitude: the New Hotel Scene |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1993/04/18/rooms-with-attitude-the-new-hotel-scene/a41e7d04-ab18-4cb7-98ed-664a73e04c72/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1993/04/18/rooms-with-attitude-the-new-hotel-scene/a41e7d04-ab18-4cb7-98ed-664a73e04c72/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The guestrooms lacked modern amenities such as minibars, room service, and cable TV.<ref name="Kaufman 1994" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />

In spite of Stanley Bard's unorthodox approach to rent collection, the hotel's finances remained stable in the 1990s.<ref name="wsj-1994-04-17">{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Jim |date=April 17, 1994 |title=New York: Room Bored? Not a Chance, if You're Staying at Manhattan's Legendary Hotels |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1994/04/17/new-york-room-bored-not-a-chance-if-youre-staying-at-manhattans-legendary-hotels/16cdc0c4-ab7b-4ad0-a068-499e23afb68e/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1994/04/17/new-york-room-bored-not-a-chance-if-youre-staying-at-manhattans-legendary-hotels/16cdc0c4-ab7b-4ad0-a068-499e23afb68e/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The
Bards continued to renovate selected rooms as part of a wide-ranging rehabilitation,<ref name="wsj-1994-04-17" /><ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=346}}</ref> and they also renovated the lobby.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Neighbor to the Famous Woman Recalls Chelsea Life |first=Anne |last=Thompson |agency=Associated Press |work=The Record |date=June 30, 1996 |page=N09 |id={{ProQuest|424746415}}}}</ref> By the end of the 20th century, three-fourths of the hotel was occupied by long-term residents,<ref name="Bragg 1992">{{Cite news |title=Chelsea Hotel: Still crazy after all these years? |first=Rebecca |last=Bragg |work=Toronto Star |date=July 18, 1992 |page=H2 |id={{ProQuest|436659246}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> and monthly rents ranged from $2,000 to $5,000.<ref name="nyt-2000-04-16" /> Bard wished to maintain the hotel's character, showing preference to artists over other potential tenants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sartwell |first=Matt |date=November 17, 2002 |title=A City Landmark – Historic, Artistic, Literary, Musical |page=218 |work=The Journal News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-a-city-landmark-histo/133459447/ |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021224931/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-a-city-landmark-histo/133459447/ |url-status=live}}</ref> There was also an art gallery<ref name="nyt-2000-08-06">{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Laura |date=August 6, 2000 |title=Home Sweet Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/06/nyregion/home-sweet-hotel.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214165035/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/06/nyregion/home-sweet-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and a basement bar named Serena.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ikenberg |first=Tamara |date=March 26, 2000 |title=Sexy City; New York: With Our Insider's Tour, You Can Do Manhattan Like the Leading Ladies of HBO's 'Sex and the City.' Traveler Discretion Advised |page=1R |work=The Baltimore Sun |id={{ProQuest|406446812}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Grigoriadis |first=Vanessa |date=June 29, 2003 |title=A Chelsea Girl Makes a Name All Over Town |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/style/a-chelsea-girl-makes-a-name-all-over-town.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219092807/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/style/a-chelsea-girl-makes-a-name-all-over-town.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Unfounded rumors of a potential sale were circulating by the end of the 20th century.<ref name="Cale 2000">{{Cite news |last=Cale |first=John |date=September 3, 2000 |title=Chelsea mourning: Dylan got married there, Viva gave birth there and Nancy died there |pages=18, 19 |newspaper=The Observer |department=Life |id={{ProQuest|250404569}}}}</ref> Marlene Krauss, the daughter of Julius Krauss, told Bard to stop renewing long-term residents' leases in 2005.<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" /> Meanwhile, longtime resident David Elder (the grandson of Joseph Gross and the son of playwright and screenwriter [[Lonne Elder III]]) filed a lawsuit in 2005 to have Bard removed as the hotel's manager.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |date=May 14, 2008 |title=Elder Strikes Back at the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://observer.com/2008/05/elder-strikes-back-at-the-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226022347/https://observer.com/2008/05/elder-strikes-back-at-the-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, three-fifths of the hotel's 240–250 rooms were occupied by permanent residents.<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" /> Temporary guestrooms and permanent residents' rooms were interspersed.<ref name="Leve 2007" /> As a result of rising expenses, there were fewer penurious artists living in the Chelsea compared to the mid- and late 20th century.<ref name="nyt-2005-09-11">{{Cite news |last=Considine |first=Austin |date=September 11, 2005 |title=A Little Traveling Music: Songs That Can Transport You |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/travel/a-little-traveling-music-songs-that-can-transport-you.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227192014/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/travel/a-little-traveling-music-songs-that-can-transport-you.html |url-status=live}}</ref> A nightclub called the Star Lounge opened in the Chelsea's basement in early 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Silverio |first=Victoria De |date=April 22, 2007 |title=And Ghosts Drink Free |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/fashion/22boite.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306125108/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/fashion/22boite.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Conversion to luxury hotel ===

==== Krauss–Elder operation ====
[[File:ChelseaLobby.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Lobby of the hotel in 2010]]In 2007, an arbitrator ruled that Bard's family owned 58 percent of the hotel's value but that his partners had a majority stake in the operation.<ref name="nyt-2007-06-20" /> In addition, Bard was ordered to pay back $1 million and gave Marlene Krauss and David Elder control over the hotel for ten years.<ref name="Silverman 2007">{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Justin Rocket |date=August 6, 2007 |title=Change feared at historic hotel |page=14 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-change-feared-at-historic-hotel/133509074/ |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220016/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-change-feared-at-historic-hotel/133509074/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Justin Rocket |date=August 6, 2007 |title=Change feared at historic hotel New owners have taken over the Hotel Chelsea and tenants worry the ambience at landmark will fade |page=A14 |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|280258501}}}}</ref> The hotel's board of directors ousted Bard in June 2007,<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Ben |date=June 18, 2007 |title=Stanley Bard Ousted From Chelsea Hotel |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2007/06/stanley_bard_ousted_from_chels.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Intelligencer |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603164009/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2007/06/stanley_bard_ousted_from_chels.html |url-status=live}}</ref> after Krauss and Elder claimed that Bard had allowed tenants to stay even if they had fallen far behind on their rent.<ref name="Silverman 2007" /> Krauss and Elder hired BD Hotels to manage the Chelsea.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Lisa |date=July 8, 2007 |title=For Chelsea, a Morning of New Hotels |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/realestate/commercial/08sqft.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126034020/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/realestate/commercial/08sqft.html |url-status=live}}</ref> BD Hotels attempted to correct several violations of city building codes and obtain documentation on tenants who were not registered with the city government.<ref name="guardian-2008-11-30">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=November 30, 2008 |title=Chelsea's bohemians rage in fight to save New York landmark's soul |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/30/new-york-chelsea-hotel |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527041607/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/30/new-york-chelsea-hotel |url-status=live}}</ref>  The new operators also opened a basement lounge and restored the ballroom.<ref name="Karmin 20102">{{Cite news |last=Karmin |first=Craig |date=October 19, 2010 |title=Hotel Chelsea Seeks Buyer for Rehab |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304410504575560640639784032 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215921/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304410504575560640639784032 |url-status=live}}</ref> Krauss wished to increase the number of short-term guests<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" /><ref name="guardian-2008-11-30" /> and renovate the retail space.<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" />

The hotel stopped leasing apartments in 2007;<ref name="Hedlund 2009 o631" /> filmmaker Sam Bassett became the last long-term resident to sign a lease at the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 21, 2009 |title=Remembering Well: Sam Bassett |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/sam-bassett-chelsea-hotel |access-date=October 15, 2023 |website=Interview Magazine |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204155640/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/sam-bassett-chelsea-hotel |url-status=live}}</ref> Many hotel residents feared that the plans would change the character of the hotel, one of the few remaining non-gentrified places in Chelsea,<ref name="Usborne 2009 l731" /><ref name="guardian-2008-11-30" /> and they expressed concerns that the new manager was not accommodating toward them.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |date=November 20, 2007 |title=Bizarro Bard Goes Memo Mad At Chelsea Hotel |url=https://observer.com/2007/11/bizarro-bard-goes-memo-mad-at-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007201625/https://observer.com/2007/11/bizarro-bard-goes-memo-mad-at-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, Krauss and Elder were evicting tenants and were planning a renovation of the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=March 12, 2008 |title=Meanwhile, at the Hotel Chelsea |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/3/12/10575778/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005122024/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/3/12/10575778/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hedlund 2009 o631">{{cite web |last=Hedlund |first=Patrick |date=January 26, 2009 |title=At Chelsea Hotel, putting up plaques, but evicting artists |url=https://www.amny.com/news/at-chelsea-hotel-putting-up-plaques-but-evicting-artists/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=amNewYork |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215923/https://www.amny.com/news/at-chelsea-hotel-putting-up-plaques-but-evicting-artists/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Elder denied that tenants were being targeted, saying that all of the evicted tenants had failed to pay rent;<ref name="Hedlund 2009 o631" /> according to BD Hotels officials, some tenants owed more than $10,000.<ref name="Karmin 20102" /> BD Hotels was fired in April 2008<ref>{{cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |date=April 30, 2008 |title=More Shakeups at Chelsea Hotel |url=https://observer.com/2008/04/more-shakeups-at-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610084831/https://observer.com/2008/04/more-shakeups-at-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and subsequently filed a [[wrongful dismissal]] lawsuit against the hotel's operators.<ref name="nyt-2010-12-08" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |date=May 1, 2008 |title=Ousted Chelsea Hotel Managers File for Arbitration |url=https://observer.com/2008/05/ousted-chelsea-hotel-managers-file-for-arbitration/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410194903/https://observer.com/2008/05/ousted-chelsea-hotel-managers-file-for-arbitration/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Andrew Tilley was hired to manage the hotel in June 2008<ref>{{cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |date=June 30, 2008 |title=Hard Rock Guy Takes Over at The Chelsea |url=https://observer.com/2008/06/hard-rock-guy-takes-over-at-the-chelsea/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922215750/https://observer.com/2008/06/hard-rock-guy-takes-over-at-the-chelsea/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and continued to serve eviction notices to tenants.<ref>{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |title=Meanwhile, at the Hotel Chelsea |website=Curbed NY |date=October 22, 2008 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/10/22/10556078/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604081851/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/10/22/10556078/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Shott |first=Chris |title=Bizarro Bard Goes Memo Mad At Chelsea Hotel |website=Observer |date=November 20, 2007 |url=https://observer.com/2007/11/bizarro-bard-goes-memo-mad-at-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007201625/https://observer.com/2007/11/bizarro-bard-goes-memo-mad-at-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel was involved in other controversies such as a disagreement over the demolition of an apartment once occupied by [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=December 4, 2008 |title=Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Renovation Has Hotel Chelsea Angry |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/12/4/10552264/freewheelin-bob-dylan-renovation-has-hotel-chelsea-angry |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205080546/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/12/4/10552264/freewheelin-bob-dylan-renovation-has-hotel-chelsea-angry |url-status=live}}</ref>  Tilley resigned after seven months, citing tenant harassment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |title=Meanwhile, at the Hotel Chelsea: Latest Manager Checks Out |website=Curbed NY |date=February 2, 2009 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2009/2/2/10548472/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea-latest-manager-checks-out |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130447/https://ny.curbed.com/2009/2/2/10548472/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea-latest-manager-checks-out |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Another Manager Defeated by the Hotel Chelsea |website=Gothamist |date=February 2, 2009 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/another-manager-defeated-by-the-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215922/https://gothamist.com/news/another-manager-defeated-by-the-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref>

Elder took over direct management of the hotel in 2009.<ref name="lat-2009-06-25" /><ref name="Hedlund 2009 o631" /> Under Elder's management, the hotel phased out long-term leases in favor of 25-day leases.<ref name="Hedlund 2009 o631" /> By 2010, ninety long-term residents remained; another forty had moved out during the previous three years.<ref name="nyt-2010-12-08" /> A nightclub known as the Chelsea Room opened in the basement that October,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Priya |date=October 4, 2010 |title=Star Lounge Gets Reincarnation |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704631504575532223661388324 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919185720/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704631504575532223661388324 |url-status=live}}</ref> after the former Star Lounge's space had been gutted.<ref name="nyt-2011-03-01">{{Cite news |last=Detrick |first=Ben |date=March 1, 2011 |title=The Chelsea Room |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03boite.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909122307/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03boite.html? |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chelsea's 15 shareholders put the hotel up for sale in October 2010,<ref name="Karmin 20102" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary NYC Hotel Chelsea is for sale |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=October 19, 2010 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-legendary-nyc-hotel-chelsea-is-for-sale-2010oct19-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215923/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-legendary-nyc-hotel-chelsea-is-for-sale-2010oct19-story.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Hotel Chelsea Up For Sale |website=Gothamist |date=October 19, 2010 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/hotel-chelsea-up-for-sale |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132524/https://gothamist.com/news/hotel-chelsea-up-for-sale |url-status=live}}</ref> when there were 125 short-term guestrooms and 100 apartments.<ref name="Karmin 20102" /> Real-estate experts estimated that a buyer would have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate each room, overcoming tenant opposition and restrictions posed by the hotel's city-landmark status.<ref name="Turner 2010 b678">{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Zeke |date=November 3, 2010 |title=Metaphor on 23rd Street: The Chelsea Has History and Architecture—Is That Enough for a $100 M. Sale? |url=https://observer.com/2010/11/metaphor-on-23rd-street-the-chelsea-has-history-and-architectureis-that-enough-for-a-100-m-sale/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003113739/https://observer.com/2010/11/metaphor-on-23rd-street-the-chelsea-has-history-and-architectureis-that-enough-for-a-100-m-sale/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Stanley Bard's son David made a bid to buy the Chelsea,<ref name="Pressler 2019 i540" />  as did developer [[Aby Rosen]]<ref name="wsj-2011-05-16" /> and hoteliers [[Ian Schrager]] and [[André Balazs]].<ref name="wsj-2011-05-16" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=January 14, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea Heating Up |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/1/14/10487074/hotel-chelsea-heating-up |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003152908/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/1/14/10487074/hotel-chelsea-heating-up |url-status=live}}</ref> A Doughnut Plant shop opened at the hotel in early 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=February 8, 2011 |title=Doughnut Plant to Open at the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/dining/09doughnut.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617082652/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/dining/09doughnut.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Chetrit and Scheetz operation ====
Real estate developer [[Joseph Chetrit]] announced in May 2011 that he had bought the hotel for $80 million.<ref name="wsj-2011-05-16">{{Cite news |last=Karmin |first=Craig |date=May 16, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea's New Proprietor |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281504576325331831600542.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=August 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827105959/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281504576325331831600542.html? |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 16, 2011 |title=Chetrit revealed as Hotel Chelsea buyer |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/05/16/joseph-chetrit-revealed-as-hotel-chelsea-buyer/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215934/https://therealdeal.com/piano/ProximaNova-Semibold.ttf |url-status=live}}</ref> Chetrit stopped taking reservations for new guests that July<ref name="Buckley2011">{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Cara |date=August 1, 2011 |title=A Last Night Among the Spirits at the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/nyregion/historic-chelsea-hotel-closes-to-guests.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061347/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/nyregion/historic-chelsea-hotel-closes-to-guests.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |title=To-Be-Renovated Hotel Chelsea Closing to Reservations Next Week |website=Curbed NY |date=July 27, 2011 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/7/27/10454046/to-be-renovated-hotel-chelsea-closing-to-reservations-next-week |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202125923/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/7/27/10454046/to-be-renovated-hotel-chelsea-closing-to-reservations-next-week |url-status=live}}</ref> and officially took title to the hotel the next month.<ref>{{cite web |last=Acitelli |first=Tom |title=Era Ends as Joseph Chetrit Closes on Chelsea Hotel Buy |website=Observer |date=August 2, 2011 |url=https://observer.com/2011/08/era-ends-as-joseph-chetrit-closes-on-chelsea-hotel-buy/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529092314/https://observer.com/2011/08/era-ends-as-joseph-chetrit-closes-on-chelsea-hotel-buy/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Candace |title=Hotel Chelsea deal closes |website=The Real Deal |date=August 2, 2011 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/08/02/hotel-chelsea-deal-closes/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215924/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/08/02/hotel-chelsea-deal-closes/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Gene Kaufman was hired to design a renovation of the Chelsea,<ref name="NPR 2011 n337" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |date=July 5, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea to Get 'Subtle' Gene Kaufman Renovation |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/7/5/10458112/hotel-chelsea-to-get-subtle-gene-kaufman-renovation |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201100427/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/7/5/10458112/hotel-chelsea-to-get-subtle-gene-kaufman-renovation |url-status=live}}</ref> which was funded by an $85 million loan from [[Natixis]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Acitelli |first=Tom |date=August 9, 2011 |title=Chetrit's $85 M. Chelsea Hotel Loan; His Junior Partner's Housing Violations |url=https://observer.com/2011/08/chetrits-85-m-chelsea-hotel-loan-his-junior-partners-housing-violations/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221145/https://observer.com/2011/08/chetrits-85-m-chelsea-hotel-loan-his-junior-partners-housing-violations/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |date=August 11, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea Lobby Stripped Of Its Art, History, Character |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/hotel-chelsea-lobby-stripped-of-its-art-history-character |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Gothamist |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205021433/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/hotel-chelsea-lobby-stripped-of-its-art-history-character |url-status=live}}</ref> Kaufman intended to change the room layouts and renovate vacant retail space in the basement and ground floor.<ref name="wsj-2011-07-02" /> Residents protected by [[rent regulation in New York|state rent regulation laws]] were allowed to remain,<ref name="nyt-2011-11-04">{{Cite web |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |date=November 4, 2011 |title=First, No More Guests; Now, Chelsea Hotel Says No More Art |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/first-no-more-guests-now-chelsea-hotel-says-no-more-art/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=City Room |language=en |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621113033/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/first-no-more-guests-now-chelsea-hotel-says-no-more-art/ |url-status=live}}</ref> but the staff were fired.<ref name="NPR 2011 n337" /> Chetrit also moved to evict a tattoo parlor<ref name="Meyer 2011">{{Cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Theodoric |last2=Slotkin |first2=Jason |date=October 30, 2011 |title=A Tattoo Parlor Prepares to Depart the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/a-tattoo-parlor-prepares-to-depart-the-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=City Room |language=en |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126115217/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/a-tattoo-parlor-prepares-to-depart-the-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and some of the non-rent-regulated residents.<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=Hotel Chelsea Trying to Evict Residents |website=DNAinfo New York |date=December 12, 2011 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/20111212/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-trying-evict-residents/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629104410/https://www.dnainfo.com/20111212/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-trying-evict-residents/ |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |title=Hotel Chelsea's New Owner Files to Evict 10 Residents |website=Curbed NY |date=December 12, 2011 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2011/12/12/10416930/hotel-chelseas-new-owner-files-to-evict-10-residents |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605193248/https://ny.curbed.com/2011/12/12/10416930/hotel-chelseas-new-owner-files-to-evict-10-residents |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Connor 2011">{{cite news |last=Connor |first=Tracy |date=October 18, 2011 |title=Unwanted Guest at Historic Hotel: Fear. Tenants at the Chelsea, Worried About New Owner's Intentions, Hire a Lawyer |page=4 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|898703365}}}}</ref><ref name="New York Daily News 2011 h793">{{cite web |date=December 22, 2011 |title=Chelsea Hotel tries to evict high-profile celebs like Susanne Bartsch and David Barton |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/22/chelsea-hotel-tries-to-evict-high-profile-celebs-like-susanne-bartsch-and-david-barton/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215923/https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/22/chelsea-hotel-tries-to-evict-high-profile-celebs-like-susanne-bartsch-and-david-barton/ |url-status=live}}</ref> That September, resident Zoe Pappas formed the Chelsea Tenants Association,<ref name="Gray 2013 g868">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Billy |date=April 9, 2013 |title=Hotel Chelsea Tenant Association Hits Back, Files Contempt of Court Motion Against Joe Chetrit |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2013/04/hotel-chelsea-tenant-association-hits-back-files-contempt-of-court-motion-against-joe-chetrit/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Commercial Observer |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126212911/https://commercialobserver.com/2013/04/hotel-chelsea-tenant-association-hits-back-files-contempt-of-court-motion-against-joe-chetrit/ |url-status=live}}</ref> which about half of the remaining residents joined.<ref name="Meyer 2011" /><ref name="Connor 2011" /> The Chelsea's managers ordered that all artwork be placed into storage in November, prompting more tenant complaints;<ref name="nyt-2011-11-04" /> a rooftop garden tended by residents was also destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goodman |first=Wendy |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Tour a Defiantly Bohemian Studio in the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.curbed.com/2020/10/tour-gerald-decocks-bohemian-studio-at-the-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=Curbed |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930194159/https://www.curbed.com/2020/10/tour-gerald-decocks-bohemian-studio-at-the-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

From 2011 to 2013, residents filed a large number of lawsuits against Chetrit.<ref name="Gray 2013 g868" /> Tenants complained that the project was creating health hazards,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/chelsea-hotel-demolition-sparks-buildings-dept-probe-complaints-furious-residents-article-1.964434#ixzz1csEiXNCX |title=Chelsea Hotel demolition sparks Buildings Dept. probe after complaints from furious residents |last1=Prendergast |first1=Daniel |date=October 22, 2011 |newspaper=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |last2=Connor |first2=Tracy |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220010/https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/10/22/chelsea-hotel-demolition-sparks-buildings-dept-probe-after-complaints-from-furious-residents/#ixzz1csEiXNCX |url-status=live}}</ref> although the city's [[New York City Department of Buildings|Building Department]] found no major violations of building codes.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOB finds no major violations in Hotel Chelsea renovation |website=The Real Deal |date=October 27, 2011 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/10/27/department-of-buildings-finds-no-major-violations-in-hotel-chelsea-renovation-by-chetrit-group/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220021/https://therealdeal.com/piano/ProximaNova-Semibold.ttf |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |title=Chelsea Hotel tenants' expert says demolition stirs up toxins; building inspectors find no hazards |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |date=October 27, 2011 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/10/27/chelsea-hotel-tenants-expert-says-demoltion-stirs-up-toxins-building-inspectors-find-no-hazards/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220012/https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/10/27/chelsea-hotel-tenants-expert-says-demoltion-stirs-up-toxins-building-inspectors-find-no-hazards/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Following a lawsuit in December 2011,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Theodoric |last2=Slotkin |first2=Jason |title=Tenants at Chelsea Hotel File Suit Against Owner Over Renovations |website=City Room |date=December 3, 2011 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/tenants-at-chelsea-hotel-file-suit-against-owner-over-renovations/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220011/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/tenants-at-chelsea-hotel-file-suit-against-owner-over-renovations/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Connor |first=Tracy |title=Chelsea Hotel tenants sue landlord over repairs, renovations |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |date=December 3, 2011 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/03/chelsea-hotel-tenants-sue-landlord-over-repairs-renovations/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220015/https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/12/03/chelsea-hotel-tenants-sue-landlord-over-repairs-renovations/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |title=Hotel Chelsea tenants file suit over alleged environmental violations |website=The Real Deal |date=December 5, 2011 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/12/05/hotel-chelsea-tenants-file-suit-over-alleged-epa-violations/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601012654/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2011/12/05/hotel-chelsea-tenants-file-suit-over-alleged-epa-violations/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=Hotel Chelsea Tenants Sue Landlord for Renovation Dangers |website=DNAinfo New York |date=December 3, 2011 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/20111203/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-tenants-sue-landlord-for-renovation-dangers/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516042830/https://www.dnainfo.com/20111203/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-tenants-sue-landlord-for-renovation-dangers/ }}</ref> a state court ordered Chetrit to clean the air in the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=December 17, 2011 |title=Hotel Chelsea Ordered to Clean Up Amid Renovation |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20111217/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-ordered-clean-up-amid-renovation/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516124941/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20111217/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-ordered-clean-up-amid-renovation/ }}</ref> King & Grove Hotels was hired in January 2012 to operate the hotel,<ref>{{cite web |title=King & Grove will manage Hotel Chelsea, pay homage to artistic legacy |website=The Real Deal |date=January 16, 2012 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2012/01/16/king-grove-will-manage-hotel-chelsea/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329134418/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2012/01/16/king-grove-will-manage-hotel-chelsea/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Hogarty |first=Dave |title=King & Grove to Run Hotel Chelsea |website=Curbed NY |date=January 13, 2012 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/1/13/10408526/king-grove-to-run-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331094932/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/1/13/10408526/king-grove-to-run-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref> and Chetrit proposed a rooftop addition shortly afterward,<ref>{{cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |date=February 14, 2012 |title=Gene Kaufman's 'Subtle' Hotel Chelsea Renovation Unveiled |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/2/14/10396268/gene-kaufmans-subtle-hotel-chelsea-renovation-unveiled |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018045536/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/2/14/10396268/gene-kaufmans-subtle-hotel-chelsea-renovation-unveiled |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=February 14, 2012 |title=Controversial Hotel Chelsea Rooftop Addition Barely Visible in Plans |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/20120214/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-renovation-plans-include-new-rear-yard-windows-awning/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423042922/http://www.dnainfo.com/20120214/chelsea-hells-kitchen/hotel-chelsea-renovation-plans-include-new-rear-yard-windows-awning }}</ref> which the LPC approved despite concerns from residents.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 24, 2012 |title=Landmarks Commission Approves Hotel Chelsea Renovation |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/4/24/10377106/landmarks-commission-approves-hotel-chelsea-renovation |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326092303/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/4/24/10377106/landmarks-commission-approves-hotel-chelsea-renovation |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=Hotel Chelsea Tenants Create Charity Fund to Save Other Historic Buildings |website=DNAinfo New York |date=June 29, 2012 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120629/chelsea/hotel-chelsea-tenants-create-charity-fund-save-other-historic-buildings/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209045442/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120629/chelsea/hotel-chelsea-tenants-create-charity-fund-save-other-historic-buildings/ }}</ref> Chetrit was ordered to fix additional building violations in May 2012<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=May 7, 2012 |title=Chelsea Hotel Landlord Ordered to Fix Renovation Damage |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120507/chelsea/chelsea-hotel-landlord-ordered-fix-renovation-damage/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325082950/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120507/chelsea/chelsea-hotel-landlord-ordered-fix-renovation-damage/ |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Velsey |first=Kim |date=May 7, 2012 |title=Chelsea Hotel Tenants Win The Day In Court |url=https://observer.com/2012/05/chelsea-hotel-tenants-win-the-day-in-court/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601201551/https://observer.com/2012/05/chelsea-hotel-tenants-win-the-day-in-court/ |url-status=live}}</ref> after tenants alleged that the renovation created toxic dust and allowed mold and rust to spread.<ref>{{cite web |last=Velsey |first=Kim |date=May 7, 2012 |title=Chelsea Hotel In Housing Court: Tenants At Iconic Building Say They're Tired of Mold, Asbestos, Being Lied To |url=https://observer.com/2012/05/chelsea-hotel-in-housing-court-tenants-at-iconic-building-say-theyre-tired-of-mold-asbestos-being-lied-to/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Observer |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601192928/https://observer.com/2012/05/chelsea-hotel-in-housing-court-tenants-at-iconic-building-say-theyre-tired-of-mold-asbestos-being-lied-to/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |title=Chelsea Hotel Tenants Head to Housing Court |website=WNYC |date=May 7, 2012 |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/207030-chelsea-hotel-tenants-head-housing-court/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727015952/https://www.wnyc.org/story/207030-chelsea-hotel-tenants-head-housing-court/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Other tenant lawsuits included a dispute over a deceased tenant's artwork<ref>{{cite web |last=Connor |first=Tracy |title=Judge: Chelsea Hotel owners must return art to Arthur Weinstein's widow |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |date=July 11, 2012 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/07/11/judge-chelsea-hotel-owners-must-return-art-to-arthur-weinsteins-widow/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220011/https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/07/11/judge-chelsea-hotel-owners-must-return-art-to-arthur-weinsteins-widow/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Polsky |first=Sara |title=Meanwhile, at the Hotel Chelsea |website=Curbed NY |date=July 11, 2012 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/7/11/10352758/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202140608/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/7/11/10352758/meanwhile-at-the-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref> and a complaint over disrupted gas, heat, and hot water service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=David |title=DOB orders Chetrit to halt work at Hotel Chelsea |website=The Real Deal |date=March 22, 2013 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/03/22/city-to-fine-chetrit-over-hotel-chelsea-conditions/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220015/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/03/22/city-to-fine-chetrit-over-hotel-chelsea-conditions/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |title=Chetrit to be Fined for Harassment of Hotel Chelsea Tenants |website=Curbed NY |date=March 23, 2013 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/23/10260954/chetrit-to-be-fined-for-harassment-of-hotel-chelsea-tenants |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324090119/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/23/10260954/chetrit-to-be-fined-for-harassment-of-hotel-chelsea-tenants |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Chetrit sued Bard in early 2013, claiming that Bard had overrepresented the hotel's value.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chetrit sues former Hotel Chelsea owners for $4M |website=The Real Deal |date=March 12, 2013 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/03/12/chetrit-sues-former-hotel-chelsea-owners-for-4-15m/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220532/https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/template/cacheableShow?aid=p7sVIGTDn5&templateId=OTKM7F97TXNP&offerId=fakeOfferId&experienceId=EX4FQIM0EZ0Z&iframeId=offer_97e12a9720251a7aa748-1&displayMode=inline&pianoIdUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fid.tinypass.com%2Fid%2F&widget=template&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherealdeal.com |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Barbarino |first=Al |title=Joe Chetrit Sues Former Ownership Group at Chelsea Hotel |website=Commercial Observer |date=March 13, 2013 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2013/03/joe-chetrit-sues-former-ownership-at-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126212905/https://commercialobserver.com/2013/03/joe-chetrit-sues-former-ownership-at-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |title=Joseph Chetrit Sues Hotel Chelsea's Former Owners for $4.15M |website=Curbed NY |date=March 12, 2013 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/12/10265160/joseph-chetrit-sues-hotel-chelseas-former-owners-for-4-15m |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330043438/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/3/12/10265160/joseph-chetrit-sues-hotel-chelseas-former-owners-for-4-15m |url-status=live}}</ref>

Chetrit, David Bistricer and King & Grove Hotels CEO, Ed Scheetz co-owned the hotel until August 2013,<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=David |date=August 28, 2013 |title=Chetrits, King & Grove break up hotel partnership |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/08/27/chetrits-king-grove-break-up-hotel-partnership/#sthash.WTf4G08p.dpuf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926234643/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/08/27/chetrits-king-grove-break-up-hotel-partnership/#sthash.WTf4G08p.dpuf |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref><ref name="wsj-2013-08-28">{{Cite news |last=Heyman |first=Marshall |date=August 28, 2013 |title=A New View at Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323407104579039031666119834.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006133438/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323407104579039031666119834.html? |url-status=live}}</ref> when Scheetz took over the Chelsea Hotel.<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Feitelberg |first=Rosemary |date=May 23, 2014 |title=Ed Scheetz Launches Chelsea Hotels |url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/ed-scheetz-launches-chelsea-hotels-7693659/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125040345/https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/ed-scheetz-launches-chelsea-hotels-7693659/ |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=WWD}}</ref> King & Grove and existing residents agreed on a rent settlement the next month,<ref>{{cite web |last=Amato |first=Rowley |title=Hotel Chelsea Tenants Reach Agreement with King & Grove |website=Curbed NY |date=September 29, 2013 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/29/10192926/hotel-chelsea-tenants-reach-agreement-with-king-grove |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324153647/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/9/29/10192926/hotel-chelsea-tenants-reach-agreement-with-king-grove |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Jones |first=David |title=King & Grove settles rent dispute with Hotel Chelsea tenants |website=The Real Deal |date=September 27, 2013 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/27/king-grove-settles-rent-dispute-with-hotel-chelsea-tenants/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220515/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/27/king-grove-settles-rent-dispute-with-hotel-chelsea-tenants/ |url-status=live}}</ref> in which residents could stay in upgraded apartments.<ref>{{cite web |last=Scotto |first=Michael |date=December 22, 2015 |title=Chelsea Hotel Still a Home for Many as Building Gets Major Overhaul |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2015/12/22/the-end-of-an-era--as-hotel-chelsea-prepares-to-re-open-as-a-boutique-hotel--longtime-residents-fight-to-preserve-building-s-character |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Spectrum News NY1 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220603/https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2015/12/22/the-end-of-an-era--as-hotel-chelsea-prepares-to-re-open-as-a-boutique-hotel--longtime-residents-fight-to-preserve-building-s-character |url-status=live}}</ref> Scheetz continued to evict other tenants who had fallen behind on rent.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 17, 2013 |title=Hotel Chelsea King and Grove |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/17/king-grove-renegs-on-vow-to-stop-hotel-chelsea-evictions-tenants/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708124023/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/09/17/king-grove-renegs-on-vow-to-stop-hotel-chelsea-evictions-tenants/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=September 17, 2013 |title=New Owner of Hotel Chelsea Townhouse Continues Tenant Evictions |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130917/chelsea/new-owner-of-hotel-chelsea-townhouse-continues-tenant-evictions/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605232758/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130917/chelsea/new-owner-of-hotel-chelsea-townhouse-continues-tenant-evictions/ }}</ref> At the time, there were 65 remaining apartments and 170 guestrooms.<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" /> Chetrit canceled all of the work permits for the Chelsea's renovation at the end of 2013, and all work was temporarily stopped until King & Grove applied for new permits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Work stopped at Hotel Chelsea after Chetrit pulls permits |website=The Real Deal |date=January 16, 2014 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/01/16/work-stopped-at-hotel-chelsea-after-chetrit-pulls-permits/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220528/https://therealdeal.com/piano/ProximaNova-Semibold.ttf |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=City Halts Work on Hotel Chelsea Renovation After Old Owner Yanks Permit |website=DNAinfo New York |date=January 16, 2014 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140116/chelsea/city-halts-work-on-hotel-chelsea-renovation-after-old-owner-yanks-permit/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220544/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140116/chelsea/city-halts-work-on-hotel-chelsea-renovation-after-old-owner-yanks-permit/ }}</ref> Scheetz also hired Marvel Architects to modify Kaufman's designs,<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=January 16, 2014 |title=City Halts Work on Hotel Chelsea Renovation After Old Owner Yanks Permit |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140116/chelsea/city-halts-work-on-hotel-chelsea-renovation-after-old-owner-yanks-permit/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220544/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140116/chelsea/city-halts-work-on-hotel-chelsea-renovation-after-old-owner-yanks-permit/ }}</ref> prompting a lawsuit from Kaufman.<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |date=May 23, 2014 |title=Former Hotel Chelsea Architect Wants to Halt Renovation |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140523/chelsea/former-hotel-chelsea-architect-wants-halt-renovation/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=DNAinfo New York |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128002651/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140523/chelsea/former-hotel-chelsea-architect-wants-halt-renovation/ }}</ref>

After rebranding King & Grove as Chelsea Hotels in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=David |date=May 22, 2014 |title=Ed Scheetz renaming King & Grove the Chelsea Hotels |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/05/22/ed-scheetz-renaming-king-grove-the-chelsea-hotels/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926234616/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/05/22/ed-scheetz-renaming-king-grove-the-chelsea-hotels/ |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=The Real Deal|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Katherine |date=May 22, 2014 |title=Owner of Hotel Chelsea will rebrand his other inns to capitalize on a world-renowned name |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/22/owner-of-hotel-chelsea-will-rebrand-his-other-inns-to-capitalize-on-a-world-renowned-name/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926234615/https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/22/owner-of-hotel-chelsea-will-rebrand-his-other-inns-to-capitalize-on-a-world-renowned-name/ |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251}}</ref> Scheetz bought the El Quijote restaurant that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hotel Chelsea owner buys El Quijote restaurant |website=The Real Deal |date=June 18, 2014 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/06/18/hotel-chelsea-owner-buys-el-quijote-restaurant/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609181956/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2014/06/18/hotel-chelsea-owner-buys-el-quijote-restaurant/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=Hotel Chelsea Buys Beloved El Quijote Restaurant |website=DNAinfo New York |date=June 18, 2014 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140618/chelsea/hotel-chelsea-buys-beloved-el-quijote-restaurant/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024445/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140618/chelsea/hotel-chelsea-buys-beloved-el-quijote-restaurant/ |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Morabito |first=Greg |title=Hotel Chelsea Acquires 84-Year-Old Restaurant El Quijote |website=Eater NY |date=June 18, 2014 |url=https://ny.eater.com/2014/6/18/6205731/hotel-chelsea-acquires-84-year-old-restaurant-el-quijote |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604200419/https://ny.eater.com/2014/6/18/6205731/hotel-chelsea-acquires-84-year-old-restaurant-el-quijote |url-status=live}}</ref> The Chelsea Hotel Storefront Gallery also opened at ground level in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heyman |first=Marshall |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Marshall Heyman: Princess Celebrates Jet Set With Hand-Drawn Portraits |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/marshall-heyman-princess-celebrates-jet-set-with-hand-drawn-portraits-1402278457 |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220514/https://www.wsj.com/articles/marshall-heyman-princess-celebrates-jet-set-with-hand-drawn-portraits-1402278457 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following a campaign led by residents,<ref>{{cite web |title=Campaign to save Dylan Thomas' apartment in New York's Hotel Chelsea |website=BBC News |date=April 10, 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-32252344 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120184756/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-32252344 |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |title=Fans: Dylan Thomas' Hotel Chelsea Apartment Entrance May Become Part Of Stairwell |website=CBS New York |date=April 10, 2015 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fans-dylan-thomas-hotel-chelsea-apartment-entrance-may-become-part-of-stairwell/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220516/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fans-dylan-thomas-hotel-chelsea-apartment-entrance-may-become-part-of-stairwell/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Scheetz agreed to preserve a first-floor suite once occupied by the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=July 7, 2016 |title=At the storied Hotel Chelsea, a small yet hard-won victory |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/7/12111916/dylan-thomas-hotel-chelsea-apartment-saved |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180713/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/7/12111916/dylan-thomas-hotel-chelsea-apartment-saved |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dewey |first=Philip |date=July 7, 2016 |title=Apartment where Dylan Thomas died saved after legal battle |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-york-apartment-dylan-thomas-11584974 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Wales Online |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527154041/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-york-apartment-dylan-thomas-11584974 |url-status=live}}</ref> Scheetz also wished to renovate 52 remaining apartments, which were occupied by 83 tenants. Accordingly, he offered to buy out their apartments, move them to the lower stories, or move them temporarily to the [[Martha Washington Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=February 18, 2015 |title=A Vintage Life in the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/garden/a-vintage-life-in-the-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616160815/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/garden/a-vintage-life-in-the-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By mid-2015, Scheetz and his partners [[Bill Ackman]], Joseph Steinberg, and Wheelock Street Capital had spent $185 million on renovations, which were not expected to be completed for two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hotel Chelsea renovation drags on |website=The Real Deal |date=June 24, 2015 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2015/06/24/hotel-chelsea-renovation-drags-on/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220532/https://therealdeal.com/piano/ProximaNova-Semibold.woff2 |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |last=Karmin |first=Craig |date=June 23, 2015 |title=Hotel Chelsea, Storied Haunt of Dylan and Burroughs, Becomes Wall Street Money Pit |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-chelsea-upgrade-hits-a-snag-1435077980 |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325054022/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-chelsea-upgrade-hits-a-snag-1435077980 |url-status=live}}</ref> Scheetz had withdrawn from the Chelsea Hotel project entirely by March 2016, after a series of budget overruns and delays, although his partners retained a stake in the project.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cameron |first=Christopher |date=March 12, 2016 |title=Ed Scheetz leaves Hotel Chelsea project |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/03/12/ed-scheetz-leaves-hotel-chelsea-project/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220518/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/03/12/ed-scheetz-leaves-hotel-chelsea-project/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== BD Hotels takeover ====
[[File:Chelsea Hotel Night (52244685851).jpg|thumb|El Quijote and Hotel Chelsea at night in July 2022]]

BD Hotels took over the hotel's operation that July and began working to renovate 120 of the hotel rooms, as well as restoring or preserving the apartments of 51 existing tenants. At the time, the renovation was planned to be completed in 2018.<ref name="Brenzel 2016 c689">{{cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=July 8, 2016 |title=BD Hotels to become a new owner of Hotel Chelsea |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/07/08/bd-hotels-to-become-a-new-owner-of-hotel-chelsea/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221049/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/07/08/bd-hotels-to-become-a-new-owner-of-hotel-chelsea/ |url-status=live}}</ref> SIR Chelsea LLC, led by Sean MacPherson, [[Ira Drukier]], and Richard Born, bought the Chelsea Hotel in October 2016 for $250 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noto |first=Anthony |date=November 2, 2016 |title=Hotel Chelsea sale the latest in a string of deals for Born, Drukier and MacPherson |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/11/02/hotel-chelsea-sale-the-latest-in-a-string-of-deals.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=New York Business Journal |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103135155/http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/11/02/hotel-chelsea-sale-the-latest-in-a-string-of-deals.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=October 31, 2016 |title=Group of hoteliers closes on $250M purchase of Hotel Chelsea |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/10/31/group-of-hoteliers-closes-on-250m-purchase-of-hotel-chelsea/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012031034/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/10/31/group-of-hoteliers-closes-on-250m-purchase-of-hotel-chelsea/ |url-status=live}}</ref> MacPherson led additional renovations at the hotel, including restoration of artwork and design features,<ref name="Cho 2022 c917">{{cite web |last=Cho |first=Alina |date=November 27, 2022 |title=The Chelsea Hotel: Inside an urban utopia |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-chelsea-hotel-inside-an-urban-utopia/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=CBS News |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220212408/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-chelsea-hotel-inside-an-urban-utopia/ |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as new public areas like a bar and spa on the roof.<ref name="wsj20220525">{{Cite web |last=Cheshes |first=Jay |date=May 25, 2022 |title=If These Walls Could Talk: The Hotel Chelsea Reopens |url=https://www.wsj.com/story/if-these-walls-could-talk-the-hotel-chelsea-reopens-f92bf441 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813091409/https://www.wsj.com/story/if-these-walls-could-talk-the-hotel-chelsea-reopens-f92bf441 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Documents Show New Hotel Chelsea Owner Wants To Bring A Bar To The Roof |website=Gothamist |date=April 5, 2012 |url=https://gothamist.com/food/documents-show-new-hotel-chelsea-owner-wants-to-bring-a-bar-to-the-roof |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628083945/https://gothamist.com/food/documents-show-new-hotel-chelsea-owner-wants-to-bring-a-bar-to-the-roof |url-status=live}}</ref> To convince mayor [[Bill de Blasio]] to approve further changes, Drukier and Born sent tens of thousands of dollars to various funds for de Blasio.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexa |first1=Alexandra |last2=Ginsburg |first2=Aaron |title=Chelsea Hotel owners have sent nearly $60,000 to de Blasio in attempt to gain favor for construction |website=6sqft |date=July 31, 2019 |url=https://www.6sqft.com/chelsea-hotel-owners-have-sent-nearly-60000-to-de-blasio-in-attempt-to-gain-favor-for-construction/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131041728/https://www.6sqft.com/chelsea-hotel-owners-have-sent-nearly-60000-to-de-blasio-in-attempt-to-gain-favor-for-construction/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |first=Greg |last=Smith |title=Chelsea Hotel Steers Donations to de Blasio While Seeking Construction OK |website=The City |date=July 31, 2019 |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2019/7/31/21210910/chelsea-hotel-steers-donations-to-de-blasio-while-seeking-construction-ok |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602025216/https://www.thecity.nyc/2019/7/31/21210910/chelsea-hotel-steers-donations-to-de-blasio-while-seeking-construction-ok |url-status=live}}</ref> Bard's collection of paintings was sold off in 2017 after he died,<ref name="amNewYork 2019 v663">{{cite web |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Hotel Chelsea work drags on, as long-term tenants hold on |url=https://www.amny.com/news/hotel-chelsea-work-drags-on-long-term-tenants-hold-on/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=amNewYork |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402083029/https://www.amny.com/news/hotel-chelsea-work-drags-on-long-term-tenants-hold-on/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Heins |first=Scott |title=See The Personal Art Collection Of The Hotel Chelsea's Late Stanley Bard |website=Gothamist |date=April 18, 2017 |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/see-the-personal-art-collection-of-the-hotel-chelseas-late-stanley-bard |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221120/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/see-the-personal-art-collection-of-the-hotel-chelseas-late-stanley-bard |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Melamed |first=Samantha |title=In Philly, selling off the art of New York's famed Chelsea Hotel |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 10, 2017 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/home/in-philly-selling-off-the-art-of-new-yorks-famed-chelsea-hotel-20170510.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221030/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/home/in-philly-selling-off-the-art-of-new-yorks-famed-chelsea-hotel-20170510.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and work was again halted that year when the city found high concentrations of lead in the dust.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Maya |title=Chelsea Hotel Construction Dust Has Lead 26 Times Federal Limit, City Says |website=DNAinfo New York |date=April 14, 2017 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170414/chelsea/chelsea-hotel-construction-dust-health-department-lead-test-positive/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401051448/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170414/chelsea/chelsea-hotel-construction-dust-health-department-lead-test-positive/ |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ameena |title=Hotel Chelsea lead test confirms concentration way above legal limit |website=Curbed NY |date=April 4, 2017 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/4/15181354/hotel-chelsea-conversion-stop-work-order |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327071151/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/4/15181354/hotel-chelsea-conversion-stop-work-order |url-status=live}}</ref> By then, two [[single room occupancy]] apartments remained in the Chelsea, and many tenants had temporarily relocated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Velsey |first=Kim |date=February 17, 2017 |title=Calling the Chelsea Hotel Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/realestate/calling-the-chelsea-hotel-home.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603163954/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/realestate/calling-the-chelsea-hotel-home.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the hotel's original doors were removed and sold at auction in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=March 29, 2018 |title=Chelsea Hotel room doors of Bob Marley and Andy Warhol go under the hammer |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/29/chelsea-hotel-room-doors-auction-bob-marley-andy-warhol |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123022144/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/29/chelsea-hotel-room-doors-auction-bob-marley-andy-warhol |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |date=April 3, 2018 |title=Now Is Your Chance to Own a Piece of Chelsea Hotel History |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/chelsea-hotel-doors-auction |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Architectural Digest |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012909/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/chelsea-hotel-doors-auction |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |last=Suqi |first=Rima |date=March 18, 2021 |title=When the Chelsea Hotel's Doors Were Auctioned Off, These Homeowners Came Knocking |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-chelsea-hotels-doors-were-auctioned-off-these-homeowners-came-knocking-11616074522 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127033320/https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-chelsea-hotels-doors-were-auctioned-off-these-homeowners-came-knocking-11616074522 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CBS News 2018 c606" />

El Quijote was closed temporarily in March 2018 for renovations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=March 29, 2018 |title=At El Quijote, One Last Helping of Charm, Kitsch and Memories |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/nyregion/el-quijote-chelsea-hotel-nyc.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061330/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/nyregion/el-quijote-chelsea-hotel-nyc.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Upadhyaya |first=Kayla Kumari |date=March 16, 2018 |title=Historic Spanish Restaurant El Quijote to Close After 88 Years |url=https://ny.eater.com/2018/3/16/17119988/el-quijote-hotel-chelsea-closure-nyc |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Eater NY |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321003452/https://ny.eater.com/2018/3/16/17119988/el-quijote-hotel-chelsea-closure-nyc |url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, several holdout tenants filed a lawsuit to retain control of their apartments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Developers of Chelsea Hotel project hit with suit from holdout tenants |website=The Real Deal |date=January 23, 2019 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2019/01/23/developers-of-chelsea-hotel-project-hit-with-suit-from-holdout-tenants/. |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221040/https://therealdeal.com/piano/ProximaNova-Semibold.woff2 |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |title=Tenants sue to keep rent-stabilized units in Hotel Chelsea |website=Crain's New York Business |date=January 29, 2019 |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/tenants-sue-keep-rent-stabilized-units-hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528202729/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/tenants-sue-keep-rent-stabilized-units-hotel-chelsea |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Carlson 2019 d344" /> The renovation project was halted, and the [[New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development]] mandated that the hotel's owners obtain a certificate of no harassment.<ref name="nyt-2021-04-16">{{Cite news |last=Kaysen |first=Ronda |date=April 16, 2021 |title=How a Legendary New York Hotel Became a Battleground |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/nyregion/chelsea-hotel-nyc.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422200415/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/nyregion/chelsea-hotel-nyc.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Work on the renovation had mostly stalled by early 2020 due to a harassment lawsuit against the owners,<ref name="Scotto 2020 x996">{{cite web |last=Scotto |first=Michael |date=February 28, 2020 |title=What's Going on Inside the Chelsea Hotel? |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2020/02/28/chelsea-hotel-renovation-tenants |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Spectrum News NY1 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531233708/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2020/02/28/chelsea-hotel-renovation-tenants |url-status=live}}</ref> though a state judge dismissed that suit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against BD Hotels at Chelsea Hotel |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2020/05/20/chelsea-hotel-owner-notches-court-win-against-tenants-over-work-at-iconic-property/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221031/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2020/05/20/chelsea-hotel-owner-notches-court-win-against-tenants-over-work-at-iconic-property/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The city government also contended that the owners had harassed the tenants,<ref>{{cite web |title=City Argues Chelsea Hotel Renovation Was Tenant Harassment |website=The Real Deal |date=March 10, 2020 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2020/03/10/chelsea-hotel-renovation-amounted-to-tenant-harassment-city-says/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221031/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2020/03/10/chelsea-hotel-renovation-amounted-to-tenant-harassment-city-says/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Michelle |last2=Ginsburg |first2=Aaron |title=City alleges Chelsea Hotel owners harassed tenants during renovation |website=6sqft |date=March 11, 2020 |url=https://www.6sqft.com/city-alleges-chelsea-hotel-owners-harassed-tenants-during-renovation/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129201920/https://www.6sqft.com/city-alleges-chelsea-hotel-owners-harassed-tenants-during-renovation/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and further lawsuits were filed throughout that year.<ref name="The City 2020 z770">{{cite web |date=October 2, 2020 |title=Civil War for Chelsea Hotel as Tenants Split Over City Bid to Halt Upscale Conversion |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2020/10/1/21498026/civil-war-for-chelsea-hotel-as-tenants-split-over-city-bid-to-halt-conversion |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The City |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204082206/https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2020/10/1/21498026/civil-war-for-chelsea-hotel-as-tenants-split-over-city-bid-to-halt-conversion |url-status=live}}</ref> Other residents, who wanted the hotel's renovation to be completed quickly, sided with the owners.<ref name="Scotto 2020 x996" /><ref name="The City 2020 z770" /> Work resumed in early 2021,<ref name="nyt-2021-04-16" /> after the city government said that January that it would not pursue a tenant-harassment investigation against the owners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chelsea Hotel Construction Can Continue after HPD Backs Down |website=The Real Deal |date=January 11, 2021 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/01/11/chelsea-hotel-reno-can-resume-after-housing-department-drops-fight/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221037/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/01/11/chelsea-hotel-reno-can-resume-after-housing-department-drops-fight/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |first=Gabriel |last=Sandoval |title=City Suddenly Drops Crusade to Block Chelsea Hotel Upgrade |website=The City |date=January 8, 2021 |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2021/1/7/22219976/chelsea-hotel-fight-abandoned |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205170253/https://www.thecity.nyc/manhattan/2021/1/7/22219976/chelsea-hotel-fight-abandoned |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel's owners sued the city in May 2021, claiming that the construction delays had cost them $100 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Larsen |first=Keith |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Chelsea Hotel Owners Sue City for $100M Over Delays |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/05/06/chelsea-hotel-owners-sue-city-for-100m-over-renovation-delays/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221033/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/05/06/chelsea-hotel-owners-sue-city-for-100m-over-renovation-delays/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

El Quijote reopened in February 2022,<ref name="nyt-2022-02-08" /> and the Hotel Chelsea soft-reopened to transient guests the next month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hotel Chelsea Quietly Reopens After Renovation Delays |website=The Real Deal |date=March 21, 2022 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/03/21/hotel-chelsea-quietly-reopens-after-renovation-delays/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221035/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/03/21/hotel-chelsea-quietly-reopens-after-renovation-delays/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Brosnan |first=Erica |date=March 21, 2022 |title=Famed Hotel Chelsea officially open again |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/business/2022/03/21/hotel-chelsea |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Spectrum News NY1 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531230932/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/business/2022/03/21/hotel-chelsea |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Miriam |date=March 21, 2022 |title=Famed Hotel Chelsea Reopens After 11 Years, Offering 'Hard Hat' Room Rates |url=https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/hotel/hotel-chelsea-reopening-112321 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Bisnow |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327030050/https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/hotel/hotel-chelsea-reopening-112321 |url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, the rooms were rented at a discount while work continued.<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> The Bard Room opened at ground level in June 2022,<ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Alexis Bennett |date=June 9, 2022 |title=Inside Mulberry's '70s-Inspired Dinner at the Newly Renovated Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/mulberry-flagship-store-and-softie-zine-celebration-dinner |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Vogue |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323151150/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/mulberry-flagship-store-and-softie-zine-celebration-dinner |url-status=live}}</ref> and the hotel fully reopened in mid-2022.<ref name="wsj20220525" /> At the time, there were still 40 permanent residents, and the cheapest suite cost $700 per night.<ref name="nyt-2022-11-25" /> Disputes continued over the preservation of Dylan Thomas's apartment,<ref>{{cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Mark |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Fury at fate of Dylan Thomas' New York apartment |url=https://nation.cymru/news/fury-at-fate-of-dylan-thomas-new-york-apartment/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Nation.Cymru |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610173734/https://nation.cymru/news/fury-at-fate-of-dylan-thomas-new-york-apartment/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the hotel's owners still had an open lawsuit against the city.<ref>{{cite web |last=Larsen |first=Keith |title=Judge Denies City's Motion to Dismiss Hotel Chelsea Suit |website=The Real Deal |date=October 10, 2022 |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/10/10/hotel-chelsea-owners-score-win-in-legal-fight-against-city/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221535/https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/10/10/hotel-chelsea-owners-score-win-in-legal-fight-against-city/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Long |first=Ciara |title=Judge: Hotel Chelsea Owners Can Sue City Over Construction Delays |website=Bisnow |date=October 10, 2022 |url=https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/hotel/judge-hotel-chelsea-owners-can-push-ahead-with-case-against-city-115762 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017233048/https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/hotel/judge-hotel-chelsea-owners-can-push-ahead-with-case-against-city-115762 |url-status=live}}</ref> Café Chelsea, a French [[bistro]], opened within the hotel in July 2023.<ref name="Taylor 2023 z717" /> The hotel's neon sign and stained-glass windows, which had been removed during the 2020s renovation, were auctioned off in late 2024.<ref name="Barron2024">{{cite web | last=Barron | first=James | title=You Can Buy a Piece of the Famous Hotel Chelsea Sign | website=The New York Times | date=September 6, 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/nyregion/hotel-chelsea-sign-auction.html | access-date=September 8, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web | last=Ginsburg | first=Aaron | title=Hotel Chelsea's iconic neon sign headed to auction | website=6sqft | date=September 6, 2024 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/hotel-chelseas-iconic-neon-sign-headed-to-auction/ | access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>

== Notable residents ==
Over the years, the Chelsea has become particularly well-known for its residents,<ref name="Alpern19922" /> who have come from all social classes.<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the hotel in 2001 as a "roof for creative heads", given the large number of such personalities who have stayed at the Chelsea;<ref name="nyt-2021-08-26">{{Cite news |last=Jordan |first=Tina |date=August 26, 2021 |title=New York's Legendary Literary Hangouts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/26/books/writers-favorite-places-new-york.html |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref> the previous year, the same newspaper had characterized the list of tenants as "living history".<ref name="nyt-2000-08-06" /> The journalist [[Pete Hamill]] characterized the hotel's clientele as "radicals in the 1930s, British sailors in the 40s, Beats in the 50s, hippies in the 60s, decadent poseurs in the 70s".<ref name="Nathan 1993" /> Although early tenants were wealthy, the Chelsea attracted less well-off tenants by the mid-20th century,<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /> and many writers, musicians, and artists lived at the Hotel Chelsea when they were short on money.<ref name="Cho 2022 c917" /> Accordingly, the Chelsea's guest list had almost zero overlap with that of the more fashionable [[Plaza Hotel]] crosstown.<ref name="wsj-1994-04-17" />

''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine wrote that "people who lived in the hotel slept together as often as they celebrated holidays together", particularly under Stanley Bard's tenure.<ref name="Pressler 2019 i540" /> Despite the high number of notable people associated with the Chelsea, its residents typically desired privacy and frowned upon those who used their relationships with their neighbors to further their own careers.<ref name="Payne 1977" />

=== Literature ===
The Hotel Chelsea has housed numerous literary figures, some of whom wrote their books there. [[Arthur C. Clarke]] wrote ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' while staying at the Chelsea,<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /><ref name="Tele">{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2011 |title=Famous residents of the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8676489/Famous-residents-of-the-Chelsea-Hotel.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Telegraph |language=en |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220359/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8676489/Famous-residents-of-the-Chelsea-Hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> calling the hotel his "spiritual home" despite its condition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |date=October 26, 1999 |title=A Conversation With/Arthur C. Clarke; An Author's Space Odyssey and His Stay at the Chelsea |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/26/science/conversation-with-arthur-c-clarke-author-s-space-odyssey-his-stay-chelsea.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126131331/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/26/science/conversation-with-arthur-c-clarke-author-s-space-odyssey-his-stay-chelsea.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Thomas Wolfe]] lived in the hotel before his death in 1938,<ref name="nyt-2017-02-15">{{Cite news |last=Padnani |first=Amisha |author-link=Amy Padnani |date=February 15, 2017 |title=From Thomas Wolfe to Sid Vicious, Artists and the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/from-thomas-wolfe-to-sid-vicious-artists-and-the-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621014152/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/from-thomas-wolfe-to-sid-vicious-artists-and-the-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Clark 2002">{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=John |date=April 17, 2002 |title=Offbeat goes on at Chelsea |page=40 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-offbeat-goes-on-at-chelsea/133464078/ |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220906/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-offbeat-goes-on-at-chelsea/133464078/ |url-status=live}}</ref> writing several books such as ''[[You Can't Go Home Again]]'';<ref name="nyt-2021-08-26" /> he often walked around the halls to gain inspiration for his writing.<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /> [[William S. Burroughs]] also lived at the Chelsea.<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /><ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Hoby |first=Hermione |date=December 19, 2010 |title=The 10 best Chelsea hotel moments |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2010/dec/19/10-best-chelsea-hotel-moments |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808204356/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2010/dec/19/10-best-chelsea-hotel-moments |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24">{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Cathleen |date=January 24, 1999 |title=Chelsea Moaning |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1999/01/24/chelsea-moaning/b0d2728a-feaf-4f4a-88f2-860af13e9fde/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828041926/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1999/01/24/chelsea-moaning/b0d2728a-feaf-4f4a-88f2-860af13e9fde/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While living at the Chelsea, [[Edgar Lee Masters]] wrote 18 poetry books,<ref name="Clark 2002" /> often wandering the hotel for hours.<ref name="The Troy Record 1946" />

Welsh poet [[Dylan Thomas]] (who lived with his wife [[Caitlin Thomas]]<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" /><ref name="Tippins p. 113" />) was staying in room 205 when he became ill and died in 1953,<ref name="Tele" /><ref name="Guardian" /> while American poet [[Delmore Schwartz]] spent the last few years of his life in seclusion at the Chelsea before he died in 1966.<ref>{{cite book |last=Atlas |first=James |title=Delmore Schwartz: The Life of An American Poet |publisher=Farrar, Straus, Giroux |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-374-13761-8 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/delmoreschwartzl00atla/page/330/mode/2up 330–331] |author-link=James Atlas}}</ref> Irish poet [[Brendan Behan]], a severe alcoholic who had been ejected from the [[Algonquin Hotel]], lived at the hotel for several months before his death in 1964.<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" /> Many poets of the [[Beat poetry]] movement also lived at the Chelsea before the [[Beat Hotel]] in Paris became popular.<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" />

Other authors, writers, and journalists who stayed or lived at the hotel have included:
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* [[Henry Abbey]], poet<ref name="Tippins p. 27" />
* [[Nelson Algren]], writer<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Léonie Adams]], poet; lived with husband William Troy<ref name="Tippins p. 129">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=129|ps=.}}</ref>
* [[Sherwood Anderson]], writer<ref name="Payne 1977" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Ben Lucien Burman]], writer<ref name="Tippins p. 77" />
* [[Henri Chopin]], poet and musician<ref name="Tippins p. 185" />
* [[Ira Cohen]], poet and filmmaker<ref name="Tippins pp. 324–325">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|pp=324–325}}</ref>
* [[Gregory Corso]], poet<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Divola |first=Barry |date=February 8, 2009 |title=Chelsea Hotel, New York review: A story behind every door |url=https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/chelsea-hotel-new-york-review-a-story-behind-every-door-20090205-7yme.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220903/https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/chelsea-hotel-new-york-review-a-story-behind-every-door-20090205-7yme.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Hart Crane]], poet<ref name="Miller 2010 p. 164" />
* [[Quentin Crisp]], writer and actor<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Verniere |first=James |date=July 8, 2022 |title='Dreaming Walls' checks into lure & lore of famed Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/08/dreaming-walls-checks-into-lure-lore-of-famed-chelsea-hotel/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Boston Herald |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710195648/https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/08/dreaming-walls-checks-into-lure-lore-of-famed-chelsea-hotel/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jane Cunningham Croly]], journalist<ref name="Wolfe 1898" /><ref name="Tippins p. 59" />
* [[Katherine Dunn]], novelist and journalist<ref name="The Record 1988" />
* [[Edward Eggleston]], writer<ref name="Wolfe 1898" />
* [[James T. Farrell]], novelist<ref name="Newsday 1978" /><ref name="Tippins p. 109">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=109|ps=.}}</ref>
* [[Allen Ginsberg]], poet<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[John Giorno]], poet<ref name="Tippins p. 210" />
* [[Maurice Girodias]], publisher<ref name="Tippins p. 228" />
* [[Pete Hamill]], journalist<ref name="Nathan 1993" />
* [[Bernard Heidsieck]], poet<ref name="Tippins p. 185">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=185}}</ref>
* [[O. Henry]], writer<ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" />
* [[Herbert Huncke]], poet<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /><ref name="USA20060310" />
* [[Clifford Irving]], novelist and reporter<ref name="Dougherty 1982" /><ref name="Tippins p. 289">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=289}}</ref>
* [[Charles R. Jackson]], author<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bailey |first=Blake |date=February 28, 2013 |title=The Lost Weekend: Charles Jackson's Stirring Addiction Novel and the Oscar-Winning Movie It Became |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/03/charles-jackson-lost-weekend-billy-wilder |access-date=October 13, 2023 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601155540/https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/03/charles-jackson-lost-weekend-billy-wilder |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Theodora Keogh]], novelist<ref name="Tippins p. 210" />
* [[Jack Kerouac]], writer<ref name="Moore 2022" /><ref name="USA20060310">{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2006-03-09-beat-landmarks_x.htm |title=10 great places to get on the road and feel the Beat |work=USA Today |date=March 10, 2006 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |archive-date=February 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211012112/http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2006-03-09-beat-landmarks_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne La Follette]], journalist<ref name="Tippins p. 77" />
* [[John La Touche (lyricist)|John La Touche]], lyricist<ref name="The Troy Record 1946" />
* [[Jakov Lind]], novelist<ref name="Bragg 1992" />
* [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]], novelist and political activist<ref name="Tippins p. 109" /><ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Arthur Miller]], playwright<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Jessica Mitford]], author<ref name="Miller 2010 p. 164" />
* [[Vladimir Nabokov]], novelist<ref name="Payne 1977" />
* [[Eugene O'Neill]], playwright<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Joseph O'Neill (writer, born 1964)|Joseph O'Neill]], novelist<ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Claude Pélieu]], poet and artist<ref name="Tippins p. 185" />
* [[Rene Ricard]], poet<ref name="Tippins p. 210" />
* [[James Schuyler]], poet<ref name="Tippins p. 342" />
* [[Sam Shepard]], playwright and actor<ref name="Sell 2002" /><ref name="DN">{{cite web |last=Connelly |first=Sherryl |date=November 16, 2013 |title=Legends of Hotel Chelsea chronicled in new book that covers what inspired Andy Warhol, relegated Sid Vicious to 'junkies' floor' before he killed Nancy |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/11/16/legends-of-hotel-chelsea-chronicled-in-new-book-that-covers-what-inspired-andy-warhol-relegated-sid-vicious-to-junkies-floor-before-he-killed-nancy/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220904/https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/11/16/legends-of-hotel-chelsea-chronicled-in-new-book-that-covers-what-inspired-andy-warhol-relegated-sid-vicious-to-junkies-floor-before-he-killed-nancy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Valerie Solanas]], writer<ref name="DN" /><ref name="Tippins p. 228">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=228}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Stolberg]], publicist and author<ref name="Tippins p. 77" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 1951 |title=B. Stolberg, 59, Expert on Labor; Author of 'Story of C.I.O.' and a Critique of New Deal Dies — Former Post Columnist |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/01/22/archives/b-stolberg-59-expert-on-labor-author-of-story-of-cio-and-a-critique.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220905/https://www.nytimes.com/1951/01/22/archives/b-stolberg-59-expert-on-labor-author-of-story-of-cio-and-a-critique.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Richard Suskind]], children's writer<ref name="Tippins p. 289" />
* [[William Troy (educator)|William Troy]], critic; lived with wife Léonie Adams<ref name="Tippins p. 129" />
* [[Mark Twain]], writer<ref name="nyt-1983-11-21" /><ref name="Cho 2022 c917" />
* [[Gore Vidal]], writer<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" /><ref name="nyt-2011-03-01" />
* [[Arnold Weinstein]], librettist<ref name="Tippins p. 342">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=342}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Midgette |first=Anne |title=Arnold Weinstein, 78, a Poet and Collaborator on Operas, Is Dead |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=September 6, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/theater/arnold-weinstein-78-a-poet-and-collaborator-on-operas-is-dead.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220906/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/theater/arnold-weinstein-78-a-poet-and-collaborator-on-operas-is-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tennessee Williams]], playwright<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" /><ref name="nyt-2007-06-19" />
* [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]], poet<ref name="Burton 1971" />
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=== Entertainers ===
The hotel has been home to actors, film directors, producers, and comedians. The actress [[Sara Lowndes]] moved to a room adjoining that of musician [[Bob Dylan]] before the two married in 1965.<ref>{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|pp=194–195}}</ref> [[Edie Sedgwick]], an actress and [[Warhol superstars|Warhol superstar]], set her room on fire by accident in 1967,<ref name="Moore 2022" /><ref name="Tippins p. 213" /> while [[Viva (actress)|Viva]], another Warhol superstar,<ref name="Cale 2000" /> lived at the Chelsea with her daughter [[Gaby Hoffmann]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodesser-Akner |first=Taffy |date=July 8, 2013 |title=The Chelsea Hotel Had Its Own Eloise |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/magazine/gaby-hoffmann-the-eloise-of-the-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195009/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/magazine/gaby-hoffmann-the-eloise-of-the-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Members of the [[Squat Theatre]] Company also stayed in the hotel in the 1970s while performing nearby.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vanden Heuvel |first=M. |title=Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1970s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |series=Decades of Modern American Drama: Playwriting from the 1930s to 2009 |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-350-02259-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72-1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=55 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021220906/https://books.google.com/books?id=72-1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>

Other entertainment personalities who lived or stayed at the Chelsea include:
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* [[Martine Barrat]], filmmaker<ref name="Bragg 1992" />
* [[Sarah Bernhardt]], actress, slept in a custom coffin<ref name="Moore 2022" /><ref name="Clark 2002" />
* [[Russell Brand]], actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |last=Brand |first=Russell |title=Russell Brand: Never mind Israel, I've been beaten by Bohemia |website=the Guardian |date=September 8, 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/sep/08/newsstory.sport |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207080235/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/sep/08/newsstory.sport |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Peter Brook]], director<ref name="Dougherty 1982" />
* [[Shirley Clarke]], filmmaker<ref name="nyt-2007-06-20" /><ref name="Tippins p. 185" />
* [[Laura Sedgwick Collins]], actress<ref name="Tippins p. 59" />
* [[Bette Davis]], actress<ref name="The Record 1988" />
* [[Abel Ferrara]], filmmaker<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" />
* [[Jane Fonda]], actress<ref name="Burton 1971" /><ref name="Payne 1977" />
* [[Miloš Forman]], filmmaker<ref name="Burton 1971" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Conaway |first=James |date=July 11, 1971 |title=Milos Forman's America Is Like Kafka's – Basically Comic: Milos Forman's America |page=SM8 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|119172112}}}}</ref>
* [[Ethan Hawke]], actor and film director<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /><ref name="DN" />
* [[Mitch Hedberg]], comedian<ref>{{cite web |last=Brownfield |first=Paul |title=It's a living, if not quite a life |website=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |date=November 16, 2003 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-16-ca-brown16-story.html |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619072325/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-16-ca-brown16-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dave Hill (comedian)|Dave Hill]], comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Hill, Your Friendly Neighborhood Comic |website=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation |date=March 11, 2014 |url=https://www.villagepreservation.org/2014/03/11/dave-hill-your-friendly-neighborhood-comic/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207014637/https://www.villagepreservation.org/2014/03/11/dave-hill-your-friendly-neighborhood-comic/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Hopper]], filmmaker<ref name="Burton 1971" />
* [[John Houseman]], actor, lived in a penthouse<ref name="The Troy Record 1946" />
* [[Michael Imperioli]], actor<ref>{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Dustin |title=Michael Imperioli enlisted a witch to get 'Summer of Sam' made |website=EW.com |date=September 6, 2023 |url=https://ew.com/movies/michael-imperioli-asked-witch-help-summer-of-sam/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008203146/https://ew.com/movies/michael-imperioli-asked-witch-help-summer-of-sam/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Izzard]], comedian<ref name="Hamilton p. XV">{{harvnb|ps=.|Hamilton|2007|p=XV}}</ref>
* [[Stanley Kubrick]], director<ref name="nyt-2017-02-15" />
* [[Lillie Langtry]], actress<ref name="Miller 2010 p. 164" />
* [[Carl Lee (actor)|Carl Lee]], actor<ref name="Tippins p. 185" />
* [[Gerard Malanga]], actor, filmmaker, poet, and musician<ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95" />
* [[Jonas Mekas]], filmmaker<ref>{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|pp=218–219}}</ref>
* [[Ondine (actor)|Ondine]], actor<ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95" />
* [[Al Pacino]], actor<ref name="Payne 1977" />
* [[Isabella Rossellini]], actress<ref name="Tippins p. 342" />
* [[Annie Russell]], actress<ref name="Tippins p. 27" />
* [[Lillian Russell]], actress<ref name="Miller 2010 p. 164" /><ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Elaine Stritch]], actress<ref name="Carlson 2019 d344" />
* [[Donald Sutherland]], actor<ref name="Burton 1971" />
* [[Eva Tanguay]], actress<ref name="Miller 2010 p. 164">{{cite book |last=Miller |first=K.E. |title=From Progressive to New Dealer: Frederic C. Howe and American Liberalism |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |series=G – Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-271-03742-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XC6GmWJBBDYC&pg=PA164 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=164 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221414/https://books.google.com/books?id=XC6GmWJBBDYC&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aurélia Thierrée]], actress<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=344}}</ref>
* [[Rosa von Praunheim]], filmmaker<ref>{{cite web |title=Ching Ho Cheng |date=2021 |url=https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2021/more-life/ching-ho-cheng |publisher=David Zwirner Gallery |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227150256/https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2021/more-life/ching-ho-cheng |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mary Woronov]], actress<ref name="Tippins p. 210" /><ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95" />
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=== Musicians ===
Composer and critic [[Virgil Thomson]], once described by ''The New York Times'' as the hotel's "most illustrious tenant",<ref>{{cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Moira |date=October 29, 1980 |title=Virgil Thomson Orchestrates a Meal And Reminisces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/29/archives/virgil-thomson-orchestrates-a-meal-and-reminisces-virgil-thomson.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221415/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/29/archives/virgil-thomson-orchestrates-a-meal-and-reminisces-virgil-thomson.html |url-status=live}}</ref> lived at the hotel for nearly five decades before his death in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Bill |last=Zakariasen |date=October 1, 1989 |title=Virgil Thomson, composer, dies |page=18 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-virgil-thomson-composer-die/133783096/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221419/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-virgil-thomson-composer-die/133783096/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=von Rhein |first=John |date=October 1, 1989 |title=Virgil Thomson, Prize-winning Composer, Influential Music Critic |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-01-8901180542-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127163120/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-01-8901180542-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The composer [[George Kleinsinger]] lived with his pet animals on the tenth floor.<ref name="Clines 1978" /><ref name="Hilts 1975" /> The activist [[Stormé DeLarverie]] was also a long-term resident,<ref name="Moore 2022" /> as was the drag queen [[Candy Darling]].<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" />

The Chelsea was particularly popular among [[rock music|rock]] musicians and [[rock and roll]] musicians in the 1970s.<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /> These included [[Sid Vicious]] of the [[Sex Pistols]], who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend [[Nancy Spungen]] to death at the hotel in 1978;<ref name="Schindler 1978" /><ref name="Tele" /> after Vicious's death, their room was split into two units to prevent the room from being turned into a shrine.<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /><ref name="Kaufman 1994" /> Numerous rock bands frequented the Chelsea as well, including [[The Allman Brothers Band|the Allman Brothers]], [[the Band]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], the [[Paul Butterfield Blues Band]], [[the Byrds]], [[Country Joe and the Fish]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Lovin' Spoonful]], [[Moby Grape]], [[the Mothers of Invention]], [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], [[Sly and the Family Stone]], and [[the Stooges]].<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" /><ref name="Tippins p. 234">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=234}}</ref> [[The Kills]] wrote much of their album ''[[No Wow]]'' at the Chelsea prior to its release in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Pauline |date=February 6, 2005 |title=The Kills: The Power of 2 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/fashion/the-kills-the-power-of-2.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529173130/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/fashion/the-kills-the-power-of-2.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=The Kills Track Down Cursed Studio Gear For Dark New Album — News |website=MTV |date=April 13, 2005 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/nz4mau/the-kills-track-down-cursed-studio-gear-for-dark-new-album |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221414/https://www.mtv.com/news/nz4mau/the-kills-track-down-cursed-studio-gear-for-dark-new-album |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Grateful Dead]] once performed on the roof.<ref name="nyt-2007-06-20" /><ref name="Tippins p. 229" />

Other prominent musical acts that stayed in the Chelsea include:
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* [[Ryan Adams]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" />
* [[Joan Baez]], folk musician<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Chet Baker]], jazz trumpeter and vocalist<ref name="Weidman 2023 p. 273" /><ref name="Brown 2021 m570" />
* [[John Cale]], musician, composer, and record producer<ref name="Weidman 2023 p. 273" />
* [[Leonard Cohen]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Kellogg 2014">{{Cite news |last=Kellogg |first=Carolyn |date=January 5, 2014 |title=Before notoriety, hotel was a utopian dream |page=F.6 |work=Orlando Sentinel |id={{ProQuest|1473957921}}}}</ref>
* [[Alice Cooper]], rock singer<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=Alice |title=Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict |publisher=Crown |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-307-38291-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1I-lN2IAo_wC&pg=PA1 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=1 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221416/https://books.google.com/books?id=1I-lN2IAo_wC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Chick Corea]], composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and percussionist<ref name="Carlson 2019 d344">{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Inside The Iconic Hotel Chelsea, As It Enters Year Eight Of Construction Hell & Tenants File Lawsuit |website=Gothamist |date=January 24, 2019 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/inside-the-iconic-hotel-chelsea-as-it-enters-year-eight-of-construction-hell-tenants-file-lawsuit |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218151736/https://gothamist.com/news/inside-the-iconic-hotel-chelsea-as-it-enters-year-eight-of-construction-hell-tenants-file-lawsuit |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Julie Delpy]], actress and songwriter<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI">{{harvnb|ps=.|Hamilton|2007|p=XVI}}</ref>
* [[Donovan]], multi-instrumentalist and songwriter<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Bob Dylan]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Tele" /><ref name="guardian-2013-10-30">{{Cite news |last=Mackrell |first=Judith |date=October 30, 2013 |title=Room to move: why New York's Chelsea Hotel is being immortalised in dance |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/30/chelsea-hotel-new-york-dance |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102232928/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/30/chelsea-hotel-new-york-dance |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Marianne Faithfull]], rock singer<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI" />
* [[Jimi Hendrix]], guitarist<ref name="Carlson 2019 d344" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], lyricist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=David |title=The Greatest Stories Ever Told - "Stella Blue" |url=https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-stella-blue |website=Grateful Dead |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> 
* [[Abdullah Ibrahim]], pianist and composer<ref name="Tippins p. 325" />
* [[Janis Joplin]], singer<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" /><ref name="Tippins p. 228" />
* [[Jobriath]], singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=April 12, 2004 |title=Jobriath: Oh! You pretty thing |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jobriath-oh-you-pretty-thing-55714.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822201348/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jobriath-oh-you-pretty-thing-55714.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tippins 2022" />
* [[Madonna]], singer and actress;<ref name="guardian-2013-10-30" /> shot photographs for her 1992 book ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'' in room 822<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Hamilton|2007|pages=XV, 151}}</ref>
* [[Bette Midler]], actress<ref name="The Record 1988" />
* [[Buddy Miles]], drummer and singer<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Joni Mitchell]], singer-songwriter<ref name="wsj-2013-08-28" />
* [[Jim Morrison]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Tele" />
* [[Nico]], singer<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" /><ref name="Tippins 2022" />
* [[Phil Ochs]], songwriter<ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95" />
* [[Édith Piaf]], singer<ref>{{cite web |last=Waldek |first=Stefanie |title=Explore the Famous Hotel Chelsea's Last Bohemian Private Homes |website=Architectural Digest |date=November 12, 2019 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hotel-chelsea-bohemian-apartments |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613065028/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hotel-chelsea-bohemian-apartments |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Iggy Pop]], rock musician<ref name="Weidman 2023 p. 273" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Dee Dee Ramone]], punk rock musician<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=308}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2007-06-20" />
* [[Robbie Robertson]], singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Marc |date=November 29, 2016 |title='The Weight' by the Band's Robbie Robertson |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811 |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102054336/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* [[Ravi Shankar]], musician<ref name="Tippins p. 234" />
* [[Patti Smith]], singer<ref name="Tele" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Johnny Thunders]], guitarist and singer-songwriter<ref name="Weidman 2023 p. 273" />
* [[Rufus Wainwright]], singer-songwriter and composer<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI" /><ref name="DN" />
* [[Tom Waits]], jazz musician, composer, songwriter<ref name="Weidman 2023 p. 273">{{cite book |last=Weidman |first=Rich |title=Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond |publisher=Backbeat |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-4930-6241-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUWWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |pages=273–274 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221916/https://books.google.com/books?id=yUWWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Winter]], multi-instrumentalist<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Johnny Winter]], guitarist and singer<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Frank Zappa]], guitarist, composer, and bandleader<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
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=== Visual artists ===
Many visual artists, including painters, sculptors, and photographers, have resided at the Chelsea. The painter [[John Sloan]] lived in one of the top-floor duplexes until his death in 1951,<ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 1951 |title=John Sloan, Modern Art Leader, SO, Dies; Painted N. Y. Scenes: Critics Once Scorned His Realism; Taught Many Years at Students League |page=1 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1313578643}}}}</ref> painting portraits of both the Chelsea and nearby buildings.<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|pp=66–67|ps=.}}</ref> [[Joseph Glasco]] lived at the Chelsea in 1949 and then lived there on recurring visits and painted ''Chelsea Hotel'' (1992) there.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raeburn |first=Michael |title=Joseph Glasco: The Fifteenth American |publisher=Cacklegoose Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-61168-854-2 |location=London |pages=55, 342, 357 (Illustrated) |language=English}}</ref> During the 1960s, acolytes of the polymath [[Harry Everett Smith]] frequently gathered around his apartment.<ref>{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=189}}</ref> The painter [[Alphaeus Philemon Cole]] lived there for 35 years until his death in 1988 when, at the age of 112, he was the oldest verified man alive.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meyers |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEsptL-38KYC&pg=PA81 |title=Inside New York 2009 |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-892768-41-4 |series=Inside New York: The Ultimate Guidebook |page=81 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221916/https://books.google.com/books?id=EEsptL-38KYC&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author-link=Michael Kimmelman |last=Kimmelman |first=Michael |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/obituaries/alphaeus-cole-a-portraitist-112.html |title=Alphaeus Cole, a Portraitist, 112 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=November 26, 1988 |access-date=December 5, 2007 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320125443/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/obituaries/alphaeus-cole-a-portraitist-112.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The artist [[Vali Myers]] lived at the hotel from 1971 to 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Cat |date=August 6, 2020 |title=The Australian photographer inside a sanctuary for rebels |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-australian-photographer-inside-a-sanctuary-for-rebels-20200730-p55h23.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061329/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-australian-photographer-inside-a-sanctuary-for-rebels-20200730-p55h23.html |url-status=live}}</ref> while conceptual artist [[Bettina Grossman]] lived in the Chelsea from 1970 to her death in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Bettina Grossman, an Artistic Fixture at the Chelsea Hotel, Dies at 94 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/nyregion/bettina-grossman-dead.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621014152/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/nyregion/bettina-grossman-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although [[Andy Warhol]] never lived in the hotel, many of his associates did.<ref name="The Record 1988">{{Cite news |date=June 23, 1988 |title=Small Town, Big City Style |pages=101, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-chelsea-town-and-city/133783342/ 103] |work=The Record |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-small-town-big-city-style/133783303/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221919/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-small-town-big-city-style/133783303/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Other artists who have lived at the Chelsea include:
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* [[Joe Andoe]], painter<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finnerty |first=Amy |date=August 19, 2007 |title=Color Me Bad |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/books/review/19finnerty.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061333/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/books/review/19finnerty.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Karel Appel]], painter and sculptor<ref name="Stephenson 1963" />
* [[Arman]], painter<ref name="Tippins p. 144">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=144|ps=.}}</ref>
* [[Brigid Berlin]], artist and Warhol superstar<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" /><ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95" />
* [[Robert Blackburn (artist)|Robert Blackburn]], printmaker<ref name="Tippins p. 132" />
* [[Arthur Bowen Davies]], painter<ref name="Tippins 2022" />
* [[Frank Bowling]], painter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Holly |date=August 4, 2012 |title=Chroma chameleon: The bright essence of Frank Bowling's paintings |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/chroma-chameleon-the-bright-essence-of-frank-bowling-s-paintings-floods-his-london-home-7999580.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417034527/https://www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/chroma-chameleon-the-bright-essence-of-frank-bowling-s-paintings-floods-his-london-home-7999580.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], photographer<ref name="Tippins p. 132" /><ref name="Burton 1971" />
* [[Doris Totten Chase|Doris Chase]], video artist<ref name="Fleming 1983" />
* [[Ching Ho Cheng]], painter<ref name="Yau 2023 l362">{{cite web | last=Yau | first=John | title=The transformative, unclassifiable art of Ching Ho Cheng | website=Art Basel | date=November 16, 2023 | url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/chinese-american-artist-ching-ho-cheng?lang=en | access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Bernard Childs]], painter<ref name="guardian-2013-10-30" />
* [[Christo and Jeanne-Claude]], installation artists<ref name="Turner 2010 b678" /><ref name="Tippins p. 185" />
* [[Francesco Clemente]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="DN" />
* [[Robert Crumb]], cartoonist<ref name="Buckley2011" />
* [[Charles Melville Dewey]], painter<ref>{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=40|ps=.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 1937 |title=Charles M. Dewey |page=11 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-charles-m-dewe/56857642/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221919/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-charles-m-dewe/56857642/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jim Dine]], artist<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Claudio Edinger]], photographer<ref name="The New York Times 1983" />
* [[William Eggleston]], photographer<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=318}}</ref>
* [[Jorge Fick]], mixed-media artist<ref name="Tippins p. 113" />
* [[André François]], cartoonist<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /><ref name="Tippins p. 143" />
* [[Herbert Gentry]], artist<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=331}}</ref>
* [[Alberto Giacometti]], painter<ref name="Dougherty 1982" />
* [[Joseph Glasco]], abstract artist<ref>{{cite book | last1=Mayo | first1=M. | last2=Glasco | first2=J. | last3=Berryhill | first3=M. | last4=Schnabel | first4=J. | author5=Contemporary Arts Museum | title=Joseph Glasco, 1947–1986: A Sesquincentennial Exhibition | publisher=Contemporary Arts Museum | year=1986 | isbn=978-0-936080-16-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIAZAAAAIAAJ |page=1940}}</ref>
* [[Brion Gysin]], multimedia artist<ref name="Tippins p. 183" />
* [[Childe Hassam]], painter<ref name="Tippins p. 55" />
* [[David Hockney]], artist<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Alain Jacquet]], artist<ref name="Weitman p. 10" />
* [[Jasper Johns]], painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker<ref name="Rich 2013" />
* [[Leo Katz (artist)|Leo Katz]], muralist<ref name="Tippins p. 132" />
* [[Yves Klein]], artist<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Willem de Kooning]], painter<ref name="Sell 2002" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Nicola L]], multidisciplinary artist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=January 25, 2019 |title=Nicola L, Whose Feminist Art Had a Useful Side, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/obituaries/nicola-l-dead.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428100509/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/obituaries/nicola-l-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ryah Ludins]], painter<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1957 |title=Miss Ryah Ludins, Painter, Teacher; Muralist for Many Public Buildings Dead—Works Exhibited in Museums |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/31/archives/miss-ryah-ludins-painter-teacher-muralist-for-many-public-buildings.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307155650/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/31/archives/miss-ryah-ludins-painter-teacher-muralist-for-many-public-buildings.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]. photographer; lived with Patti Smith<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /><ref name="Guardian" />
* [[Inge Morath]], photographer<ref name="Tippins p. 132" />
* [[Charles R. Macauley]], cartoonist<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 25, 1934 |title=C. R. Macauley, 63, Cartoonist, Dead; Created 'Big Stick' Drawings During Regime of President Theodore Roosevelt. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/25/archives/c-r-macauley-63-cartoonist-dead-created-big-stick-drawings-during-r.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222418/https://www.nytimes.com/1934/11/25/archives/c-r-macauley-63-cartoonist-dead-created-big-stick-drawings-during-r.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Maryan S. Maryan]], post-expressionist painter; died in his hotel room in 1977<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 16, 1977 |title=Maryan S. Maryan, Painter and Lithographer, at 50 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/mary-an-smaryan-painter-and-lithographer-at-50.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221114552/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/mary-an-smaryan-painter-and-lithographer-at-50.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Noland]], abstract painter<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Claes Oldenburg]], sculptor<ref name="Tippins p. 185" /><ref name="Kellogg 2014" />
* [[Elizabeth Peyton]], contemporary artist<ref name="Tippins p. 343">{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=343}}</ref>
* [[Jackson Pollock]], abstract painter<ref name="Sell 2002" /><ref name="guardian-2013-10-30" />
* [[Martial Raysse]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 144" /><ref name="Weitman p. 10" />
* [[David Remfry]], painter<ref>{{Cite web |first=Harry |last=Mount |date=December 6, 2005 |title=In the studio: David Remfry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3648553/In-the-studio-David-Remfry.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Telegraph |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405180616/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3648553/In-the-studio-David-Remfry.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Diego Rivera]], artist<ref name="Katz Kott McNeil 2018 p. 95">{{cite book |last1=Katz |first1=Mike |last2=Kott |first2=Crispin |title=Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City |publisher=Globe Pequot |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4930-3704-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxNkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=95 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222419/https://books.google.com/books?id=XxNkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Larry Rivers]], artist<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /><ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Mark Rothko]], abstract painter<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" />
* [[Niki de Saint Phalle]], sculptor, painter, and filmmaker<ref name="Weitman p. 10">{{cite book |last=Weitman |first=Wendy |title=Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from the Museum of Modern Art |publisher=Museum of Modern Art |series=Prints and Multiples Europe/USA |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-87070-077-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ggm4z5PQgsC&pg=PA10 |access-date=October 24, 2023 |page=10}}</ref>
* [[Julian Schnabel]], artist<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="DN" />
* [[Moses Soyer]], painter; died in his studio in 1974<ref>{{cite web |last=Shenker |first=Israel |date=September 3, 1974 |title=Moses Soyer, 74, Dead; Traditional U.S. Painter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/03/archives/moses-soyer-74-dead-traditional-us-painter-portrait-of-his-brothers.html |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222419/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/03/archives/moses-soyer-74-dead-traditional-us-painter-portrait-of-his-brothers.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Philip Taaffe]], artist; lived in Virgil Thompson's old apartment<ref name="Tippins p. 342" /><ref name="amNewYork 2019 v663" />
* [[Jean Tinguely]], sculptor<ref name="Tippins 2022" /><ref name="Weitman p. 10" />
* [[Nahum Tschacbasov]], expressionist artist<ref name="The Austin Statesman 1966" />
* [[Stella Waitzkin]], artist<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 24, 2023 |title=Stella Waitzkin |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/stella-waitzkin |access-date=October 14, 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322032606/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/stella-waitzkin |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tom Wesselmann]], artist<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" />
* [[Brett Whiteley]], artist<ref>{{cite web |last=Cuthbertson |first=Debbie |title=Brett Whiteley painting used to pay rent at Chelsea Hotel up for sale |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=June 28, 2014 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/brett-whiteley-painting-used-to-pay-rent-at-chelsea-hotel-up-for-sale-20140628-zspbf.html |access-date=October 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum]], painter<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" />
{{div col end}}

=== Other figures ===
One early resident of the Chelsea, U.S. congressman-elect [[Andrew J. Campbell]], died at his apartment in 1894 before he could be sworn in.<ref name="Tippins p. 55" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 7, 1894 |title=Death of Andrew J. Campbell; The Congressman-elect Dies of Bright's Disease After a Short Illness – His Career in Politics. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/07/archives/death-of-andrew-j-campbell-the-congressmanelect-dies-of-brights.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222922/https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/07/archives/death-of-andrew-j-campbell-the-congressmanelect-dies-of-brights.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The choreographer [[Katherine Dunham]], who rehearsed at the hotel in the 1960s,<ref name="Tippins p. 143" /><ref name="Karlen 1983" /> was one of the few dance–associated figures to stay in the Chelsea.<ref name="guardian-2013-10-30" /> [[Communist Party USA]] leader [[Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]] lived at the hotel,<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /><ref name="Kellogg 2014" /> as did event producer [[Susanne Bartsch]].<ref name="New York Daily News 2011 h793" />

Several fashion designers have lived at the Chelsea. [[Charles James (designer)|Charles James]], credited with being America's first [[couturier]] who influenced fashion in the 1940s and 1950s, moved into the Chelsea in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hyland |first=Véronique |title=The Secret Life of Fashion Designer Charles James |website=The Cut |date=July 1, 2014 |url=https://www.thecut.com/2014/06/secret-life-of-designer-charles-james.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009163252/https://www.thecut.com/2014/06/secret-life-of-designer-charles-james.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The designer [[Elizabeth Hawes]] lived in the Chelsea until her death in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1971 |title=Elizabeth Hawes Dress Designer, Is Dead at 66 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/07/archives/elizabeth-hawes-dress-designer-is-dead-at-66-attacked-industry-in.html |access-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203025953/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/07/archives/elizabeth-hawes-dress-designer-is-dead-at-66-attacked-industry-in.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Billy Reid (fashion designer)|Billy Reid]] used one of the Chelsea's rooms as an office, studio, and showroom starting in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brookins |first=Laurie |date=July 20, 2017 |title=Made in America: Four Fashion Designers on What It Takes To Do So |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/made-america-four-fashion-designers-what-takes-do-1023092/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706014432/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/made-america-four-fashion-designers-what-takes-do-1023092/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After returning to New York City in 2001, [[Alabama Chanin|Natalie "Alabama" Chanin]] briefly lived in the Chelsea Hotel.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2022 |title=A Peek Inside Alabama Chanin Founder Natalie Chanin's Gorgeously Curated Home |url=https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/home-decorating/alabama-chanin-founder-natalie-chanin-home-tour |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=InStyle |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611010608/https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/home-decorating/alabama-chanin-founder-natalie-chanin-home-tour |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Impact ==

=== Critical reception ===

==== Cultural commentary ====
''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine characterized the hotel in 1964 as "New York's most illustrious third-rate hotel";<ref name="wsj20220525" /> the same year, ''The New York Times'' described the Chelsea Hotel as having "long represented the cultural mood that is now spreading through the West 20s".<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 1964 |title=Culture Breathing New Life Into Old Neighborhood; Chelsea Reviving an Elegant Past; Culture and Renovation Are Changing a Neighborhood of Rundown Tenements |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/16/archives/culture-breathing-new-life-into-old-neighborhood-chelsea-reviving-a.html |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222922/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/16/archives/culture-breathing-new-life-into-old-neighborhood-chelsea-reviving-a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Another journalist called the hotel in 1965 an "Ellis Island of the avant-garde".<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> A ''[[Boston Globe]]'' reporter said that, while the hotel was internally known as an artists' residence, "those on the outside are confused by the names and the rococo facade of stories that have dragged the Chelsea down like an old roue to the bottom of history".<ref name="West 1968" /> Donna Hilts of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote in 1975 that "the beatnik '50s, the hip '60s, the freaky '70s—each found a way of appreciating the freedom, the tradition and the old rug coziness of the Chelsea".<ref name="Hilts 1975" /> [[Paul Goldberger]] of ''The New York Times'' wrote in 1981 that the Chelsea "has had a history that is something of a cross between the Algonquin Hotel and a crash pad",<ref name="Goldberger 1981 k151">{{cite web |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |title=Exploring Restored Chelsea, an Area on the Way Up |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=January 16, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/16/arts/exploring-restored-chelsea-an-area-on-the-way-up.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524083434/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/16/arts/exploring-restored-chelsea-an-area-on-the-way-up.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and British reporter [[Peter Ackroyd]] wrote in 1983 that the Chelsea was reputed as "one of the least stuffy hotels in New York".<ref name="Ackroyd 1983" /> A ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter said in 1983 that the Chelsea "has certainly set standards of its own".<ref name="Fleming 1983">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|170532860}} |title=Hotel Chelsea celebrates a centennial of the bizarre and controversial |last=Fleming |first=Robert |date=December 11, 1983 |pages=J8, J9 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706}}</ref>

In 1993, ''The New York Times'' wrote: "Stubbornly resistant to change, the Chelsea is—still—hip."<ref name="Nathan 1993" /> The same reporter described the hotel as a "Tower of Babel of creativity and bad behavior" that nonetheless remained successful.<ref name="wsj-1994-04-17" /><ref name="Nathan 1993">{{cite web |first=Jean |last=Nathan |title=Within the Walls of the Chelsea |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=February 7, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/07/style/within-the-walls-of-the-chelsea.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526084902/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/07/style/within-the-walls-of-the-chelsea.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' contrasted the hotel with the more upscale [[Algonquin Hotel]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], which was also known for its literary scene.<ref>{{Cite news |title=On Tap: Literary Lights: Watering Holes in Lower Manhattan Illuminate Another Side of America's Literary Capital. Pull Up a Chair, and Drink in the Legend – at the White Horse, Lion's Head, or Chumley's |last=Bunch |first=Will |work= The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 26, 1995 |page=T.4 |id={{ProQuest|1841045047}}}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' described the hotel's lax management in 1999 as "a factor that attracted a stellar crop of artists in its century of operation",<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" /> while a ''[[GQ]]'' writer said the same year that "there are two Statues of Liberty on New York—the one for immigrants out by Ellis Island and the one for weirdos at 222 West 23rd Street".<ref name="Vowell 1999" /> In the 2000s, the ''[[Irish Times]]'' said that the Chelsea was "reputed to be the last Bohemian place on earth".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Emer |date=February 3, 2001 |title=Heartbreak Hotel The Chelsea Hotel, New York |page=72 |work=Irish Times |id={{ProQuest|309330658}}}}</ref> ''Variety'' described the hotel as having "long been synonymous with the bohemian scene",<ref name="Felperin Felperin 2008 j889">{{cite web |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |date=May 24, 2008 |title=Chelsea on the Rocks |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/chelsea-on-the-rocks-1200522099/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222922/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/chelsea-on-the-rocks-1200522099/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'' of [[Adelaide]] wrote that "The Chelsea exists as a microcosm of New York."<ref name="Leve 2007" />

''[[The New York Observer]]'' wrote in 2010 that the Chelsea's "hulking physicality" distinguished the hotel from neighboring structures, though "it's the litany of cultural touchstones in (or formerly in) residence that makes it the Chelsea".<ref name="Turner 2010 b678" /> According to ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', the hotel "had something that no amount of money or interior decoration could buy: a singular style and a unique legend".<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /> Sherill Tippins said in 2022, "It's hard to imagine what American culture would be like if we hadn't had the Chelsea. It's an enormous factory of creative thought and ideas."<ref name="Cho 2022 c917" /> ''The New York Times'' compared the [[Christodora House]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] to the Hotel Chelsea,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=August 31, 2016 |title=How the Christodora House Became the Chelsea Hotel of the East Village |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/fashion/christodora-house-east-village-book.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007160430/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/fashion/christodora-house-east-village-book.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Town and Country'' described the hotel as "a symbol of New York City's vibrant culture".<ref name="Li 2024 a040">{{cite web | last=Li | first=William | title=The Best Room At... Hotel Chelsea | website=Town &amp; Country | date=April 16, 2024 | url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a60501419/hotel-chelsea-new-york-review/ | access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>

==== Architectural and hotel commentary ====
When the hotel was completed, a writer for the ''New-York Tribune'' regarded the hotel's "finish and appointments" as a "very close second" to that of the Navarro Flats on Central Park South,<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1884 |title=Some Men About Town |page=3 |work=New-York Tribune |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-some-men-about-town/133546323/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222924/https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-some-men-about-town/133546323/ |url-status=live}}</ref> while the ''[[Courier Journal]]'' described the Chelsea as "the latest triumph of civilization".<ref name="Archard 1885" /> According to [[David Goodman Croly]], the building's design signified the fact that New Yorkers had become "more capable of organization, more sociable, more gregarious than before".<ref name="Tippins p. 31" /> [[The Sun (New York City)|''The Sun'']] wrote that the Chelsea was one of numerous "living temples of humanity" that could be used as a model for urban apartment living.<ref name="Tippins p. 32" />

In the mid-20th century, the hotel's decor was the subject of negative commentary. Yevgeny Yevtushenko likened the smell of his room to the [[Dachau concentration camp]],<ref name="The New York Times 1978 c136" /><ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /> and Arthur Miller said the decor was more akin to "Guatemalan maybe, or outer Queens" than a "grand hotel".<ref name="Brown 2021 m570" /> Donna Hilts said in 1975 that the hotel's brick facade "reminds a visitor of a Victorian dowager, down on her luck, cracked and faded, but still trying to keep up appearances".<ref name="Hilts 1975" /> The Associated Press wrote in 1978 that the hotel's lobby was "singularly unprepossessing", with tenants' art juxtaposed with the original fireplace,<ref name="Newsday 1978" /> while a ''[[Newsday]]'' reporter described the space as "a museum of the anarchic monstrosities of the 1960s".<ref name="Colford 1983" /> Paul Goldberger praised the architecture but disliked its neon sign, saying that "the building is so strong as a work of architecture that the sign compromises it not a bit".<ref name="Goldberger 1981 k151" /> Ackroyd said in 1983 that his room was "not particularly comfortable [but] has a grim {{As written|splend|our}} of its own".<ref name="Ackroyd 1983" />

Terry Trucco wrote for ''The New York Times'' in 1991 that her room "got plenty of light and was oddly cheerful", though she described the furniture as old and the bathroom as "ghastly";<ref>{{cite web |last=Trucco |first=Terry |title=Manhattan for Under $100 a Night |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=October 6, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/06/travel/manhattan-for-under-100-a-night.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222923/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/06/travel/manhattan-for-under-100-a-night.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> a writer for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said the same year that the corridors felt like "an institution in long decline".<ref name="Bartlett 1991" /> A writer for ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'', reviewing the hotel in 1996, said that the rooms were large but "not especially clean".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chelsea Culture, Shopping, Sports Complex Revive Area |first=Charles |last=Passy |work=Palm Beach Post |date=December 1, 1996 |page=1I |id={{ProQuest|321892918}}}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' wrote in 1998 that the hotel's hallways resembled a street in Venice or Rome and that the apartments were "furnished in an artistic collision of styles".<ref name="nyt-1998-02-15" /> ''[[The Observer]]'' of London called the Chelsea's lobby "an overgrown taxidermist's Valhalla" in 2000.<ref name="Cale 2000" /> The ''[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]'' wrote in 2002 that the Chelsea stood "in the middle of the block with an air of quiet dignity", with its balconies being its most prominent feature.<ref name="Sell 2002" /> A ''New York Times'' reviewer wrote in 2005 that, despite the hotel's worn-down condition, its "grungy elegance" was preferable to chain hotels' "soulless architecture".<ref name="nyt-2005-12-11" />

After the hotel reopened in 2022, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' wrote, "Depending on one's nostalgist leanings, the new Hotel Chelsea is either a travesty of history, or instantly on the must-do list."<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022 n898" /> A critic for ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]'' wrote, "The design isn't too flashy, isn't too rock-and-roll, isn't too homey, yet it has a lick of each of these elements."<ref name="Nast 2019 g966" /> The first edition of the [[Michelin Guide|Michelin Keys Guide]], in 2024, ranked the Hotel Chelsea as a "one-key" hotel, the third-highest accolade granted by the guide.<ref name="Elbaba 2024 u766">{{cite web |last=Elbaba |first=Julia |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Here are the four top NYC hotels, according to the Michelin Guide |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/four-nyc-hotels-receive-top-honor-michelin-key-hotels-2024/5353643/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC New York |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613162910/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/four-nyc-hotels-receive-top-honor-michelin-key-hotels-2024/5353643/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Shaye |date=April 24, 2024 |title=These NYC hotels were just awarded Michelin 'Keys' |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/27-new-york-city-hotels-have-been-awarded-michelin-keys-042424 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615003706/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/27-new-york-city-hotels-have-been-awarded-michelin-keys-042424 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Popular culture ===
[[File:Chelseahotelstairs2.JPG|thumb|The hotel's stairs]]
The Chelsea has been the setting or inspiration for many works of popular media.<ref name="wsj-2022-04-26" /> In addition, many art events and photography shoots have taken place at the hotel, and several films have been shot there as well.<ref name="Joyce 2009 k208" />

==== Films and television ====
The hotel has been featured in several documentaries. Its history was chronicled in the 2008 documentary ''[[Chelsea on the Rocks]]'', directed by [[Abel Ferrara]],<ref name="Felperin Felperin 2008 j889" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Thill |first=Scott |title=Hotel Chelsea: Rock's Vortex Of 'Death and Destruction' |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/05/chelsea-hotel-r/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=1059-1028 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061334/https://www.wired.com/2008/05/chelsea-hotel-r/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2022 documentary ''Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel'', executive-produced by [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=July 10, 2022 |title='Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel' Review: An Elegy for the Bohemian Mystique |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/dreaming-walls-review-chelsea-hotel-1235312189/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061336/https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/dreaming-walls-review-chelsea-hotel-1235312189/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Dreaming Walls review – Chelsea Hotel's window on last days of bohemia |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/18/dreaming-walls-review-chelsea-hotels-window-on-last-days-of-bohemia |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016023847/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/18/dreaming-walls-review-chelsea-hotels-window-on-last-days-of-bohemia |url-status=live}}</ref> An episode of the TV series ''[[An American Family]]'', aired on [[PBS]] in 1973, was mostly filmed at the Chelsea,<ref>{{harvnb|ps=.|Tippins|2013|p=296}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='An American Family' |first=Anne |last=Roiphe |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=February 18, 1973 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/18/archives/things-are-keen-but-could-be-keener-an-american-family-an-american.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009234339/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/18/archives/things-are-keen-but-could-be-keener-an-american-family-an-american.html |url-status=live}}</ref> as was an episode of the documentary series ''[[Arena (British TV series)|Arena]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Walker |first=J.A. |title=Arts TV: A History of Arts Television in Britain |publisher=J. Libbey |series=Arts Council Arts and Media Series |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-86196-435-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjN74Ej-JUC&pg=PA108 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |page=108 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223425/https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjN74Ej-JUC&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref> The 1986 film ''[[Sid and Nancy]]'', by [[Alex Cox]], chronicled the lives of residents Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and the circumstances leading up to Spungen's murder in the hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=October 3, 1986 |title=Film Festival; 'Sid and Nancy' Re-creates Tale of Punk Romance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/03/movies/film-festival-sid-and-nancy-re-creates-tale-of-punk-romance.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826195242/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/03/movies/film-festival-sid-and-nancy-re-creates-tale-of-punk-romance.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |date=October 3, 1986 |first=Stephen |last=Williams |title=A Vicious Love Story |pages=169, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-vicious-love-story/133779362/ 177] |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-vicious-love-story/133779325/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223427/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-a-vicious-love-story/133779325/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Chelsea has also been used as a setting for other films. Andy Warhol and [[Paul Morrissey]] directed ''[[Chelsea Girls]]'' (1966), a film about Warhol's Factory regulars and their lives at the hotel,<ref name="DN" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 1966 |title=Andy Warhol's 'Chelsea Girls' at the Cinema Rendezvous |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/02/archives/andy-warhols-chelsea-girls-at-the-cinema-rendezvous.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308193335/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/02/archives/andy-warhols-chelsea-girls-at-the-cinema-rendezvous.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Shirley Clarke]]'s 1967 film ''[[Portrait of Jason]]'' also used the hotel as a setting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |title=Shirley Clarke's 'Portrait of Jason,' Back in Circulation |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=April 12, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/movies/shirley-clarkes-portrait-of-jason-back-in-circulation.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803042627/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/movies/shirley-clarkes-portrait-of-jason-back-in-circulation.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Parts of Sandy Daley's 1971 short film ''Robert Having His Nipple Pierced'' were filmed at the Chelsea on a budget of less than $2,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levine |first=Paul G. |date=January 13, 1980 |title=Rock Stars Film It Their Way |page=M6 |work=Los Angeles Times |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|162665478}}}}</ref> [[Ethan Hawke]] directed the 2001 film ''[[Chelsea Walls]]'' about a new generation of artists living at the hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 19, 2002 |title=Checking In At the Chelsea |pages=113, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-checking-in-at/133460671/ 114] |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |first=Jan |last=Stuart |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-checking-in-at/133460653/ |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223426/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-checking-in-at/133460653/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Holden2002">{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=April 19, 2002 |title=Film Review; Poor, Miserable and Addicted? They Must Be Poets |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/movies/film-review-poor-miserable-and-addicted-they-must-be-poets.html |access-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419000121/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/movies/film-review-poor-miserable-and-addicted-they-must-be-poets.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Other films with scenes shot at the Chelsea include ''[[Tally Brown, New York]]'' (1979);<ref>{{cite book |last=von Praunheim |first=Rosa |title=50 Jahre pervers: die sentimentalen Memoiren des Rosa von Praunheim |trans-title=50 years of perversity: the sentimental memoirs of Rosa von Praunheim |publisher=Kiepenheuer & Witsch |year=1993 |isbn=978-3-462-02252-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z10dAQAAIAAJ |language=de |access-date=October 20, 2023 |page=255 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223457/https://books.google.com/books?id=Z10dAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[9½ Weeks]]'' (1986);<ref>{{cite web |title=From '9 1/2 weeks'…John and Elizabeth Chapter 165 |website=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |date=September 13, 2002 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/09/13/from-9-12-weeksjohn-and-elizabeth-chapter-165/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223437/https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/09/13/from-9-12-weeksjohn-and-elizabeth-chapter-165/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Anna (1987 film)|Anna]]'' (1987);<ref>{{cite web |last=Gross |first=Michael |title=Notes on Fashions |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=September 30, 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/30/style/notes-on-fashions.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193841/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/30/style/notes-on-fashions.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' (1994);<ref>{{cite web |last=Mukhopadhyay |first=Arka |title=Where Was Léon: The Professional Filmed? |website=The Cinemaholic |date=October 2, 2021 |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-was-leon-the-professional-filmed/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208010956/https://thecinemaholic.com/where-was-leon-the-professional-filmed/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the horror film ''[[Hotel Chelsea (film)|Hotel Chelsea]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web |last=Luchies |first=Adam |title='Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel' Trailer Spotlights New York's Iconic Building |website=Collider |date=June 4, 2022 |url=https://collider.com/dreaming-walls-inside-the-chelsea-hotel-trailer/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714093950/https://collider.com/dreaming-walls-inside-the-chelsea-hotel-trailer/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Music ====
The hotel was featured in many songs. Joni Mitchell is sometimes cited as having written the song "[[Chelsea Morning]]" about her room in the hotel.<ref name="wsj-1999-01-24" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 1993 |title=The Inauguration; Shedding Light On a Morning And a Name |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/19/us/the-inauguration-shedding-light-on-a-morning-and-a-name.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601232729/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/19/us/the-inauguration-shedding-light-on-a-morning-and-a-name.html |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Efn|1=''New York'' magazine writes that "Chelsea Morning" was about a different apartment on 16th Street.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 12, 1992 |title=Tanqueray Rock-n-Roll Trivia Map |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oOQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16-IA3 |magazine=New York Magazine |language=en |publisher=New York Media, LLC |page=16-IA3 |issn=0028-7369 |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223938/https://books.google.com/books?id=oOQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16-IA3#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Leonard Cohen and [[Janis Joplin]] had an affair there in 1968 (as memorialized in a plaque installed there in 2009<ref>{{cite web |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |date=October 22, 2009 |title=Chelsea Hotel Will Remember Leonard Cohen Well |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/chelsea-hotel-will-remember-leonard-cohen-well/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=ArtsBeat |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223929/https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/chelsea-hotel-will-remember-leonard-cohen-well/ |url-status=live}}</ref>), and Cohen later wrote the song "Chelsea Hotel", as well as another version titled "[[New Skin for the Old Ceremony#Songs|Chelsea Hotel No. 2]]", about it.<ref name="nyt-2005-09-11" /><ref name="Guardian" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Runtagh |first=Jordan |date=November 14, 2016 |title=How Leonard Cohen Met Janis Joplin: Inside Chelsea Hotel Encounter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/how-leonard-cohen-met-janis-joplin-inside-legendary-chelsea-hotel-encounter-121067/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611023110/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/how-leonard-cohen-met-janis-joplin-inside-legendary-chelsea-hotel-encounter-121067/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Bob Dylan wrote the songs "[[Visions of Johanna]]"<ref name="Brenzel 2016 c689" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Tippins |first=Sherill |date=July 11, 2017 |title=Bob Dylan and the Writing of 'Blonde on Blonde' at the Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bob-dylan-and-the-writing-of-blonde-on-blonde-at-the-chelsea-hotel |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Daily Beast |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603163958/https://www.thedailybeast.com/bob-dylan-and-the-writing-of-blonde-on-blonde-at-the-chelsea-hotel |url-status=live}}</ref> and "[[Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands]]" there, mentioning this in "[[Sara (Bob Dylan song)|Sara]]".<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="Hasted 2016" /> Additionally, Nico's "[[Chelsea Girls (song)|Chelsea Girls]]" is about the hotel and its inhabitants.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="Hasted 2016">{{Cite web |last=Hasted |first=Nick |date=January 29, 2016 |title=Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner: "We were like Columbus, exploring the world" |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/jefferson-airplanes-paul-kantner-we-were-like-columbus-exploring-the-world-72653/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205023715/https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/jefferson-airplanes-paul-kantner-we-were-like-columbus-exploring-the-world-72653/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jorma Kaukonen]] wrote the song "Third Week in the Chelsea" for [[Jefferson Airplane]]'s 1971 album ''[[Bark (Jefferson Airplane album)|Bark]]'' after spending three weeks living in the Chelsea.<ref name="Hasted 2016" /> Other songs featuring the hotel include "[[Midnight in Chelsea]]" by [[Bon Jovi]],<ref name="CBS News 2018 c606">{{cite web |title=Doors from New York City's famed Chelsea Hotel head to auction |website=CBS News |date=April 7, 2018 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chelsea-hotel-doors-head-to-auction/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708065354/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chelsea-hotel-doors-head-to-auction/ |url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Love Is Hell (Ryan Adams album)|Hotel Chelsea Nights]]" by [[Ryan Adams]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Edelstone |first=Steven |title=Ryan Adams' Guide to New York City |website=Observer |date=July 10, 2017 |url=https://observer.com/2017/07/ryan-adams-guide-to-new-york-city/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705061330/https://observer.com/2017/07/ryan-adams-guide-to-new-york-city/ |url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Real Animal|Chelsea Hotel '78]]" by [[Alejandro Escovedo]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Cornell |first=Rick |title=Alejandro Escovedo's "Chelsea Hotel '78" |website=INDY Week |date=October 22, 2008 |url=https://indyweek.com/music/alejandro-escovedo-s-chelsea-hotel-78/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708065400/https://indyweek.com/music/alejandro-escovedo-s-chelsea-hotel-78/ |url-status=live}}</ref> "[[The Stand Ins|Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979]]" by [[Okkervil River]],<ref name="SPIN Media LLC p. 128">{{cite book | title=SPIN | publisher=SPIN Media LLC | issn=0886-3032 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpE-C2vX2LcC&pg=PA128 | access-date=2024-05-01 | page=128}}</ref> and "[[Stranger in the Alps|Chelsea]]" by [[Phoebe Bridgers]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Canales |first=Victoria |title=That Was Called Love: The Songs and Stories Inspired by the Hotel Chelsea |website=Afterglow |date=December 2, 2021 |url=https://www.afterglowatx.com/blog/2021/12/2/0jmbfpzbiu7b08vv95x3t93nor0rgi |access-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501093308/https://www.afterglowatx.com/blog/2021/12/2/0jmbfpzbiu7b08vv95x3t93nor0rgi |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel has been mentioned in other songs as well, such as [[Taylor Swift]]'s 2024 song ''[[The Tortured Poets Department (song)|The Tortured Poets Department]]''.<ref name="Caruso 2024 e554">{{cite web | last=Caruso | first=Skyler | title=Every Place Taylor Swift References in Tortured Poets Department, from the Black Dog to the Heath | website=People | date=April 19, 2024 | url=https://people.com/every-place-taylor-swift-references-in-the-tortured-poets-department-8636120 | access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref>

==== Print media ====
Stillman Foster Kneeland wrote a poem in 1914, "Roofland", which commemorated the nights that he spent on the Chelsea's roof garden.<ref name="Tippins p. 60" /> Similarly, Edgar Lee Masters wrote an ode to the hotel while living there.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yarrow |first=Andrew L. |title=Chelsea: Where the Avant-garde Rubs Shoulders With Old New York |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=October 16, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/arts/chelsea-where-the-avant-garde-rubs-shoulders-with-old-new-york.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331171546/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/arts/chelsea-where-the-avant-garde-rubs-shoulders-with-old-new-york.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bartlett 1991">{{Cite news |title=Ghosts, grandeur haunt the Chelsea |last=Bartlett |first=Ellen |work=Boston Globe |date=June 9, 1991 |id={{ProQuest|294609843}}}}</ref> [[Arthur Miller]] wrote a short piece, "The Chelsea Affect", describing life at the Chelsea Hotel in the early 1960s.<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite news |last=Lister |first=Kat |date=January 3, 2023 |title='They are holding on to a dream': the last bohemians at New York's Chelsea Hotel |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/03/they-are-holding-on-to-a-dream-the-last-bohemians-at-new-yorks-chelsea-hotel |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327082815/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/03/they-are-holding-on-to-a-dream-the-last-bohemians-at-new-yorks-chelsea-hotel |url-status=live}}|For the piece itself, see: {{cite web |title=The Chelsea Affect |website=Granta |date=June 28, 2002 |url=https://granta.com/the-chelsea-affect/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608022348/https://granta.com/The-Chelsea-Affect/ |url-status=live}}}}</ref> [[Nicolaia Rips]] wrote the memoir ''Trying to Float: Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel'' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=July 16, 2016 |title=Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/fashion/nicolaia-rips-chelsea-hotel-trying-to-float.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220102456/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/fashion/nicolaia-rips-chelsea-hotel-trying-to-float.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

The hotel has been the subject of several nonfiction accounts and photographical books. Robert Baral's 1965 book ''Turn West on 23rd'' devoted a chapter to the hotel,<ref name="Variety 1966" /> while Claudio Edinger's 1983 book ''Chelsea Hotel'' consisted of photographs of the hotel and its residents.<ref name="Karlen 1983" /><ref name="The New York Times 1983">{{Cite news |date=June 26, 1983 |title=Chelsea Men and Women |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/26/books/chelsea-men-and-women.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142139/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/26/books/chelsea-men-and-women.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Florence Turner's 1987 book ''At the Chelsea'' doubled as a memoir and a description of the hotel's occupants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hirshey |first=Gerri |date=January 19, 1988 |title=The Chelsea Divine Dive |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/19/the-chelsea-divine-dive/d868bd40-390a-42de-8a1f-cc25e90e8073/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021223931/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/19/the-chelsea-divine-dive/d868bd40-390a-42de-8a1f-cc25e90e8073/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ed Hamilton, who moved into the Chelsea in 1995, launched the ''Living with Legends'' blog about the hotel in 2005;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chamberlain|first=Lisa|date=June 4, 2006|title=A Year in the Life|website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/nyregion/thecity/04blog.html|access-date=November 3, 2023|language=en-US|archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126033340/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/nyregion/thecity/04blog.html |url-status=live}}</ref> information from that blog was collated in the 2007 book ''Legends of the Chelsea Hotel''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=October 28, 2007 |title=Chelsea Mornings |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/books/review/Giles-t.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129151126/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/books/review/Giles-t.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel was also described in Sherill Tippins's 2013 book ''Inside the Dream Palace'',<ref name="Harrington 2014 r573" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Calhoun |first=Ada |date=December 6, 2013 |title=The Chelsea |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/inside-the-dream-palace-by-sherill-tippins.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216060842/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/inside-the-dream-palace-by-sherill-tippins.html |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as Victoria Cohen's 2013 [[coffee table book]] ''Hotel Chelsea''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hirst |first=Arlene |date=August 7, 2013 |title='Hotel Chelsea' by Victoria Cohen |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/garden/hotel-chelsea-by-victoria-cohen.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425234724/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/garden/hotel-chelsea-by-victoria-cohen.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the photographer Colin Miller published the book ''Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven'', which included pictures of the remaining apartments' interiors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farrell |first=Aimee |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Inside the Last Occupied Apartments of the Chelsea Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/t-magazine/chelsea-hotel-apartments.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125122221/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/t-magazine/chelsea-hotel-apartments.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Several pieces of fiction have been set at the hotel, such as [[Stuart Cloete]]'s 1947 short story ''The Blast'', describing New York City after a [[nuclear holocaust]].<ref name="Tippins p. 106" /> [[Henry Van Dyke (novelist)|Henry Van Dyke]]'s 1969 book ''Blood of Strawberries'', a [[black comedy]], revolved around a group of fictional bohemians who lived at the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blood of Strawberries; By Henry Van Dyke. 278 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $5.50. |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=January 5, 1969 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/05/archives/blood-of-strawberries-by-henry-van-dyke-278-pp-new-york-farrar.html |access-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021224931/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/05/archives/blood-of-strawberries-by-henry-van-dyke-278-pp-new-york-farrar.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |title=Chelsea Hotel Same Amid Hell's Kitchen |work=The Austin Statesman |date=March 30, 1966 |page=7 |id={{ProQuest|1516026643}}}}</ref> Dee Dee Ramone wrote the book ''[[Chelsea Horror Hotel]]'' in 2001,<ref name="Tippins p. 343" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Pareles |first=Jon |title=Dee Dee Ramone, Pioneer Punk Rocker, Dies at 50 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=June 7, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/arts/dee-dee-ramone-pioneer-punk-rocker-dies-at-50.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021224931/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/arts/dee-dee-ramone-pioneer-punk-rocker-dies-at-50.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Fiona Davis]] used it as a setting in her 2019 novel ''Chelsea Girls''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leiby |first=Michele Langevine |date=August 12, 2019 |title=Review {{!}} 'The Chelsea Girls' revisits the fear and desperation of the McCarthy-era theater world |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-chelsea-girls-revisits-the-fear-and-desperation-of-the-mccarthy-era-theater-world/2019/08/12/674524ee-bcfc-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914125028/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-chelsea-girls-revisits-the-fear-and-desperation-of-the-mccarthy-era-theater-world/2019/08/12/674524ee-bcfc-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Joseph O'Neill (writer, born 1964)|Joseph O'Neill]] wrote the novel ''[[Netherland (novel)|Netherland]]'' partly based on his experience living at the hotel.<ref name="Tippins p. 343" /><ref name="Guardian" />

==== Other works ====
The Chelsea hosted a multimedia festival in 1989, ''At the Chelsea'', which celebrated the hotel's history with theatrical shows, music, and performance art.<ref>{{cite web |title='At the Chelsea' Festival Looks at Hotel's History |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=January 13, 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/13/arts/at-the-chelsea-festival-looks-at-hotel-s-history.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221002705/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/13/arts/at-the-chelsea-festival-looks-at-hotel-s-history.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |title=3 Rooms of Theater at Chelsea Hotel: at N.Y.'s Hostelry of Choice for Bohemian Artists, There Are Different Stories Behind Different Doors |last=Milward |first=John |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=January 16, 1989 |page=C.1 |id={{ProQuest|1834327986}}}}</ref> [[Nicole Burdette]]'s play ''Chelsea Walls'', first performed in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |last=Gussow |first=Mel |title=Review/Theater; Artists' Home of Legend |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=June 9, 1990 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/09/theater/review-theater-artists-home-of-legend.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021224932/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/09/theater/review-theater-artists-home-of-legend.html?searchResultPosition=2 |url-status=live}}</ref> was the basis for the similarly-named 2001 film.<ref name="Holden2002" /> In 2013, Welsh choreographers Jessica Cohen and Jim Ennis choreographed a dance piece inspired by the Chelsea Hotel; the piece depicts four fictional couples, who are loosely based on real-life hotel residents.<ref name="guardian-2013-10-30" /> The multimedia performance "Young Artists at the Chelsea", dramatizing the lives of some of the residents, was presented in a gallery in the hotel in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ryzik |first1=Melena |last2=Barone |first2=Joshua |date=June 11, 2015 |title=Spare Times for June 12–18 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/spare-times-for-june-12-18.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616142404/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/arts/spare-times-for-june-12-18.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets]]

== References ==

=== Notes ===
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
* {{cite book |last=Hawes |first=Elizabeth |title=New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City (1869-1930) |publisher=A.A. Knopf |series=A Borzoi book |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-394-55641-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwTWAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Ed |url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_h8y0 |title=Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws at New York's Rebel Mecca |year=2007 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-1-56858-379-2 |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite report |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/77000958.pdf |title=Hotel Chelsea |date=December 27, 1977 |publisher=National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service |ref={{harvid|National Park Service|1977}}}}
* {{cite book |first=Sherill |last=Tippins |date=2013 |title=Inside the Dream Palace: the Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-9561-1}}

== External links ==
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* {{official website|https://hotelchelsea.com/}}

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