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posted on
August 8th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Phantom Art

Phantom art left by the ghosts of artists past (perhaps in protest over the theft of their real art).
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posted on
August 6th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: MOLD

We've got plenty of mold growing around the Chelsea Hotel, but what we're hoping for is some fresh locally grown mushrooms, surely it's dark and damp enough in these forlorn halls. ...

posted on
August 1st, 2012
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Hotel Chetrit: A Brief Journal of the Plague Year

The Chetrit gang has been in charge of the Chelsea Hotel for a year now. Despite dozens of law suits in Housing and Supreme court they have been less successful in evicting tenants than the previ ...

posted on
July 31st, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Bad Taste

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

posted on
July 30th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Construction Debris

Here at the Chelsea Hotel construction debris is hidden in the most unlikely places. And sometimes it's not so well hidden.
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posted on
July 27th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Black Hole of Calcutta Coming Our Way

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

posted on
July 26th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: A Sirocco of Saharan Proportions

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

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posted on
July 25th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Plague of the Day: Floods

Yesterday, the floods arrived again at the Chelsea Hotel. A pipe burst sending water throughout the 10th and 9th floors of the building. Some tenant's apartments were damaged by the wate ...

posted on
July 17th, 2012
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Chelsea Hotel Endures Plagues of Biblical Proportions

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

posted on
May 22nd, 2012
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The Scope of the Chetrits’ Proposed Chelsea Hotel Renovation: Herbert Huncke Finally Gets A Bathroom

Renovation has been ongoing on the east wing of the 7th floor for sev ...