The owner of the unlikeable lounge in the basement says of his current landlord he's a nice guy? Ha! So far Elder has demonstrated only the opposite, starting with his kicking the beloved Bards pout of the hotel they are majority shareholders of and have managed diligently and passionately for over a half century. He and Marlene Krauss have shown nothing but disdain for residents. Where was he all those years before he took oer. Did he or Krauss ever make any attempt to meet and talk with residents before the ouster (they haven't done much in this regard since). Look at the court case with Piri Thomas. he has tried to find a legal way for years to deprive the old man, his stepfather, of money rightfully his. he did the same to another old man, Stanley bard, and was able to find a daft arbitrator who agreed.
Since they've taken over they've made a mockery of the hotel and otherwise mismanaged it. Bring back the Bards. Now he's hired thugs to harass a tenant who made a nonviolent statement of his dislike for Elder. Witnesses will tell you they've physically attacked thios tenant, and spend a lot of time outside his door spying on him and otherwise harassing him. This is not the way things were at the Chelsea Hotel.
The Chelsea is not an SRO. Nice try. It's been an active and very successful artist community among other things for 124 years (it opened in 1884, not 1883). About ten years ago the majority shareholders began to seriously pressure Stanley to increase profits and make the hotel more upscale. He tried to accomodate them without hurting the tenants, but it was never enough for them. Weren't they the ones who wanted to put profitable shops in the lobby? Just look at what that hotel did for music alone, and imagine these two uptight heirs dealing with Patti Smith, Dee Dee Ramone, Sid, Dylan, Janis, Jimi, Virgil or Kleinsinger.
Things are only going to get worse for Elder and Krauss. the best thing for everyone would be for them to leave, maybe sells their shares back to Stanley, and let the Bards run the hotel they know so so well.
The owner of the unlikeable lounge in the basement says of his current landlord he's a nice guy? Ha! So far Elder has demonstrated only the opposite, starting with his kicking the beloved Bards pout of the hotel they are majority shareholders of and have managed diligently and passionately for over a half century. He and Marlene Krauss have shown nothing but disdain for residents. Where was he all those years before he took oer. Did he or Krauss ever make any attempt to meet and talk with residents before the ouster (they haven't done much in this regard since). Look at the court case with Piri Thomas. he has tried to find a legal way for years to deprive the old man, his stepfather, of money rightfully his. he did the same to another old man, Stanley bard, and was able to find a daft arbitrator who agreed.
Since they've taken over they've made a mockery of the hotel and otherwise mismanaged it. Bring back the Bards. Now he's hired thugs to harass a tenant who made a nonviolent statement of his dislike for Elder. Witnesses will tell you they've physically attacked thios tenant, and spend a lot of time outside his door spying on him and otherwise harassing him. This is not the way things were at the Chelsea Hotel.
The Chelsea is not an SRO. Nice try. It's been an active and very successful artist community among other things for 124 years (it opened in 1884, not 1883). About ten years ago the majority shareholders began to seriously pressure Stanley to increase profits and make the hotel more upscale. He tried to accomodate them without hurting the tenants, but it was never enough for them. Weren't they the ones who wanted to put profitable shops in the lobby? Just look at what that hotel did for music alone, and imagine these two uptight heirs dealing with Patti Smith, Dee Dee Ramone, Sid, Dylan, Janis, Jimi, Virgil or Kleinsinger.
Things are only going to get worse for Elder and Krauss. the best thing for everyone would be for them to leave, maybe sells their shares back to Stanley, and let the Bards run the hotel they know so so well.