When I checked in at New York’s most renowned hotel (at least a fan of rock and roll), I asked for a pamphlet showing us where all the history actually took place.
But it’s not the style of Hotel Chelsea that spills that secret. Don’t worry that after that new operator has undergone 11 years of mysterious revival in late 2022, it is a big reason why that new operator can charge more than 600 USD per night.
“I’ll just walk around the hallways myself,” the front desk representative offered in comfort. “You’ll feel history.”
The clerk probably felt my eye roll. But soon you will find that Chelsea has a “sense” that goes beyond what you can read about the hotel built in 1884 at W. 23rd Street between Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
Reading about it is what brought us there.
