Editing Hotel Chelsea (section)

==== 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 |newspaper=[[Newsday]]}}</ref> though the celebration was delayed by a year.{{sfn|Tippins|2013|pp=341–342}} Bard said at the time that he wanted "to keep the atmosphere kooky but nice, eccentric but beautiful",<ref name="Dowd 1983" /> 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="Dowd 1983" /><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="Gray 1998" /> for instance, a balcony fell off the facade in 1986, injuring two passersby.<ref>{{cite news|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 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The balcony's collapse prompted a subsequent renovation of the building.<ref name="Alpern 1992" />

After Bard's children David and Michele became involved in the hotel's operation during the 1990s,<ref name="Cheshes 2022" /> they completed a $500,000 renovation of the facade in 1990 and renovated one of the sixth-floor rooms.<ref>{{cite news|last=Slesin |first=Suzanne |title=Motif and Pace Set by Snail at the Chelsea|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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="Gray 1998" /> 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="Buckley 2010" /> 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.|author-link=Michael T. Kaufman|date=October 14, 1994 |title=The Hotel in Chelsea That Art Calls Home|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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 news|first=Ron |last=Alexander |title=The Fame Lives On (In Fact, It Lives Here) |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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|newspaper=[[The 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|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="Miller 1999" />

In spite of Stanley Bard's unorthodox approach to rent collection, the hotel's finances remained stable in the 1990s.<ref name="Paul 1994">{{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|newspaper=[[The 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|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="Paul 1994" />{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=346}} 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="Gray 1998" /> and monthly rents ranged from $2,000 to $5,000.<ref name="Malbin 2000" /> 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="Pedersen 2000">{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Laura|author-link=Laura Pedersen|date=August 6, 2000 |title=Home Sweet Hotel|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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|newspaper=[[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|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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="Chamberlain 2007" /> 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="Chamberlain 2007" /> 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="Considine 2005">{{Cite news |last=Considine |first=Austin |date=September 11, 2005 |title=A Little Traveling Music: Songs That Can Transport You|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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>