Editing Hotel Chelsea (section)

=== 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="Gray 1998">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Gray (architectural historian)|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|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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">{{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">{{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 2022">{{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=Women's Wear Daily |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 2022" /> 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="Wells 2022">{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Pete|author-link=Pete Wells|date=April 12, 2022 |title=El Quijote Tilts Back Toward Its Earlier Glamour|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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 |newspaper=[[New York Herald Tribune]]|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="Perrottet 2022">{{Cite news |last=Perrottet |first=Tony |date=September 28, 2022 |title=El Quijote—a Kitsch Masterpiece—Is Open Again in Manhattan's Hotel Chelsea|newspaper=[[The 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|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="Wells 2022" /> El Quijote contains a private bar next to its main dining room.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022" /><ref name="Wells 2022" /> Prior to 2018, the restaurant sat 220 people;<ref name="Fabricant 2022">{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence|author-link=Florence Fabricant|date=February 8, 2022 |title=El Quijote in the Hotel Chelsea Reopens|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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="Wells 2022" /> These rooms were removed in a 2022 renovation, which also reduced the restaurant's capacity to 45<ref name="Perrottet 2022" /> or 65.<ref name="Fabricant 2022" /> Since 2023, the hotel has also contained the Café Chelsea [[bistro]],<ref name="Taylor 2023">{{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>{{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|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</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="Vadukul 2022">{{Cite news |last=Vadukul |first=Alex |date=November 25, 2022 |title=A Scruffy Guitar Shop Survives the Chelsea Hotel's Chic Makeover|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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" /><ref name="Condé Nast Traveler 2019">{{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="Chamberlain 2007">{{Cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Lisa|ref=none|date=June 19, 2007 |title=Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|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="Susman 2009">{{Cite news|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|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|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">{{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" />