Editing Hotel Chelsea (section)

=== Guestrooms and apartments ===

==== Original units ====
The Chelsea was among the first buildings in the city with [[duplex apartment]]s and penthouse apartments.<ref name="NYCL-0215" /><ref name="The New York Times 1978">{{cite news|date=January 14, 1978 |title=One Dies and Hundreds Are Routed. As Blaze Damages Chelsea Hotel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/one-dies-and-hundreds-are-routed-as-blaze-damages-chelsea-hotel.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215829/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/one-dies-and-hundreds-are-routed-as-blaze-damages-chelsea-hotel.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Above the ground floor, there were originally either 90,<ref name="Archard 1885" /> 97,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Gross 1984">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|176138297}} |title=Stanley Bard's mission: To make Chelsea Hotel the greatest |last=Gross |first=Alan |date=July 8, 1984 |page=I3 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> or 100 apartments in total.<ref name="Gray 1998" /> There were ten apartments on each story,<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> ranging from {{Convert|800|to|3000|ft2}}.<ref name="Tippins p. 28">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=28|ps=.}}</ref> Each floor had a mixture of small and large apartments, so residents of different socioeconomic classes could reside on the same story.<ref name="Tippins p. 28" /><ref name="NPR 2011">{{cite web |date=October 3, 2011 |title=At NYC's Chelsea Hotel, The End Of An Artistic Era? |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140294070/at-nycs-chelsea-hotel-the-end-of-an-artistic-era |access-date=October 13, 2023 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012031009/https://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140294070/at-nycs-chelsea-hotel-the-end-of-an-artistic-era |url-status=live}}</ref> Sources disagree on whether the largest apartments had eight,<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> ten,<ref name="Archard 1885" /> or twelve rooms.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Hawes p. 59" /><ref name="Tippins p. 28" /> Old floor plans show that the apartments were arranged along a single west–east corridor on each floor;<ref name="Gray 1998" /> these corridors measured up to {{convert|8|ft}} wide.<ref name="Tippins p. 29" /> The largest apartments occupied either end of the hotel and had at least four bedrooms, while mid-sized two- and three-bedroom units were placed next to these. The smallest units, targeted at unmarried men and women, were arranged near the stairs and elevators at the center of the building.<ref name="Tippins p. 28" />

A variety of styles and materials were used in the apartments to fit each tenant's taste.<ref name="Tippins p. 31" /> Originally, the interiors were ornately decorated. The [[Dado (architecture)|dadoes]] and some of the floors were made of marble, and there was also hardwood floors and doors. In addition, the fireplace mantels were made of [[onyx]], and the fireplaces contained [[andiron]]s with rosettes.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" />

Every apartment had its own bathroom,<ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /><ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1882">{{Cite magazine |date=November 1, 1882 |title=Building Intelligence: New York City Building Items Miscellaneous |magazine=The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress |volume=14 |issue=11 |page=248 |id={{ProQuest|88884079}}}}</ref> and many units also had servants' bedrooms.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> Only the largest apartments had kitchens; everyone else received meals from the restaurants or a caterer.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="The Manufacturer and Builder: a Practical Journal of Industrial Progress 1882" /> There were 67 apartments with kitchens, each of which had a refrigerator as well as a stove powered by coal, gas, or steam.<ref name="Detroit Free Press 1884" /> One of the larger apartments, suite 920, belonged to the hotel's manager and consisted of three rooms with high ceilings.{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=102}} The apartments on the tenth and eleventh floors were intended for artists,<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> taking advantage of sunlight from the north.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /><ref name="Tippins p. 27">{{Harvnb|Tippins|2013|p=27|ps=.}}</ref> These apartments were arranged as duplexes, with artists' studios on the upper level and bedrooms on the lower level,<ref name="Stephenson 1963" /> and were in high demand when the Chelsea opened.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" /> The twelfth floor contained a space accessible only from the rooftop promenade; this was intended as a clinic.<ref name="New-York Tribune 1884" /><ref name="Archard 1885" /><ref name="Tippins p. 6" /> Tenants could also use a ballroom under the roof.<ref name="Hawes p. 59" />

==== Subsequent changes ====
[[File:JuniorSuite.JPG|thumb|A suite in the hotel prior to its 2010s and 2020s renovation]]
By the 1980s, the hotel had been subdivided into 400 rooms, many of which retained their original thick walls and fireplaces.<ref name="Dowd 1983">{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen|author-link=Maureen Dowd|date=November 21, 1983 |title=The Chelsea Hotel, 'Kooky But Nice', Turns 100|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/nyregion/the-chelsea-hotel-kooky-buy-nice-turns-100.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906023733/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/nyregion/the-chelsea-hotel-kooky-buy-nice-turns-100.html |url-status=live}}</ref> This was reduced by the 2000s to about 240<ref name="Leve 2007" /><ref name="Joyce 2009">{{cite web |last=Joyce |first=Amanda |date=October 25, 2009 |title=True N.Y. grit at Hotel Chelsea |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-10-25-0910220859-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021215830/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> or 250 units (some with multiple rooms).<ref name="Chamberlain 2007" /> All of the units had a unique layout.<ref name="Karmin 2011a" /><ref name="Nathan 1993" /> The rooms were accessed via wide marble corridors and varied significantly in decorative motif.<ref name="Lee 2005">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Denny |date=December 11, 2005 |title=10 New York Hotels for Under $250 a Night |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/travel/10-new-york-hotels-for-under-250-a-night.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013122736/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/travel/10-new-york-hotels-for-under-250-a-night.html |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |access-date=October 15, 2023 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Following a renovation that was completed in 2022, some decorative features, such as entry halls and doorknobs, were redesigned with monograms containing the hotel's name.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022" /><ref name="Condé Nast Traveler 2019" /> There are approximately 155 rooms,<ref name="Condé Nast Traveler 2019" /><ref name="Moore 2022" /> divided into 125 single-room units and 30 suites;<ref name="Moore 2022" /> the largest units are two-bedroom apartments with en-suite kitchens.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022" /> As an allusion to the Chelsea's artistic clientele, the rooms are decorated with artworks collected between the 1970s and the 1990s,<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022" /> in addition to [[Headboard (furniture)|headboards]] with splattered-paint patterns.<ref name="Moore 2022" /> Some rooms retain original fireplaces and stained glass windows.<ref name="Shollenbarger 2022" /><ref name="Condé Nast Traveler 2019" /> The guestrooms also have design features such as wooden [[nightstand]]s, closets with wallpaper, and marble-clad bathrooms.<ref name="Condé Nast Traveler 2019" /> Five of the former artists' residences are retained in the modern-day hotel, and some of the rooms have wheelchair-accessible features such as shelves and bathrooms.<ref name="Suitcase 2024">{{cite magazine|date=October 28, 2024 |title=Here's What It's Like to Stay at NYC's Iconic Hotel Chelsea |url=https://suitcasemag.com/review-hotel-chelsea-new-york-usa/ |access-date=December 2, 2024 |magazine=[[Suitcase (magazine)|Suitcase]]}}</ref>