Editing Hotel Chelsea (section)

==== 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" />