Gene Kaufman Rehab of the Hotel Chelsea Perceived as a Devastating 'Whitewash'

If you’re the type who wept big salty tears over the closing of the CBGB club in 2006 because it meant the death of New York, then you aren’t going to like this post in the slightest. Recently you might remember reading that the Hotel Chelsea, also referred to as the Chelsea Hotel, had finally been purchased by real estate developer Joseph Chetrit for just over $80 million after a buying process that had started several months prior.