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I'm confused. The article talks about "tenants". Does this mean the Chelsea Hotel is not actually a hotel, as it has long term tenants?

• ceejayoz 5y ago
  The article covers this pretty clearly, describing decades-long tenants and saying: > Plans are underway to make the Chelsea Hotel an actual hotel again.
• jw1224 5y ago
  The Chelsea Hotel is usually best known for having housed many famous figures over the years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Chelsea#Notable_residents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Chelsea#Notable_resident...
• david_allison 5y ago
  The Chelsea used to be an artist's cooperative, it was a mix of long-term and short-term residents, and was infamous for being lax with rent payments, with many living there rent-free. This medium article gives a good perspective of its past. https://medium.com/@bagelboy/make-america-bohemian-again-de846e35d757 https://medium.com/@bagelboy/make-america-bohemian-again-de8...
• raldi 5y ago
  The word comes from the French hôtel, which just means hall. Historically, many "hotels" were places that housed medium-to-long-term guests, either exclusively or alongside short-term visitors. Like the Eloise books, which took place at the Plaza Hotel, or Paris’s Hôtel des Invalides, where wounded soldiers recovered.
  • bsanr2 5y ago
    IIRC hotel and hospital have the same roots, which makes the term "hospitality" much less confusing.