bye-bye, chelsea hotel?

the gentrification/yuppification of manhattan has left the city unrecognizable from the one i remember from the late '70s. last time i was there, the preponderance of foreign accents aside, it seemed more like an outdoor mall in dallas than, um, noo yawk city. now it appears that longtime residents of the chelsea hotel are about to get the boot from the hotel's new management. "the last outpost of bohemia" deserves better.