Hotel Chelsea and renovations inside the buildingFirst residents of the under-renovation Hotel Chelsea hired a lawyer, now they’ve brought on an environmental assessment team to make sure they are safe from toxins being exposed by the Chetrit’s renovation.
DNAinfo reported that the residents hired Olmsted Environmental Services to assess the renovation being done by new owners Chetrit Group and architect Gene Kaufman, and published updated photos of the damage inside the building at 222 West 23rd Street.
“[Olmsted] was there for hours yesterday, taking dust samples, examining conditions,” said the tenants’ association’s lawyer Samuel Himmelstein.
Residents are concerned that their health is being endangered by the release of dust and toxins that exist in building materials from Hotel Chelsea’s initial construction in 1884. According to the Department of Buildings, the renovation includes redoing the floors, assessing the walls and replacing plumbing and electrical fixtures. [DNAinfo]