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The prices may be another draw: rooms are $125 to $200.Ĭhelsea Pines Inn 317 West 14th Street (888) 546-2700 But in a city where businesses like the West Side Club - a gay sauna - and the Unicorn (pornographic) video store are a short walk away, a clothing-optional guesthouse may not be so out of place, after all. THE TAKEAWAY Chelsea Mews is a niche destination - with hosts who like to interact with their guests - that is definitely not for the prudish. Except for the master suite, guests share hallway bathrooms that looked only decent. In one of the common areas, a massage table looks out of place beneath an aged-looking chandelier and alongside a piano. WHAT YOU WILL FIND INSIDE The guest rooms and the double living room are decorated in early American style, and the house has the feel of an antiques shop (a cramped one), with paintings and trinkets galore. There are no check-in or checkout times, either, adding to the unrestrained feel of the place. The clothing-optional aspect, more common around the pools and hot tubs of gay vacation spots like Key West, Fla., seems odd in an urban town house, but contributes to the somewhat libertine aura here. WHAT’S GAY ABOUT IT There were no guests present when I dropped by this gay, male-only, clothing-optional guesthouse one day, so one of the owners, Gary Rice, was able to show me all eight rooms, starting with a master suite with a private bathroom and claw-foot tub. Chelsea Mews Guesthouse 344 West 15th Street (212) 255-9174