You don't mess with Rico, see. Our fellow Chelsea Hotel resident and pro-Bard activist Arthur Nash has a new book due out soon, "American Gangster: An Illustrated History of the Mob," (Madison Press Books, 2009). The book features rare photos and gangster-related artifacts from Nash's personal archives that he assembled over 15 years. For a preview, visit the Discovery Channel's website and see photos of Lucky Luciano, Joey Gallo playing with a dwarf two months before he was shot down, Abel Ferrara wearing Gallo's hat, piles of confiscated bootleg liquor, and Nash himself standing beside the barber chair where Albert Anastasia himself was assasinated. Check it out today. And buy a copy of Arthur's book when it comes out too, you dirty rat!
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6 responses to “Gangsters Lore and Legend Lives on at the Chelsea Hotel”
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Congrats Artie ~ Looking Good!!
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VERY nice exposure on Discovery.
I thought Arthur’s own photographs were exceptional, particularly his portrait of Abel Ferrara. I didn’t even know he had skills behind the camera!LikeLike
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I attended Artie’s exhibition down in Little Italy and got to see some of these images ‘live’ in person. He definitely knows his history and has a real sense of how this phenomenon of violence has altered our cultural landscape. I will definitely pick up his book.
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Very nice and informative post about Chelsea Hotel.
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looks like a great book i enjoyed the discovery channel preview at least
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Nice work – the portrait of Abel Ferrara in front of Art Weinstein’s silkscreen of Marlon Brando is really nicely done.
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