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  • More Legends to Come

         The good news is, Legends of the Chelsea Hotel has been selling briskly at the Barnes & Noble at 6th Avenue and 21st Street.  Unfortunately, if you’ve been by there in the past couple of days, you may not have been able to find the book.  That’s because they sold out.  But more…

  • Sid’s Room

    Today is the 29th anniversary of Nancy Spungen’s brutal murder in room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel. Whether or not you believe Sid killed her, the spirits of this tragic, doomed couple continue to haunt us here at the Chelsea.  When the elevator stops mysteriously on the 1st floor, the door opening upon an empty…

  • From the Annals of Trashpicking: A Curious Joan Crawford Letter

    Several years ago I was walking on West 15th Street in Chelsea when I saw a bunch of workers hauling out bags of trash and heaving them into a huge green dumpster.  I knew they had to be throwing out something good, since there were already several people in the dumpster rooting around, and even…

  • More Trouble in Room 100

         We haven‘t seen hide nor hair of Chelsea Hotel layabout/board member David Elder in about a week.  Here’s what happened.  For all of these years Sid Vicious’ ghost has remained content to play games such as stopping the elevators on the first floor and holding the door open.  If he’s feeling really spiteful he’ll…

  • Confusion Reigns at the Chelsea: Even the U.S. Mail is No Longer Sacred

    Tuesday afternoon there was a sign in the Chelsea Hotel elevator: TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT BD HOTELS IS NO LONGER THE MANAGING AGENT OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL.  ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DAVID ELDER, OFFICE OF THE MANAGER.       I went downstairs to see what it was all about…

  • Revelatory Work

    Where have all of the revelatory poets gone,long time passing?  Where have all the revelatory poets gonelong time ago?Where have all the revelatory poets gone?Replaced by BD Pod People every one.When will they ever learn?When will they ever learn?Credits: Legends of the Chelsea, Snap Films  https://legends.typepad.com/RS.mov

  • Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Shrimp Tails and Lobster Shells (The Blog’s Response to the Observer’s Story)

    “Oh my God!” thought David Elder as he sat in his purloined office at the Chelsea Hotel.  “My strategy of befriending the members of the Chelsea community doesn’t seem to be panning out.”  Elder had just tuned in to the blog to see that we had reported on his recent attempt to (in our humble…

  • A Tribute to the Old Ways

    Film producers will be knocking down David Combs door to get him to star as a young Stanley Bard in their upcoming film about the greedy Lovecraftian scum that took over the Chelsea Hotel. https://legends.typepad.com/Paintah.fff.mov Credits:  Legends of the Chelsea, Snap Films, View More SOL Videos Here

  • Terror Abounds at the Chelsea Hotel

    Tourists beware, if you aren’t careful, your first night at the Chelsea Hotel could end up like this. Credits:  Legends of the Chelsea, Snap Films https://legends.typepad.com/theswordsman601.mov

  • Dimwit Dipshit Diners in Dumbo: Don’t Try This in Manhattan, Kids

    Susan and I went to dinner in Dumbo with a couple of our friends last Sunday night.  We don’t get out of Manhattan much and so it was the first time we had ever been to Dumbo, a gritty though charming industrial area, dominated by the overpasses of the two old bridges.  Among the drawbacks,…