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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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The London Times recently reported on the cost of a 5 minute call to London from various hotels in New York, calling the rates “… a measure of how blatantly, rapaciously greedy they are – and, presumably, how stupid or submissive they think we will be when they present the bloody outrageous bill.” The Chelsea,…
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Steve Dior, who played with Sid in a band called the Idols, has come up with a new theory about Nancy’s murder. He says a drug dealer from New Jersey did it. But is that the same person as Rocket’s Redglare? We’ve heard the theory that Rocket’s did it, but we thought he lived in…
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Joe Bidewell, who played back-up for Nico in the 1980 BBC documentary, closes out the show with his own musical tribute to the Chelsea, "Dream Hotel." Several years ago I heard Joe perform "Dream Hotel" at Sine, which sadly, like a lot of other clubs that Joe used to perform in (CBGBs), are no longer…
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Clearly, the toilet bowl is now off limits. I usually heave mine down the stairwell, other people who are more lazy just toss theirs out the window onto 23rd Street.
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The "Pink Lady in the Swing," perched as she is high above the lobby, has the best seat in the house for watching over the vortex of insanity. Sculptor Renatta Goebel displays some of the Pink Lady’s sisters in Le Figrao. (Photo by Catherine Leroy)
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So the big news is that the 21st Century Bonnie and Clyde stayed at the Chelsea Hotel! After scaling fire escapes to rob tony penthouses all over Manhattan, they would hole up here to chill out and get high. Debbie had a feeling that the pair in the transient room next door was bad news. …
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Be sure to check out filmmaker Michael Maher’s documentary on the changing real estate scene in Chelsea. (It’s now online) The film is particurarly concerned with the Chelsea Hotel. Our old frienemy, Cindy Gallop, makes an appearance so we can continue to be annoyed about the condoization of the McBurney Y. She shows off her…
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Looks like James Kent had a very familiar tourist experience when he stopped by the Chelsea. It scared the bejeezus out of him! Well, I guess he got even, his film scared the bejeezus out of us. The filmmaker writes:We came up with the idea for the film and originally it started out with the…
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