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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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The first redesign of the Chelsea Hotel website was undertaken during the misbegotten reign of Richard Born and Ira Drukier. Besides being poorly written and edited, the BD site removed all mention of the Bard family’s role in managing the hotel for nearly 70 years. Now it’s hard to tell who oversaw this most recent…
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Gerald Busby, a friend of composer Virgil Thomson, recently checked out Wallace Norman's new play, "Oh Virgil: A Theatrical Portrait." Busby had this to say about the play, "For anyone who already knows Virgil Thomson’s music and his life at the Chelsea Hotel, this production will be deeply satisfying. For those who don’t know his music, it…
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Actor Mark L. Young was in town last week for the premier of “Happiness Runs” which was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Young who appeared in “Happiness Runs,” “O.C.,” “ER,” “Sex Drive,” and “Big Love” among other things was very curious about Bob Dylan’s room and wanted to check it out. Young gave us a…
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The Bring Back the Bards campaign has taken root in another life thanks to the hard work and talent of Mykal Skall. We're glad to have him on board in our ongoing fight to preserve the 125-year-old tradition of artistic freedom at the Chelsea. Thanks also to Saki Knafo for bringing Mykal's work, and our…
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At last we have good news to report. David Elder has come out in support of freedom of the press vowing that Chelsea Now will once again be welcome in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel. Following a pro- Bard editorial Chelsea Now had been removed from the lobby, apparently because it threatened the stability of Elder's…
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In an interview with Jeremiah Moss on the Vanishing New York blog, poet and musician Mykal Skall confesses that while most people come to NYC to see the Statue of Liberty or various other tourist attractions, his dream was to come to the city and stay at the Chelsea. There will always be such rare…
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Dear blog readers, I am still collecting stories about Abbie Hoffman at the Chelsea Hotel, so if you have a story, or have any corrections to what follows, I'd appreciate hearing from you via the Comments to this post. — Sherill If it's true that certain buildings can communicate their character and something of their…
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We came across this little gem when we were reviewing the Google search terms that people use to find Chelsea Hotel blog. Usually the searches are for something like “hot naked babes,” "chelsea hotel ghosts," or “room 100 chelsea hotel”. We’re not quite sure what to make of the user search for “ Chelsea hotel heroin addict…
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