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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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Finally, our prayers have been answered, another blogger stops by the Chelsea. From Vanity Fair’s November issue, here’s music blogger Sarah "Ultragrrrl" Lewitinn. I’m glad they told us that the photo was taken in New York’s Chelsea Hotel, otherwise we never would have guessed. She looks so pensive and contended, totally unliked the usual crazed…
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A previously unpublished short story by Eugene O’Neill has been unearthed. We plan to start the rumor that it was written while he lived here at the Chelsea thereby greatly increasing the value of the story. In Chelsea Now, Stanley Bard reports “The misconception is that the Chelsea Hotel is a wild, flamboyant, kooky kind…
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Who can possibly keep up with the twists and turns of the much ballyhooed Factory Girl. First, Sienna Miller was being hyped as an Oscar contender for her role as Edie Sedgwick. A week later, she was being called back to reshoot several scenes. Finally, a trailer has been released. The goal is to release…
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Last week, with a documentary film crew in tow (It was a shoot for New York Streets, a documentary that will be aired on Dec. 10th on channel NHK BS1 in Japan (and a small subscribed Japanese cable channel here). Debbie and I went to visit the painter Robert Lambert in…
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Kyle Taylor lived down the hall from us in 831, a part of Thomas Wolfe’s old suite, from 2000 to 2004. While at the hotel he returned to his creative roots in fashion and is currently in development on a line he designed while living in 831 that will debut along with the fragrance. In…
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Thanks to our guy in Australia and youtube.com here’s a 5 minute excerpt from an episode of "An American Family," the very first reality show which was filmed here at the Hotel Chelsea. From the looks of things, he had a room with a huge closet. We’re extremely jealous.
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Snarkycharming took these photos of Edie Sedgwick’s note to Andy Warhol after he was shot by Valerie Solanas. Sedgwick’s note is on display at the Warhol Museum. And oh, by the way, what’s up with "Factory Girl", the Edie biopic starring Sienna Miller? Is it really too awful to release? Surely it would be impossible…
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We must admit, we were puzzled by those dog-napped flyers posted in the elevator last night. Fortunately, this very helpful e-mail landed in our box this morning. Outlaw Bloggers Please Help! Heartbreaking news, but some yet-unmasked Super-kriminal lurking the Chelsea’s hallways has cruelly dog-napped our beloved companion Uk-Peesch (ook-peesh), a rare mix of German Shepard,…
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Beware the mysterious old man inserting objects into the stolen monkey head. It seems the child is showing an unhealthy interest in his activities. And rest assured, his little eyes took in much more than that leopard print chair. Years later, if this diabolical building has not been cleansed of its artistic spirit by yuppie…
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(via curbed) The most beautiful building in Manhattan returns to its full glory today as the scaffolding is removed!
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