Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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After reading Lisa Chamberlain’s article about our blog in the New York Times, Warren Allen Smith wrote in to comment on the piece. And though his letter doesn’t have too much to do with what was written in the article, he at least has something interesting to say about Arthur C. Clarke, so here’s his…
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Our esteemed proprietor turns 72 today. The man dressed in a hot pink gorilla suit handing out balloons and singing happy birthday off key was a nice touch. Update — A generous Hotel Chelsea guest has sent us a link to a video of the birthday event!
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Randi Marx has a long and deep felt connection with the Chelsea vibe. In the 80’s, she published an alternative newspaper "23rd Street," which featured interviews with members of the bands that she loved, including The Ramones and The Sex Pistols. Now, she’s busy painting images of the Chelsea. What do you do?I’m an artist…
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When we ran a piece about art hotels recently, a publicist (I assume) from a hotel in Louisville, my former hometown, wrote to make sure we knew about the art hotel there. He or she wanted us to know that theirs was not one of those phony, faux-bohemian art hotels I…
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Last month we heard rumors that the fishing store was moving. Today’s issue of the New York Post sheds some light on the reason for the move. "Chelsea Hotel’s shareholders also want to create one large retail unit." The store has been at this location for over 35 years. (Photo: forgotten-ny.com) Elvert Barnes has some…
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In the following list, choose the item that doesn’t belong: Plaza, St. Moritz, Sherry-Netherland, Pierre, Ritz-Carlton, Regency, Carlyle, Hotel Chelsea. I just read an article in Travel+Leisure magazine that purports to be searching for real-life Eloises – you know, kids who grew up in hotels. The Plaza had Eloise, and we had, who, Sid? …
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The two desk clerks were laughing when I came in, though one of them, Morgan, was laughing the loudest. “What’s so funny?” I asked. “Henry just said a transvestite came in last night and said he was Stanley Bard’s son,” Morgan said. When I heard that I cracked up too. “So what did he look…
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Tuesday, June 13, 10:30 p.m.Susanne Bartsch & Kenny Kenny invite you to Happy Valley Tuesday.14 East 27th St. NY NY Wednesday & Thursday, June 14 & 15, 8:00 p.m.Rufus Wainwright will revisit Judy Garland’s legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. In an earlier interview Rufus talks about living at the Chelsea — "One of my…
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Over on Flickr a recent visitor to the Hotel Chelsea recalls an intriguing conversation she had with one of our neighbors. don’t jump! that’s what the man said as i was taking this (photo). he lives at the chelsea. says two others have jumped. one was successful, the other not. ‘he was a murderer and…
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As you may know, our blog was profiled in The New York Times City Section this past Sunday. Teresa Klein from the Blog Business Summit was on top of the story, and called Stanley Bard to get his opinion on "Living with Legends." Judging from his quote, we think Stanely is softening up on the…
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