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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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Since the old McBurney Y closed down, I go to the New York Sports Club on the corner of 8th Ave. and 23rd St. I came into the locker room the other day at about one o’clock, and there was a neatly dressed young man of about thirty standing in front…
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Monday, May 29 — Memorial DaySearching for something to read on your day off, a new edition of William Burroughs’ book, "The Yage Letters," has just been released. The book chronicles Burroughs’ journey through Colombia and Peru, in search of the ultimate yagé fix. Yage Letters Redux makes minor corrections to the text and adds…
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What do you do? I sell Exotic Cars in Florida When did you stay at the Chelsea? 5/18/06-5/21/06 What inspired you to choose the Chelsea? Punk Rock Status and infamous history Do you think the Chelsea has a creative spirit? Definately…without it it would be just an old creepy hotel…which is cool too, but not…
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Linda Troeller sent us these photos of a fire which occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, May 26. The photos were taken from the 9th floor of the Hotel Chelsea. Who has more details?
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Susan and I toured the Y Building last Sunday, or at least part of it. There was a design show in the 11-million-dollar loft condo on the seventh floor—you know, where they used to have the basketball courts and the running track, back in the good ol’ days. …
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Filmmaker Anders Bramsen’s short film "Slough Poem 1" will premiere June 5, 2006 at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. Slough Poem 1 is an anti-drug picture. An electric look at the silence before the storm. A Cocaine poem. The horrifying experience of mind-altering substances. The video documents the last hours of the twentieth century, capturing…
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Bonnie Kendall, with her exquisitely coifed red hair and painstakingly-applied make-up, always dressed to the nines to sit behind the desk and answer the phone, was something of an institution around here. Though she recently left us, hopefully for greener pastures, she’s difficult to forget. The other day I recalled a…
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Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer, author and civil rights activist who abandoned Broadway to teach culture in East St. Louis, one of America’s poorest cities, has died. She was 96. Dunham, according to the Chelsea Hotel website, (which does include some inaccuracies) once resided here at the Chelsea. The story of Dunham’s career, "Dancing a…
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Monday, May 22, 8:00 p.m.For our readers in Nashville Tenn, don’t miss this opportunity to listen to The Fields & Joe Bidewell Group. Joe lived here at the Chelsea Hotel for many years and is featured in the Nigel Finch documentary about the hotel.Café Coco, Louise St., Nashville, TN (no cover) Monday, May 22, 12:00…
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