Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Personal Accounts
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How original, another elitist club called Star Lounge is set to open in the Chelsea neighborhood and this time it’s in the basement of the hotel. Coudn’t they come up with a better name. Don’t they know the real stars live in the hotel. We don’t expect to be invited to the opening. Perhaps we…
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I read on curbed.com that the penthouse/architectural abomination atop the old McBurney Y is finally up for sale. Flippers and speculators need not apply, as we don’t take kindly to your type in these here parts. But if you have a sincere desire to live in Chelsea, this 12,900 sq. ft. space can be yours…
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Once again, a reader from Tennessee comes through with a holiday card for us. She writes, "Aha I found your card today. Is it iconography of the birth of a god? Or is it entertainment? It’s yard work for sure."
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Want to make somebody who lives in the hotel (or aspires to that honor) happy this year? Below is a wish list: 1. What would you like for the Holidays?Robert Shaw: a Passage to New York. Mia Hanson: a Kirlian Camera and an orgone aura. Hawk Alfredson: 23 daze in space. Rita Barros: a plane…
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As you may or may not know, our blog was recently profiled on The New York Times Editorial Page. The NYT has a hell of a circulation, and so we received e-mails from all over the world, from new friends/readers and old. A few of our favorites: I’m told–have you heard this?—that if you’ve been…
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Over the weekend we went around photographing all the festive holiday decorations spread throughout the Hotel Chelsea. In keeping with this year’s theme of the Sawed-Off Holidays, many people went for the minimalist look, taking care not to overshadow the small Christmas tree in the lobby. And in fact the vast majority of our residents…
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Every once in a while we take a look at the stats to see if we can gean any information about why anyone would read this blog. Usually, all we find is a bunch of google searches for "slammin hot babes" or "Is the Chelsea Hotel haunted?" However, last week we noticed a visit from…
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Lonely Planet recently published a list of hotels in which famous people have died and surprise, surprise, the Chelsea Hotel is at the top of the list. Now, Here’s a tourist who claims that “Stan” showed him the room where Sid “shot” Nancy. Almost everybody knows that nobody “shot” Nancy at the Chelsea. This is…
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There are two important meetings next week which address future development of the Chelsea neighborhood. Monday, Dec. 4, 7:00 p.m."Chelsea is Changing," Guest speakers and representatives from the 10th precient will discuss The Allerton Hotel, High Line and Hudson River Parks, Seminary and Trump developments. (Photo by Larry Persons)St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church, 315 West…
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We’re probably running this inot the ground, so we’d better make this the last post about Cindy Gallop’s party. Reporter Vivienne Lehney asked our friends, all long time Y members, to give their impressions of the evening, and of the recent changes in the Chelsea neighborhood. (ChelseaNow.) Did you have any expectations before going to…
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