9.24.2011

THE CHELSEA HOTEL IN NYC.....



Had a nice conversation this afternoon with Arthur Nash owner of The Mob Scene Gallery in Little Italy (NYC). Sadly Arthur told me about the dismantling of the landmark Chelsea Hotel. This is a world famous hotel with a vast history in rock n roll.. Also the Chelsea is known for it's many ghostly inhabitants....


Many a deceased famous figure has refused to check out of the Chelsea. Dylan Thomas, Eugene O'Neill and Thomas Wolfe have all been spotted in spirit form. Be particularly careful when you ride the elevator: the ghost of Sid Vicious (the Sex Pistols bassist who died of a heroin overdose) is reported to linger on the lift and randomly makes a stop on the 1st floor without anyone pushing a button.





The Hotel Chelsea, also known as the Chelsea Hotel, or simply the Chelsea, is a historic New York City hotel and landmark, known primarily for its history of notable residents. Located at 222 West 23rd Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, the 250-unit hotel has been the home of numerous writers, musicians, artists, and actors, including Bob Dylan, Virgil Thomson, Charles Bukowski, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Jobriath, and Larry Rivers.

Though the Hotel Chelsea no longer accepts new long-term residencies, the building is still home to many residents who lived there before the change of policy. As of August 1, 2011, the hotel has stopped accepting guests.


Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey while staying at the Chelsea, and poets Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso chose it as a place for philosophical and intellectual exchange. It is also known as the place where the writer Dylan Thomas was staying when he died of pneumonia on November 9, 1953, and where Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, was found stabbed to death on October 12, 1978. WIKI


The residents of the Hotel Chelsea and the Chelsea area are very unhappy with the changes planned for the famed hotel and nearby businesses...

To support the residents please "Like" the Save The Chelsea Facebook Page

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, no. A very good old friend of mine's mother had one of penthouse/top floor apartments. I always loved to go there. I think he lives in his Mom's old flat.

Sorry I really don't other than the old samo about Nancy getting killed in that joint. I, thankfully, never had to live there. It sounds all romantic and all but it was full of nuts who came and went when they couldn't pay the rent. LOL! Anyway, have a great weekend. xoxo P.

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