#Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days

#Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days

“Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days” In 1968 photographer Robert Mapplethorpe got his nipple pierced in a room at the Chelsea Hotel. Singer Patti Smith improvised a chatty soundtrack and residents looked on with cool detachment as filmmaker Sandy Denny spontaneously captured it all for a documentary short called “Robert Having his…

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#Chelsea Hotel tenants feud over mold, extortion

#Chelsea Hotel tenants feud over mold, extortion

“#Chelsea Hotel tenants feud over mold, extortion” For 145 years, the Chelsea Hotel has been a scene of artistic greatness — Arthur C. Clarke wrote “2001: A Space Odyssey” there — and tragedy, including the deaths of Nancy Spungen and “The Lost Weekend” writer Charles R. Jackson. But never has the Chelsea seen a war…

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