Hotel Chelsea
- Address: 222 W 23rd St
- Neighborhood of Chelsea, NYC in Manhattan NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1884/00/00 | Hubert, Pirsson and Co | Architect | Hotel Chelsea opens as a co-op apartment building, built by architect Philip Hubert | |||
| 1887/11/16 | Philip Hubert Frohman | Born | Marie Hubert, wife of Gustave Frohman, gives birth to a son, Philip Hubert Frohman, at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City. | |||
| 1905/00/00 | Philip Hubert's co-op apartment building goes bankrupt and re-opens as a luxury hotel | |||||
| 1953/10/20 | Dylan Thomas | Visitor | Dylan Thomas checks in at the Chelsea Hotel, NYC. | |||
| 1955/00/00 | William S Burroughs | Author | William Burroughs writes most of "The Naked Lunch" while living at the Hotel Chelsea. | The Naked Lunch | ||
| 1978/10/12 | Sid Vicious | Life | Sid Vicious awakes from a drug induced stupor to find girlfriend Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor from a single stab wound. |
| Particulars for Hotel Chelsea: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Attribute | Cooperative Building |
| Historic Use | Hotel |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Girls | Song | Nico Lou Reed | "Chelsea Girls" refers to an Andy Warhol film of the same name that features the residents of the Hotel Chelsea. |
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