...and don't forget Jorma Kokonen's (sp?) "Third Week in
the Chelsea" on Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers" which does
not even mention or refer to the Chelsea or any other hotel....
RR
ps I think I heard they named this hotel after Chelsea Clinton
shane mattison wrote:
> Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning,
> and the first thing that i saw
> Was the sun through yellow curtains,
> and a rainbow on the wall
> Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you
> crimson crystal beads to beckon...
>
> i have hopped from the Empire Hotel in Regina to the Chelsea in New York,
> from
> 'sitting on my groceries' to 'if only you will stay...'
>
> 1750
> Chelsea estate built
> Captain Thomas Clarke, a veteran officer of the French-Indian Wars gave the
> name of Chelsea to his country-seat--an estate on the shores of the Hudson,
> two and three miles north of the town of New York. It was on 23rd between 9th
> & 10th Avenues.
>
> 1884
> Chelsea Hotel built
> Hotel (then a co-operative apartment building) built by George M. Smith and
> designed by architects Hubert, Pirsson & Co. It was the tallest building in
> New York until 1902.
>
> Mark Twain was a frequent guest.
> O.Henry. Edgar Lee Masters.
> Trotskyites. Thomas Wolfe. Willem de Kooning...Edith Piaf...Diego
> Rivera...Tenessee Williams...
> Arthur Miller writes After the Fall here and concieves a daughter (might as
> well)
> 1952...Dylan Thomas moves in.Dies after heavy drinking at White Horse
> Tavern...
> "Dylan Thomas lived and laboured here...and from here sailed out to die..."
> (on hotel plaque)
> Sir Arthur C. Clarke moves in ('56)
> '63...Warhol circle moves in
> 64...William Burroughs...
> Dylan writes "Sad Eyed Lady" at the Chelsea
> and later has a baby while staying here
> leonard cohen...gregory corso
> warhol's film ('66) Chelsea Girls
> jimi hendrix...janis joplin, lover and subject for cohen's "Chelsea Hotel" ("I
> remember you well, in the Chelsea Hotel" - the rest is censored, except the
> fact that originally that nite, joplin was lookin' for kristofferson and cohen
> was lookin' for bardot)
> dennis hopper
> JONI WRITES CHELSEA MORNING WHILE STAYING HERE...
> Vladimir Nabokov
> Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" inspired by his Warhol friends here and his
> "Chelsea Girls" about rooms 115 and 506...
> Bobby Neuwirth stays here and meets Patti Smith...
> Sam Shepherd stays here and gets involved with Patti Smith...
> Donald Sutherland...
> Sid Vicious and his vicious story...
> "it was a shithouse in '78...now its fixed up again" one resident explains
> rooms start at $135. a nite ...
> says a spanish writer:
> Their beds have been weakened by the inexpressible nocturnal customs of Jimi
> Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Keith Richards, Buddy Thousands, Rum Wood, The Grateful
> Dead, The Beach Boys, Procol Harum, Country Joe & The Fish, Pink Floyd and the
> Allman Brothers. Bob Dylan wrote several of his songs in the A17 room, until
> today never has wanted to occupy another one; a group of students has
> speculated on the possibility that the neon signboard falls exactly on its
> window, the inspiration that illuminates the teacher.
>
> i'd be all day researching the chelsea any longer...why don't you jomdlers
> help out, esp. you burnt worms of the big apple...
>
> Lead Foot Melvin
