Chelsea Hotel
Bohemian New York lodging
The Chelsea Hotel is a landmark residential hotel in Manhattan, famous for housing artists, writers, and musicians throughout the 20th century.
Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, and Patti Smith all lived or stayed there.
The building became synonymous with bohemian creativity and artistic excess.
Leonard Cohen's song "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" commemorates an encounter there.
Also called the Hotel Chelsea or simply the Chelsea.
- Leonard CohenCanadian singer-songwriter, poet
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- New York CityAmerica's largest city
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- artistsMakers of creative works
Janis Joplin · Bob Dylan · musicians · poets · famous residents · Warhol · Sid Vicious · punk · Beat Generation · Manhattan · residence · flophouse · iconic · artistic legacy · decadent · gritty · rooms · hallways
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