Living Inside the Chelsea Hotel

[@CampChoctawVacationGirl]

Wow! I was a "Punk Rocker", in 1981, when I moved, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to NYC, at 19! Stanley Bard, took me in, and was like a father, to me, until I burned out, and had to move, back, to the Midwest! You should write a Volume II, "The Prelude to Madonna!" Haha! I was living there, when the Grand Dame, turned 100!!! It was a sight, to behold! I have some awesome, photos!! Look me up, for some "ghost stories?" The place is super, haunted!!!

[@kattwinter7177]

Tell me your ghost stories it oozes haunted.

[@delilasloan8914]

Do tell?

[@amdonut8091]

Gosh you gotta tell us more!! 😍😍 Sounds awesome !

[@leeannasloan526]

She may be a nervous public speaker but over all she did well in that she delivered some interesting info..I have read below and it seems maybe it's not all accurate but she is one hell of a photographer...I am an amateur photographer and started taking photography in high school and got the chance to learn how to use a dark room...I don't use a dark room today because I can't afford it and it wouldn't fit into our house but I take a lot of photos and it is harder then it looks to capture s moment...and she captures many.

[@angelmorrigan7680]

thankyou so much for this video! absolutely beautiful! i always wanted to stay at the chelsea but it seems that is a shattered dream now, but it is wonderful to see all of your remarkable photos and to hear your stories of some of the lesser known residents there! i wish you much success!

[@partyvr5053]

What an amazing story and what a sad ending that shouldn't have happened! It was so beautiful to have all these different artists, musicians, literary artists, etc. And what history! And now what is it going to be turned into? This is NY History, how can this be allowed?

[@teeniebeenie8774]

how dare they destroy such a landmark. shockingly dumb

[@FoolishFlock]

teenie beenie i know! right! i feel! the! same! exact! way! i feel so lucky that i got to stay 3-day's at the "Hotel-Chelsea" in it's original state! about a few months before they sold it out to the owners who are ruining it now!

[@AprilGay]

They did it to the Penn Station too...no couth...

[@d23bw]

That was a warm, witty and fascinating glimpse into the crucible of art and artists in NY NY at a particularily innocent time, compared to now perhaps? Perhaps not. Your photographs of those moments is far more atmospheric & captivating than any moving images, imho. Thank you very much.

[@cscms28]

Fascinating. Thank You. So much insight for my recent Hotel Chelsea binge. Just for reference at 4min photo is not 1960s, it is later, actually1990s. The big car in foreground is a 1995ish Fleetwood Brougham.

[@psychordelia]

beautiful photos! thank you so much for sharing and doing this project :)

[@sweetjane5033]

great talk & thank you so much for all the wonderful photographs! I will but your book for sure.

[@epipd5712]

I enjoyed video . Thanks for sharing the interesting people people at the Chelsea and your photography. It is amazing photography and I wish you the best. I would have loved to live at the Chelsea Hotel. Take care.

[@BigD-ye6wz]

I remember when Linda Troeller and Stanley Bard had an affair (free rent). Stanley's wife was threatening divorce while Linda and Stan attended Bruce Levingston recital in smiles. Mindless and soulless photographer and video on The Chelsea Hotel :/

[@igorkeller4047]

THANK YOU for this video)) that was a pleasure to dive into the history of this masterpiece. I had a dream to visit NY and take a look at this hotel. I crossed Manhatten from Battery Park all the way up to Central Park. The most desirable place to see was Chelsea Hotel. So I stopped just across the street and had a cigarette. That was a good time. Realizing that you actually did this, sitting and staring at the building you were craving to see. And you know why? Because of history that stands behind its walls, one writer overdosed himself with whisky, some famous books were written down at this place. And Sid Vicious killed his Nancy at this hotel. My trip was back in 2012 and tonight I just finished watching Sid and Nancy movie and all those memories brought me back to that good time that I had while visiting New York. "New York this is a very special town and when you live in a very special town very special things happen".

[@aavaadams3941]

Where are you from ?

[@igorkeller4047]

@@aavaadams3941 I'm from Kazakhstan. But for the past 9 years, I've been living in Toronto, Canada

[@aavaadams3941]

@@igorkeller4047 wow i live in usa and i would love to know you more better......whats your email address let chat on Goggle chat okay

[@gioiaferrante]

between Chelsea and the village they distorted all the history i remember growing up around as a child who sneak out even meet Andy a few times Sid “John Simon “ got me a leather jacket with Nancy I meet amazing people god help NY all history is gone a memory now god how i miss those day’s my mom turned me onto all this god were ever you ended up after you passed mom thank you

[@leeannasloan526]

What were sid and Nancy like? Were they touchy feely toward each other or fighting? How did you get the jacket..did he buy it for you or did he help you pick it out? I would have liked to meet Sid and Nancy..they have fascinated me since I was a teenager.

[@stanmonzon5788]

@@leeannasloan526 this person has not replied to you. I doubt the veracity of their stories.

[@donniemoder1466]

I second the fact that the photo she says is from the 60s is actually at the earliest from the very late 80s or early 90s, and the cars are from the mid to late 80s. Really completely inaccurate to say the cars are from the 60s. The guitar/musical instrument store she mentions has only been there since 1989. It moved a few doors west around 2008 or so. Also, the you can see the film brand is FUJI film, which was not in use in the U.S. much until the 1980s. Also, if you say you used a tripod for the moon/sign photo, but there is camera shake in blurring the photo, what is up with that?

[@donniemoder1466]

And the Guitar store was a Record store in 1978 if you look at photos from the days of Sid Vicious' death.

[@donniemoder1466]

Also the "historic" b&w photo shown at the beginning is at least taken after 1964 when the bait & tackle store first appeared.

[@MrJerryjweis]

Also, She isn't Maria Carey, she's Mariah lol

[@1953childstar]

Very true.. If one is going to "report" on a subject, it is important to be accurate..Typical of todays "internet" information !!

[@patriciabonilla467]

Thank you!!!

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching!

[@duesno]

Interesting and sad...Life waits for no one...

[@lastrada52]

That one point is not true. In the Chelsea yes you need permission (it's private property). Once an actor steps outside on the sidewalk you can photograph anything you want they are in public. Unlike other private people, they are in the limelight. They surrender their privacy. With restrictions. You can't follow them into the bathroom. If they don't like getting their picture taken they never should have become actors or celebrities. You can't and shouldn't invade their privacy so try not to shoot when they are dining with families or business people. And don't harass them. Take a picture and leave. You'd be surprised how many will volunteer to pose. Just ask them...not their handlers. I worked PR in entertainment in the 70s and 80s. They would tell me before exiting whether they would stop once for pictures, or not. If they don't want to be seen believe me I would get them out and no one would ever know they were there. The actor/celebrity being pains in the asses is bad PR for them. They usually cooperate. They know the routine & the sacrifice. If the hotel is marked as a historic building how can they just knock down wood carvings & brickwork or anything that was part of its historic designation? Virgil Thompson was first and foremost a composer, not just a critic. Pal Shazar is a singer-songwriter who has been around for decades & has released her most recent CD in 2019. She was a member of an 80s band called Slow Children who issued two major label LPs on RCA. She married renowned singer-songwriter Jules Shear who wrote hits for Cyndi Lauper & The Bangles along with many of his own solo LPs. He also invented the MTV concept of unplugged sessions. I was going to criticize the video but after watching it intently I can't. The documentation of the Chelsea Hotel, what it was and what it became was done well. It could've been done better but no one else did it and Linda Troeller did. So, kudos to her for all her work & effort. There may be inaccuracies but I have seen inaccuracies in more professional documentaries. I will watch this again...as many years pass this will have even more value. Bureaucrats don't care about history.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Thank you for doing this. You are a great historian. Brendan Behan was right about beautiful NY

[@MetFansince]

You might want to fact check your claim that Arthur Miller had some of his children while living at the Chelsea. As far as I know, his wife made him move before they had children saying, "I'm not raising children in this place." Not an exact quote--I can't remember exactly what she said.

[@elizabethperry3458]

This chick is very misinformed and a mediocre personality. "Marea Carry"" Maria!!!

[@jimvinespresents...8463]

Enjoying this...but another error: Herbert Huncke died in 1996 at the age of 81, not 83.

[@richardm239]

very very sad and a real comment on what is valued in this society $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@michaelsanders9147]

That picture at 3:50 definitely isn't the 60s. "Circa the cars". Those absolutely aren't 60s cars. I'm not going to put the time into figuring it out, but at least one car is from the 80s if not the 90s which means the picture can't be older.

[@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859]

sid and nancy hotel

[@CatsInaCradle]

Why were some people chosen to evict and some not? Was it based on what rooms they were already dwelling or for some other reason?

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Okay...she’s not an MlK-level speaker. I’m here for the information. Even though I already know just about everything there is to know about this place. But you never know when you’ll pick up something new.

[@guymandude999]

Apparently Marilyn wanted to see Arthur Miller one night, and he wouldn't see her, so she got taken to a gathering at Dennis Hopper's place, where she got it on with Steve McQueen

[@drinkingpoolwater]

where'd you read that?

[@guymandude999]

@@drinkingpoolwater Interview w/ the guy who ran the Chelsea. Said it happened a few times, having to console Marilyn in the office 'cause Miller gave a no bother/ no exceptions /no Marilyn order

[@leeannasloan526]

21:18...I read on another site that the mysterious angel was the same angel that was murdered by Michael alige. not sure the spelling on that last name...and it's clearly not the same person at all.

[@Megdracula]

Ma’am the photo you thought was in the 60’s is from the early 90’s lol

[@stanleymasterson1135]

3:40 The 60's??? LOL. Some of he cars are clearly 1980's models

[@karl246111]

room 1002 and after that in 1990 during gulf war got the kiss to be a writer. Stanely gave me a beautiful price for a 2months stay. The feeling of peace was deep in there you woke in the morning to human truth.

[@aavaadams3941]

Hello😍

[@karl246111]

@@aavaadams3941 hallo Aava

[@aavaadams3941]

How are you doing

[@karl246111]

@@aavaadams3941 Good thank you. Where are you in the world?

[@aavaadams3941]

Im at usa text me on Goggle chat i would love to know you more better hun😍

[@deborahgalvan5367]

so did she publish her book of photos?

[@PAULLONDEN]

Wow.......how could you live there with such renovations going on ? while still paying full rent ????? Prime example what a hellhole New York City can be...... maybe it's fitting though ,since the wholesale devaluation of Uncle Sam's two (one?) party state......overseen by "Our Fine Military"

[@ambersolstice]

Are you an artist? Have you ever needed alot of warehouse or other old space, because you had a vision? Rent is so expensive these days, and in general artists are not getting a even meager living. Renovictions are very common in the artist community, its so heartbreaking to have our original spaces altered. I've had this happen to me. So sad.

[@aavaadams3941]

Hello😍

[@nutmeg208]

It is such as shame this woman is not a capable public speaker! It is too long a speech to listen to without someone better at it - someone not stuttering or not possessing a flat tone. I do want to hear the rest of it because of its content, but I will have to do it in installments because of her lack of talent - quiet irritating actually - the Chelsea deserves better. Hire someone !!

[@lyndapierson6338]

no misleading info please

[@MetFansince]

I heard that Miller moved out of the hotel because his wife refused to have children there--which is the opposite of what we are told here.

[@spaceengineer1452]

Maria Carey ?! Any relation to Mariah ?

[@lisasheba4615]

I thought she did maria carey too.

[@lostghost101]

I do not consider Vali Myers face tattoos to be Māori in any way whatsoever.

[@rocheller5932]

rip chelsea

[@rachaelclarke3737]

Has it been demolished?

[@linferguson8702]

You ignored Sid and Nancy. Personally I’d rather ignore Sid as he wasn’t a good person… but Nancy was a troubled girl who was treated like shxx for most of her young life 😢

[@sandramalone3522]

She may be a photographer, but not a very good 'speaker'. Incorrect words being used, choppy, it was distracting to hear her talk. I kept watching because I was curious about the people who lived there.

[@dianebaugher3919]

Public speaking is not her forte.

[@leeannasloan526]

I thought she did great

[@simplesmentejady3437]

I live in chelsea's hotel in second life game ahaha and looks like the real Chelsea hotel

[@BellaD99]

The presenter is horrible and her photography is just so pedestrian. I couldn't even suffer through it.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

lots of phoneys living at the hotel. for every arthur miller there's 1000 wannabes.

[@leeanne4638]

She was so nervous, I had to quit watching

[@joestocking]

Not very good presenter

[@MetFansince]

Her use of the term "party" as verb was annoying.

[@sandramalone3522]

She used a lot of incorrect words, found it very annoying, she just had to practice what she wanted to say, guess she was nervous speaking to the people there, but still.....

[@prepro595]

These people are so full of themselves. Think they are doing something so creative.

[@christinacascadilla4473]

prepro, well...a lot of creative people have lived there. “Spoon River Anthology” by Edgar Lee Masters is a great poetry book. The thing is, you have to go pre-1970 to get the real talented people. After that, it was just filled with a bunch of posers. But if you go pre-1970s and read every book by everyone who lived there, you’d be better educated than most college literature majors. Christo was an interesting artist. His NY Times obit was long!

[@deborahgalvan5367]

"make art. while they are trying to figure out if its art, make more art." (warhol)

[@BalletBabyBoy]

Sad...nothing is precious all they do is destroy

[@leeannasloan526]

The only word I can think of if the Chelsea hotel is torn down is insanity...it would be insane to destroy this much history..I believe she said 1890s or 1880s when the building was built....at this point it should be a landmark with funding to keep it in shape