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Inside the dream palace, the life and times of New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel, Sherill Tippins

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Inside the dream palace, the life and times of New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel, Sherill Tippins
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
Illustrations
portraitsillustrationsplansplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Inside the dream palace
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
823011149
Responsibility statement
Sherill Tippins
Sub title
the life and times of New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel
Summary
"The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in one astonishing building. Sherill Tippins ... delivers a ... history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there ..."--Front flap of jacket
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The Chelsea Association -- The coast of Bohemia -- Four saints in three acts -- Howl -- After the fall -- A strange dream -- The price -- Naked lunch -- Mahagonny -- Epilogue: second life -- Appendix: cost equivalencies
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Life and times of New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel
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