Legends of the Chelsea Hotel by Hamilton, Ed -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Introduction 1995 - Culture Shock

Movado Harry and the Zombie The Swordsman

1996 - Bohemian Flophouse

The Truth about Those Fancy Hotels

PART I: A DIABOLICAL PLOT PART II: GHOSTS OF THE OLD HOTEL PART III: THE POLICE INVESTIGATION PART IV: ANOTHER SORT OF HOTEL

Indie Rockers Cash In: Ryan Adams at the Chelsea Herman Melville at the Chelsea (or Close, Anyway) The Willie Nelson Christmas Album: Harry Smith at the Chelsea How to Score a Pad at the Chelsea

1997 - Bathroom Hijinks

The Manatee: Hiroya, Part I Nanny by Trade The First Punch: Stormé DeLarverié at the Chelsea The Revelatory Work The Eighth-Floor Bathroom: Herbert Huncke at the Chelsea Vicky and Keanu

PART I: A BIG MISTAKE PART II: THE PAYOFF

1998 - Crime and Punishment

Twilight of the Club Kids: Michael Alig at the Chelsea Junky Joe and the Europe of the Mind Dietary Tips of the Homeless Chelsea Death Cult: Sid Vicious at the Chelsea Cowboy Doc

1999 - Declining Fortunes

Run: Virgil Thomson at the Chelsea The Gray Man of the Chelsea The Paintah How to Get Yourself Sent Away Donuts Sandwiches: Jack Kerouac at the Chelsea

2000 - Eccentrics Famous and Obscure

Dee Dee’s Challenge: Dee Dee Ramone at the Chelsea

PART I: UNSEDATED PART II: DEE DEE’S PLIGHT PART III: DEE DEE’S BAD NIGHT

The Easter Nest Charles James’s Drafting Table: Charles James at the Chelsea The Transient Room The Long Black Hairs

2001 - Hollywood Knocks

Chelsea Soundstage: Sean Penn at the Chelsea

PART I: DUMPSTER DINING PART II: NAKED MODELS

Chelsea Barbershop Two Thefts: Ethan Hawke at the Chelsea

I II

New York Breakdown Alchemy and the Depths of Human Experience: A Movie Star at the Chelsea

2002 - A Different Kind of Currency

The Downtown Hipster: Hiroya, Part II Three Chelsea Elevator Stories

I: KNOXVILLE II: ON THE NOD III: TRUE

A Second Chance A Time to Every Purpose The Whopper No Change at the El Quijote Chelsea Style: Arthur Miller at the Chelsea Shirley and the Angel of 23rd Street

2003 - Ghosts and Other Abominations

The Ultra-Famous Incredibly Chic Chelsea Hotel Bar Another Satisfied Customer Offenses against God and Man in Serena’s Chelsea Séance: Thomas Wolfe at the Chelsea

PART I: THOMAS WOLFE PART II: THE BLACKOUT

The Bad Coffee The Vortex of Psychosis

2004 - Tricksters and Inadvertent Performers

The Stage

I: LOBBY MASCOTS II: THE UMPIRE III: A THREAT

Disparate (Albeit Strangely Complementary) Reactions to the Hotel

I II

All Hopped Up and Ready to Go Eastern (European) Philosopher Glass Houses World of Dream: Hiroya, Part III

2005 - Con Games

The Transformative Power of Dirt How to Paint Yourself into the Chelsea Juanita’s Baby

PART I: THE DINER CEILING PART II: WHO THE HELL REALLY DESIGNED THE CEILING

The Unfairness of It All: Movado Part II Dormitory of the Deranged*

PART I: GARBAGE ART PART II: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL SINK PART III: THE ELVIS ALTAR

Expert Advice on Combating Terrorism The Christmas Con: Ben Lucien Burman at the Chelsea Two Tales of Urban Moxie

I: OLD LADY ON A WALKER II: OLD MAN AND A MOTORCYCLE

The Last of the Superstars: Edie Sedgwick and Rene Ricard at the Chelsea

2006 - Chelsea Revenants

Something Like an Eternal Debate The Lost Art of Angling

I: BITTERNESS II: IRRITATION III: A BIG FISH

Thanksgiving Greetings from Montana Stanley Bard’s Long-Lost Son Ghosts and Legends: Hiroya’s “De De” Paintings

Afterword References Acknowledgements About the Author Copyright Page

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