Thomas W. Hodgkinson

Where artists went to drink and die

Dylan, Kerouac, Joplin, Vidal, Vicious — all checked in at this legendary Manhattan hotel

Quentin Crisp outside the Hotel Chelsea in 1978. His first stay there coincided with a fire, a robbery and the murder of one of the guests [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

  • Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel

    Sherill Tippins

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 457

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