This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995

During its heyday, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City was a home and safe haven for Bohemian artists, poets, and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Alan Ginsberg, Janis Joplin, and Dee Dee Ramone. This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic fa ade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s. Providing a window into the late Bohemia of New York during that time, countless interviews and firsthand accounts adorn this social history of one of the most celebrated and culturally significant landmarks in New York City.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Schaffner Press
Published: 08/19/2013
ISBN: 9781936182527
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/15/2013