For Hamilton, Legends Of The Chelsea Hotel is also something of a labor of love. The book begins with the residents gathered in the hallway of the hotel after a fire that may or may not have been started by the hotel's telephone operator — who is herself a rather eccentric character. Sadly, it ends with the inevitable realization that like so many other things these days, the Chelsea is about to become the latest victim of gentrification — despite the rich history detailed here.
The stories in this book are far too numerous to recount here. But let us just say if you have an appetite for true stories about the famous (and some not so famous) that range from the somewhat bizarre to the downright insane, then this book will leave you breathless. With the truly odd collection of punk rockers, beat poets, and other colorful characters who populate the pages of Legends Of The Chelsea Hotel, your perverse satisfaction is guaranteed.
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1 - kasi
I think that the grey man could be a ghost either that or its just a figment of your imagination that makes you go crazy. That boy didn't just see it because he wanted to there had to be something there that took him over.No one be scared to read this book it tells a lot of things that even I couldn't even explain at 11 years old.Amen to Sid Vicious and all the other people who died in the hotel from going crazy.You would have to be crazy to live in this hotel.I actually would live in this hotel for an experience to meet people who have gone crazy and see what this hotel could do to you.
Kasi-11
2 - kasi
I think that the grey man could be a ghost either that or its just a figment of your imagination that makes you go crazy. That boy didn't just see it because he wanted to there had to be something there that took him over.No one be scared to read this book it tells a lot of things that even I couldn't even explain at 11 years old.Amen to Sid Vicious and all the other people who died in the hotel from going crazy.You would have to be crazy to live in this hotel.I actually would live in this hotel for an experience to meet people who have gone crazy and see what this hotel could do to you.Hopefully it wont happen to me!!!!
Kasi-11