Hotel Chelsea, Historic hotel in Chelsea, Manhattan, United States.
The Chelsea is a twelve-story brick building on West 23rd Street with iron balconies and a facade in the Gothic Revival style. Steep staircases connect the floors, while high ceilings and large windows bring light and air to the interior spaces.
A housing cooperative erected the building in 1884 as a residential project for its members. Two decades later it opened as lodging for travelers and received protected monument status in 1977.
The building earned its reputation as a home for bohemians, serving writers, composers, and painters as both living and working space for decades. Murals and artworks by former residents still decorate some floors and stairwells today.
The entrance sits directly on the busy street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, just a short walk from Madison Square Park. The ground-floor lobby is accessible to visitors and offers a first impression of the interior design.
A Spanish restaurant named El Quijote has welcomed guests since the 1950s in rooms furnished with colorful tiles and heavy wooden furniture. The menu has hardly changed over the decades and reflects the taste of another era.
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