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  • Summary: The 12-storey, 250 room Chelsea Hotel - originally built in 1883 as Manhattan’s first cooperative apartment, and the tallest building in New York until 1902 - was converted into a hotel and residence in 1905. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians s and mavericks, it has recently been claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company who shows blatant disregard for its formidable history. (Wild Bunch Films) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Ferrara’s unconventional methods only manage to serve Chelsea on the Rocks, his loving portrait of Manhattan’s boho landmark, the Chelsea Hotel.
  2. 75
    Rambles a bit, but it's a real slice of New York history.
  3. Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    60
    A skittery, rambling but often absorbing portrait.
  4. Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    30
    Chelsea rambles--and in a way that makes you want to move down the bar.

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