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The Chelsea Hotel, the storied residence hotel on 23rd Street, has played host to a succession of countercultures throughout the 20th century, serving as a hub and inspiration for the Beat Generation, Postmodern artists, rock and punk musicians, drag performers, and the Club Kids.

Untilwhen new developers evicted many long-term residents and began controversial decade-long renovations, the Chelsea was a creative sanctuary that fostered collaboration among numerous LGBT writers, musicians, artists, designers, filmmakers, and actors. Richard Bernstein in his Chelsea Hotel studio with his lithograph of Candy Darling in the background, s.

Courtesy of the Estate of Richard Bernstein. Photo by Misa Martin. Photo by Robert Giard. Photo by Bill Cunningham. Zaldy Goco and Mathu Andersen, James Schuyler on the balcony of his Chelsea Hotel apartment, Virgil Thomson in his room at the Chelsea Hotel, Photo by David Gahr.

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Courtesy of the Estate of David Gahr. With Mark Twain, O. Burroughs recalled. Throughout its life as a literary, musical, and artistic enclave, the Chelsea has been home to many Gay residents:. Richard Bernsteina pioneering Pop artist born in the Bronx, lived and worked in the first-floor Grand Ballroom from until his death.

Shortly after york in, he began working with Peter Hujar and Steve Lawrence on their underground queer Newspaper and its successor Picture Newspaperfamously filling a centerfold with a stylized nude photograph of Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling.

Bernstein is best known, however, for the bold, hyper-colorful covers he created for Interviewthe magazine founded in by Andy WarholGerard Malangaand John Wilcock. Between andBernstein created nearly celebrity portraits in his distinctively idealized style, which he achieved by embellishing photographs with a blend chelsea materials.

Nick Bienes b. Shortly after the publication of their first novel, the New York Times bestseller Sinsthey moved here, recalling that their friend from the Mineshaft, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe for whom Bienes was a subjectwas a former resident. While at the Chelsea, they wrote six novels, including what is often considered their new opus, Never Too Richwhich featured the first gay sex scene in one of their novels.

Gerald Busby b. Bruce Wayne Campbellknown by his stage name Jobriath, is considered by some to be the first openly gay rock musician. His career as a glam rocker lasted only two years due to rampant homophobia and his overhyped persona, but Campbell went on to perform cabaret under a new stage name, Cole Berlin, while living in the rooftop pyramid apartment from until his AIDS-related death in Ching Ho Chengan openly gay Chinese-American artist, lived and worked in various apartments here from until his death.

His longtime companion, art historian and educator Gert Schiffalso lived here for over a decade. Arthur C. Clarkethe celebrated English science-fiction writer and futurist, lived in room intermittently from to