The Hotel Chelsea rises on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, completed in 1884 and opened in 1885 as one of New York City's earliest cooperative apartment buildings, designed by the architect Philip Hubert in a Queen Anne Revival style with elaborate wrought-iron balconies running the height of its red brick facade. It was among the tallest buildings in the city at the time of its completion, and it converted to a hotel in 1905 after the cooperative venture failed financially. Over the following century it became known as a long-term residence for writers, musicians and artists, its guests and residents including Dylan Thomas, Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol associates, and it was the site of the 1978 death of Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of the musician Sid Vicious. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Facts
Building Type Location222 West 23rd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Wikidata: Hotel Chelsea
Uses Element
Source Hotel Chelsea - Wikipedia
Source Hotel Chelsea - Wikipedia
Source Hotel Chelsea - Wikipedia
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Sources
1. Hotel Chelsea - Wikipedia
Infobox, Type field
Type: Hotel
Site section
The Hotel Chelsea is at 222 West 23rd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan
Infobox, Opened field
Opened: 1884
Infobox, Height field
Height: 180 ft (55 m)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Hotel Chelsea rises on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, completed in 1884 and opened in 1885 as one of New York City's earliest cooperative apartment buildings, designed by the architect Philip Hubert in a Queen Anne Revival style with elaborate wrought-iron balconies running the height of its red brick facade. It was among the tallest buildings in the city at the time of its completion, and it converted to a hotel in 1905 after the cooperative venture failed financially. Over the following century it became known as a long-term residence for writers, musicians and artists, its guests and residents including Dylan Thomas, Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol associates, and it was the site of the 1978 death of Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of the musician Sid Vicious. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Uses Element: Brick, Introduction
made of brick, with some flower-ornamented iron balconies
Uses Element: Wrought Iron, Introduction
thick load-bearing walls made of masonry, as well as wrought iron floor beams
Uses Element: Masonry, Introduction
thick load-bearing walls made of masonry
View the SourceWikidata: Hotel Chelsea
- Wikidata Q240711, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- In Style: Queen Anne Style Architecture, Infobox style field: Queen Anne Revival, Victorian Gothic
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