ONE PERSON IN THE 60s FASCINATED ME MORE THAN ANYBODY I'D EVER KNOWN. -- ANDY WARHOL
I CAME TO NEW YORK TO SEE WHAT I COULD SEE -- EDIE SEDGWICK
The Chelsea was home to Warhol Factory Superstar Edie Sedgwick and a primary shoot location of Warhol's film The Chelsea Girls. In '66, Edie set fire to #105 and soon vanished from NYC.
In 2011, gentrification made 105 vanish. Until now.
"Poor Little Rich Girl of The Chelsea."
In late 1966 Edie Sedgwick checked into Hotel Chelsea, a legendary 'Rest Stop For Rare Individuals', with entourage that included one of the art world's top influencers, Andy Warhol. There, she occupied Suite #105, set it on fire, and pined over former tenant Bob Dylan.
In 2008, Suite 105 was targeted for demolition. Protests halted the destruction but by 2011 it resumed and disbelieving tenants salvaged relics of POP history. Notably, a former tenant of Hotel Chelsea found 105's door discarded on the sidewalk and sold it for charity.
Suite 105, Then and Now
In 2015, Suite 105 serendipitously merged with that of 30-year tenant Rick Librizzi, host of Warhol's first show.
FOR THE SUITE SOUVENIR
POP Rocks Are A Girl's BF...
An iced-out, stainless time capsule to hold glimmering glass 'POP Rocks' reclaimed from Suite 105's Victorian-era windows above West 23rd.
With snake chain, relic vial, funnel, pouch, wax seal, tag & canister.
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Giving Editions housed in a Warhol-era 16mm canister.
ORDER VIA INSTAGRAM:
@CHELSEAHOTELNYC
FOR THE SUITE SOUVENIR
POP Rocks Are Forever...
A heavy, stainless signet time capsule to hold glimmering glass 'POP Rocks' upcycled from Suite 105's Victorian-era windows above West 23rd.
Includes mini funnel, mini screwdriver, pouch, wax seal, tag & canister.
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Sizes 7, 9. 10 in stock.
ORDER VIA INSTAGRAM:
@CHELSEAHOTELNYC
