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Hotel Chelsea

Chelsea · New York · United States

A sitting room at Hotel Chelsea, with rattan armchairs, a brick fireplace and doors onto a terrace
A sitting room at Hotel Chelsea, with rattan armchairs, a brick fireplace and doors onto a terrace
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The red-brick façade and iron balconies of the Hotel Chelsea on West 23rd Street
The red-brick façade and iron balconies of the Hotel Chelsea on West 23rd Street
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El Quijote at Hotel Chelsea, with a hanging-plant ceiling, mirrored arches and banquettes
El Quijote at Hotel Chelsea, with a hanging-plant ceiling, mirrored arches and banquettes
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Hotel Chelsea’s striped awning and iron balconies on West 23rd Street
Hotel Chelsea’s striped awning and iron balconies on West 23rd Street
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Hotel Chelsea, from its own photography
Hotel Chelsea, from its own photography
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The famous red-brick hotel on West 23rd Street, long a home to artists, writers and musicians.

Hotel Chelsea, at 222 West 23rd Street, is one of New York’s best-known landmarks of artistic life, restored and reopened as a hotel. The High Line and Chelsea’s galleries are close by.

  • Artistic history
  • Chelsea
  • Near the High Line

Inside the hotel

  • The Spa at Hotel Chelsea

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