Inside the Dream Palace

by Sherill Tippins

Book Overview

Winner of the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing "Tippins tells riveting stories about the Chelsea's artists, but she also captures a much grander, and more pressing, narrative: that of the ongoing battle between art and capitalism in the city." -- The New Yorker Since its founding by a utopian-minded French architect in 1884, New York's Chelsea Hotel has been a hotbed of artistic invention and inspiration. Cultural luminaries from Bob...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544334477
• ISBN13: 9780544334472
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Inside the (seedy) Dream palace

The building us certainly architecturally significant, and has great historical value. Some of the earlier people residing within are worthwhile. But in more recent times, it seems like a drug filled hippie hostel-definitely not my cup of tea. I relegated the book to the recycle bin, rapidly.