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"For decades New York's Hotel Chelsea was an art-scene hot spot, attracting a slew of artists, musicians, and writers (from Dylan Thomas to Bob Dylan) who sought cheap housing and eccentric companions. But those halcyon days sadly appear to be over, and in the past two years the historic landmark has changed ownership and is undergoing a major renovation. In August 2011, photographer Victoria Cohen toured the Hotel Chelsea, documenting its last moments.\n\nPinterestFacebook*Room 822,* 2011, Victoria Cohen. Photo courtesy of the artist and Third Streaming\n\nThe series of images, on view for the first time at the Manhattan art gallery Third Streaming and in Cohen's new book, Hotel Chelsea ($95, Pointed Leaf Press), are filled with faded, threadbare interiors. Antique furniture surrounds a Victorian mantel in one suite, while other spaces are dominated by stark walls and aged curtains. Cohen lends a sense of longing to these portraits, as the rooms' unchanged decor seems to echo with the memories of their former residents. Writes Patti Smith in her memoir Just Kids, \"The Chelsea was like a doll's house in the Twilight Zone, with a hundred rooms, each a small universe.\"\n\nPinterestFacebook*Room 123,* 2011, Victoria Cohen. Photo courtesy of the artist and Third Streaming\n\nThrough October 25 at Third Streaming, New York, NY; thirdstreaming.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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