Monday, November 17, 2008

Shit that you can't make up: Mental hospital edition


Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Charlie Parker, Sid Vicious and Edie Sedgwick have been among the many who have had a mental vacation at Bellevue. It's more than a nuthouse, of course: It's the oldest public hospital in the United States. Oh, well, now the original Bellevue building at First Avenue and 30th Street might become a fucking hotel. (New York magazine)
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2008 at 5:23 PM

    hey grieve, nice Lost Weekend still.
    do you have a copy of it?

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  2. AnastasiaNovember 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM

    A nuthouse/hotel for Edie Sedgwick, Sid Vicious, etc? Isn't this already called the Hotel Chelsea?

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  3. AnonymousNovember 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    I'm starting to sound like a broken record but:

    http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/04/surreal-estate.html

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