Gothamist: Bob Dylan's Room Destroyed at Chelsea

rasputinsghost

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:38:18 -0500

I think ol' Robert Zimmerman is just fine - he could have even bought the hotel in theory if he gave a shit about preserving it. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01222007/gossip/pagesix/manse_for_dylan_pagesix_.htm A 30 room mansion and SERVANT'S QUARTERS! I wonder if it came with free servants.

NannyState

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:12:09 -0500

This is sooo...Elad.

NannyState

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:10:48 -0500

This is sooo...Elad.

Canonchet

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:59:47 -0500

With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row, And your magazine husband who one day just had to go, And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show, Who among them do you think would employ you? Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold, And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul, Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you?

Outter Burrougher

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:45:24 -0500

exactly, kapusta

kapusta

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:07:28 -0500

"...business men they drink my wine, plough men dig my earth. none of them along the line know what any of it is worth..."

Pull My Finger

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:03:24 -0500

BOO HOO HOO HOO

Papercutninja

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:54:01 -0500

OH GOD. WHO CARES?!?

Snoopy

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:47:16 -0500

I always liked Dylan Thomas and all the great hits he wrote. Why did they destroy that shrine?

Tgirl

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:46:04 -0500

its kind of creepy, this idea that we need to fetishize every stupid artifact of someone's existence. I'm sure Dylan could give a crap if they bulldozed the whole place, he's moved on. We need to do the same.

Schwartzie

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:30:51 -0500

I think this whole story is a tad overblown. Does that green paint look like something that's been there since the sixties? This room has definitely been changed since Dylan lived there...at the very least, it clearly wasn't preserved untouched.

camera_club

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:27:58 -0500

stayin up for days in the Chelsea Hotel, writing Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands for you

Huffy6241

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:22:37 -0500

Just another example of why we should support congestion pricing and create more bike lanes. In your face gas-guzzling SUV's!!!

gimme

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:17:48 -0500

that's Blonde on Blonde actually