Chelsea Walls is a 2001 independent film directed by Ethan Hawke, the story takes place in the historic Chelsea Hotel, in which historic city?
Chelsea Walls Chelsea Walls is a 2001 independent film directed by Ethan Hawke and released by Lions Gate Entertainment. It is based on the play "Chelsea Walls" by Nicole Burdette. It stars Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Rosario Dawson, and Robert Sean Leonard among others, with original score by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The story takes place in the historic Chelsea Hotel in New York City.
Row NYC Hotel Row NYC Hotel, at 27 stories and 1,331 rooms, was the largest hotel in New York City when it opened on February 13, 1928 as the Hotel Lincoln, one day after the 119th anniversary of the birth of its namesake, Abraham Lincoln. It featured a towering mast on top with neon lettering reading "HOTEL LINCOLN" which was lit on opening day by Governor Al Smith, who pressed a button in Albany to illuminate it. The sign is visible in the 1933 film "42nd Street". It was originally owned by the Kramer family and then by Maria Kramer, a dancer once married to Max Kramer, until the 1950s.