{"product_id":"inside-the-dream-palace-sherill-tippins-9780544334472","title":"Inside the Dream Palace","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 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 Dylan to Sid Vicious, Thomas Wolfe to Andy Warhol, Dylan Thomas to Dee Dee Ramone -- all made the Chelsea the largest and longest-lived artists' community in the world. \u003ci\u003eInside the Dream Palace\u003c\/i\u003e tells the hotel's story, from its earliest days as a cooperative community, through its pop art, rock-and-roll, and punk periods, to its present transformation under new ownership. By exploring what it takes to maintain a creative community and how artists have enhanced and informed New York City life, Tippins, author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eFebruary House\u003c\/i\u003e, delivers a lively and masterly history of the Chelsea and those who cohabitated there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Not only essential to the understanding of this crucial New York City -- and therefore American -- cultural landmark, but as majestic and populous as the edifice itself, and completely entertaining.\" -- Daniel Menaker, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Mistake\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With her lively \u003ci\u003eInside the Dream Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, literary biographer Sherill Tippins succeeds where other historians studying New York landmarks have failed: She understands that even the most splendid buildings are mere settings for the personalities that inhabit them, and wisely bypasses rote chronology for the vigor of cultural excavation . . . The Chelsea Hotel may face an uncertain future, but Tippins's enchanting book guarantees its renown for generations to come.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sherill Tippins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0544334477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544334472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2014 pg. 24","brand":"Sherill Tippins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074472767743,"sku":"9780544334472","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21fe0d30-0085-4470-9284-87d74909cfc1.jpg?v=1685453943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inside-the-dream-palace-sherill-tippins-9780544334472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}