If there was an award for the longest-running number one Performer ‘par excellence’ in Kenya, John Sibi Okumu would have to be the top contender for the prize.
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You probably know already that itâs where Sid killed Nancy, and Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. Hotel Chelsea in New York is a gothic icon of old New York, and its remodelling from infamous bohemian dive into boutique hotel has become a saga as epic as any in its 137-year history. Legal wrangling between its owners, city officials and 48 long-term tenants has seen the hotel closed to guests for 10 years, but a court case this month gave the green light for the refurbishment to continue.
For over a century the Hotel Chelsea embodied a unique downtown experience. I remember the first time I visited it in the 1980s. Iâd seen so much footage of its wrought-iron balconies and weathered white and red neon signage that turning the corner from 8th Avenue on to West 23rd Street felt like my first time in front of a muchreplicated piece of pop art.