The Chelsea Hotel wasn't famous for the artists who checked in. It was famous for the ones who never really checked out.

For decades, New York's most notorious address became home, refuge and creative laboratory for musicians, writers, poets, painters and dreamers who would go on to shape popular culture. From Leonard Cohen and Janis Joplin to Patti Smit, Bob Dylan and even Madonna. Its hallways collected remarkable stories almost as readily as remarkable people.

Margaret O'Hanlon and Martin Grounds revisit the songs and the legends that grew within those walls, exploring the decadence, romance, rivalry and restless creativity that made the Chelsea Hotel less a building than a state of mind. Chelsea Hotel is a glimpse into an era when art, music and life all occupied the same address.