Hotel Chelsea
Historic hotel on West 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York City.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another Brooklyn | Jacqueline Woodson | turning point | After the drama club’s Jesus Christ Superstar, the cast party is held on the eleventh floor of the Chelsea Hotel. |
Another Brooklyn — Jacqueline Woodson (2016)
Source: Another Brooklyn · Readwise highlight
Someone’s friend knew someone who lived at the Chelsea Hotel. The cast party was on the eleventh floor.
- Role: turning point
- In the book: After the drama club’s Jesus Christ Superstar, the cast party is held on the eleventh floor of the Chelsea Hotel. The text implies Gigi, humiliated by the auditorium’s laughter and the absence of Sylvia and her mother, dies there: ‘Who was there to see Gigi lift her heels up and fly?’
- Why it matters: Place of Gigi’s death (implied, not narrated), the end of the four-girl bond; a Manhattan hotel far across the river from Bushwick.