From Jack Kerouac to Bob Dylan: the Chelsea Hotel, a legendary place of American bohemia

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Places that made American history

“So long, Marianne, it’s time that we began. » Leonard Cohen’s melancholy voice booms through the speakers of Café Chelsea on 23rd Street in Manhattan. It is one of the most famous titles of the poet, legend of English-speaking song. “I forget to pray for the angels/And then the angels forget to pray for us. » Carried by a folk guitar, the ballad resonates in the still empty room at the end of the afternoon. It’s a love that runs away. “So long, Marianne…”

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