Thursday, April 26, 2018

Andy Warhol, Jimi Hendrix, Jackson Pollock, And Jim Georgiou

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has provided lodging 
for the likes of Mark Twain,
Madonna, Dylan Thomas, Joni Mitchell
W.E.B. Dubios, and Humphrey Bogart...
plus the four names mentioned 
in the title.

But it would be
reasonable to ask:
Who the hell is
Jim Georgiou?

 Therefore,
it is my obligation
to answer:
Jim Georgiou
 is responsible 
for this page

Mr. Georgiou
was a long-term resident
of the Chelsea
but ended up homeless
for two years

When this fabled
New York City hotel
underwent renovation,
Mr. Georgiou asked
the construction workers
what was to become
of the hotel room doors.

They were to be trashed.

Shortly thereafter,
Jim Georgiou collected
all of them
and they became
his personal property
until an auction house
made his life into a
Rags to Riches
story 


Jack Keruoac slept
behind this door

The bidding for each door
began at $5,000

The results of the auction
are available
here 
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