Various signs
The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
× Want to add signs? There is an app! Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store

Sign: New York - Chelsea Hotel - Composer Virgil Thomson


Address:
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
New York, NY For all manhole covers in New York, NY
Country:
USA For all manhole covers in USA
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence
Click here for a map that contains other items in the area

Map Route Route No loc. Around me
On the sign:
VIRGIL THOMSON
1896-1989

COMPOSER, AUTHOR, CRITIC
THE FILM SCORE FOR THE LOUISIANA STORY FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MUSIC WAS WRITTEN AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL WHERE HE LIVED FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS

PRESENTED
IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS CENTENARY
Photography:
2023
Ariel Rubinstein
Add comments, corrections, or missing information. After clicking the "Submit" button you will be taken to a page where you will be required to specify your name and email address.
Please note, you do not need to specify details about the item, these details will be automatically added

Comments:
The sign is one of the signs indicating famous people who have stayed at the Chelsea Hotel.

The current plaque honors composer Virgil Thomson who won a Pulitzer Prize for music for composing the score for the film "Louisiana Story" which he wrote while staying at the hotel.

The hotel was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The next picture from where the sign was taken shows the location of the sign relative to other signs Click for a larger image

More details about the hotel can be found on the next sign Click for sign's details


The signs closest to the current sign (Click to show or hide) Mesh (mosaic) Signs around me

New York - Chelsea Hotel - The writer Arthur C. Clark
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (1 Meter)
New York - Landmarks - Chelsea Hotel
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (1 Meter)
New York - Chelsea Hotel - Filmmaker Shirley Clarke
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (2 Meter)
New York - Chelsea Hotel - Poet Dylan Thomas
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (2 Meter)
New York - Chelsea Hotel - Playwright Arthur Miller
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (3 Meter)
New York - Chelsea Hotel - Writer Thomas Wolfe
222 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA (3 Meter)

The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
Home
About
Signs
- Mesh
- Series
- Artists
- Architects
- Around me
Map
Statistics
Gallery
Add sign
Contact
Sign-O-Pedia
Accessibility statement

Initiating the site - Eli Zvuluny - Programming and building the site Possible Worlds Ltd. Possible Worlds Ltd. © 2019-2024

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - The site and its content are copyright protected. The full copyrights of the site's content belong to Eli Zvuluny. All images in the site (unless another photographer is mentioned) were taken by Eli Zvuluny that has the full copyrights on them. The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose is expressly prohibited without the written permission of Eli Zvuluny. .