June 25, 2007

NEW YORK - The lobby at the Hotel Chelsea in June 25, 2007 New York City. Chelsea Hotel manager Stanley Bard, who has been a fixture at the Chelsea for more than 50 years, and the rest of the Bard family, were forced out by their board of directors. A new management company will take over the day-to-day operations of the hotel. The landmark hotel is recognized as an American cultural icon and is renowned for the artists, writers and musicians who have lived and created art there, including Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur Miller, Joni Mitchell, Dee Dee Ramone, Larry Rivers, Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain, and Tennessee Williams. (Photo by Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images)