Since the 1980s are back in style we thought we'd rerun a few photos that originally appeared in the 1988 issue of the Italian Magazine, Le Figaro. The photos were taken by Catherine Leroy who sadly died last year. First up, here's authors Nick & Rhea posing in their richly appointed apartment! (Thanks to Rachel Cohn for the magazine.) In an earlier interview, Rhea wrote: "One thing Nick and I agree on: Stanley is brilliant at choosing tenants. We've never figured out how he does it, but he knows what he's doing. The mix was always fascinating, even if there were disgusting individuals and events, and life there was never dull. I will never forget Viva's screams! She could shake the skylights from the lobby, and I loved her for it. Or seeing Grace Jones hooded and draped in fur, coming and going to see Richard Bernstein (I really miss him). Or taking the dog out the morning they wheeled Virgil Thomson out on a gurney for the last time (I miss him, too). Or coming home from the grocery store and barely missing being hit by a flying shoe when a woman jumped to her death from the ninth floor and hit the street in front of me. Or screaming bloody murder myself when they were filming Madonna's sex book down the hall and kept knocking out our electricity while we were ghost-writing for someone very famous. A lot of money and a deadline were involved, but nobody really cared or listened. It was just another typical daily drama at the Chelsea. We loved it and hated it."
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