Chelsea, NYC: From Muffins to Madonna

RIP Barbara. She seemed like a lovely, talented, witty lady.

You are one of the best NYC guides on YT.

RIP barbara The minute I heard about her attack and heard of her death I remember this video of Tom interviewing her and talking about her passion as a vocal coach. I hope her killer get caught

I've lived in Chelsea co-op for over 32 years, moved there from the east village in 1989 but was born & raised in Williamsburg Brooklyn before it was ever cool. Anyway, I want to compliment you because many people who do tours of Chelsea give incomplete & incorrect information. However, your tour gets 5 stars imo, it was the best most complete & accurate tour I've ever seen in a Chelsea virtual walking tour. In addition, I've learned a few new things I wasn't aware of Iike where Thomas's English Muffins were made, the oldest building in Chelsea where the Le Grainne Cafe is located who I might add has the best French brunch in all of Chelsea, with the best Nutella & banana crepes & Cafe Au Lait giant bowl of coffee. Bravo, good job! Looking forward to watching more of your tours.

Love these tours; in fact, I use them as a study to make myself a better guide. Thanks Tom, you are an inspiration!

The honor and the privilege of speaking with such a famous New York icon... She was such a delight. So glad you had the opportunity to make such a memorable moment for yourself and us. I will admit there were tears... Thank you so much! (Not sure how I missed this video) ...

Took my son and his BF to the Chelsea Hotel for a week 10yr ago this past August for his birthday. On our last day I woke up in the middle of the night and prowled the halls. One floor had a small hallway off the main hall which lead to another apartment. Those were the days when Chelsea combined both hotel rooms and private residences. Intrigued by this adjacent hallway, I walked in and was examining the many framed photographs, when I heard “something” in the main hallway just around the corner from where I was standing. I remember thinking it was odd that I didn’t hear any approaching footsteps, and I also was very mindful of the Chelsea’s reputation of being haunted. Instead of quickly looking around the corner, I guess you could say I woosed out, and by the time I gathered the courage to look, naturally there was nothing and no one there. Gotta admit I was wandering the hallways iso a ghostly experience. I understand that about a week after our stay, the Chelsea stopped honoring reservations and sadly closed for remodeling. I feel really lucky to have been able to stay there at the end of an era. Those of us who were fortunate to have stayed there will always have precious memories to hold.

Poor Barbara. She's delightful in that interview. Sharp and sweet.

Yes, just had my Covid jab, the sun is out and we have a new Tom vid to watch. OMG, SICK....

I was born and raised in NYC, and your videos make me feel like I don’t know NYC as well as I should lol. Time to explore! Thanks for these very informative and cool videos!

I just read the news about Barbara today, a day after seeing her in this video. RIP Barbara. NYC lost a spark.

I grew up in Chelsea. My dad was vicar (pastor) of St. Peter's from 1961 to 1973. The neighborhood was very different in those days. It was working class, and most of the brownstones were either divided into apartments or run as rooming houses that served stevedores and merchant seamen. Our block was mainly Irish and Puerto Rican. In 1963 there was a rumble between an Irish gang and Puerto Rican gang in the church gym (now the Atlantic Theater). It was like something out of "West Side Story!"

Congrats on 20K followers, Tom! Great job as always!

Love your tours so much information .. The information you give helped me out recently when helping my daughter write about new york for a school project so thank you...

You blew my mind, I didn't realize my favorite English muffin was born in Chelsea. You are amazing. I use your posts in my history class presentations. I hate my textbook, you make my students focus and learn. Thank you so much.

Always nice to see you 😉🙃

We literally catch every video but never comment (always watch on our TV) but figured to start to just say thank you for always making these videos so funny and entertaining!

One of the best YouTube channels out there. Deserves to be so much bigger. Being from Glasgow(Scotland), you see a lot of similarities between the 2 cities - especially the gentrification.

Y'know every time I watch a NYC tour video, it always makes me desperate for a slice but where I live here in The UK there are no good pizza places, it's criminal.

LMAOOOOOOOO Tom falling after eating the slice of pizza was unexpected😂❗Great video of Chelsea tom and the slices look epic.