People of Chelsea
Contributor(s)
- Darlene DeVita and Sarah Putnam
Collection Items
Sonny Lepore, barber
I was born and raised in Chelsea and lived in the house I’m in now for 65 years, on Webster. My mother Louise was born here and was Sicilian. She lived on Winnisemmet St. My father Melinto lived in the back of the barbershop on Broadway. It's still…
Josh Resnek, journalist
I moved to Chelsea in 1977 as a reporter for the Chelsea Record, to the city where my great-grandfather came in 1885 from Russia. I have always enjoyed everything the city had to offer, from its poverty, its decadence and its quinessentially American…
X Bonnie Woods, artist
I started using the "X" professionally in 1978 as an artist. At the time I was working on folded paper with ink. They were maps, treasure maps, realistic maps of specific places, certain cities. This was pre-Chelsea. For instance, if I was making a…