People of Chelsea

Contributor(s)

  • Darlene DeVita and Sarah Putnam

Collection Items

Sonny Lepore<br /><br />
Sonny Lepore

Sonny was born and raised in Chelsea and lived in the house he's in now, for 65 years, on Webster, across from our building. His mother Louise was born here and is Sicilian, she lived on Winnisemmet St. And his father Melinto lived…

Josh Resnek
Josh Resnek
I moved to Chelsea in 1997 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 it's poverty, it's decaadence and it's…

X Bonnie Woods
X Bonnie Woods

"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,…
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