Talk:Philip Gengembre Hubert

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Cooperatives edit

Philip Hibert was apparently very inspired by the socialist ideas of Charles Fourier and much of his architectire was planned to cater for the need of Cooperatives in the form Fourier had envisioned them. Sources: http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2009/02/activism-at-the-chelsea-hotel-pt-i-architect-philip-hubert-designed-the-chelsea-as-an-experiment-in-.html and the book Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel by author Sherill Tippins (she talks about this quite at lenght in this WNYC-Interview: http://www.wnyc.org/story/life-and-times-chelsea-hotel/ --94.223.15.160 (talk) 00:18, 19 December 2013 (UTC)Reply