{"id":601,"date":"2008-05-02T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2012-10-26T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T20:48:06","slug":"get-what-you-want-in-new-york-habitat-rentals-near-cheyne-walk-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/02\/get-what-you-want-in-new-york-habitat-rentals-near-cheyne-walk-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Get What You Want in New York Habitat Rentals Near Cheyne Walk, London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London row houses in Chelsea<\/div>\n<\/div>So, Scorsese has finally turned his obsession with \u201cGimme Shelter\u201d into a full-blown film of the Rolling Stones called Shine a Light. It\u2019s been released in IMAX so viewers can have the sensation of being surrounded by Mick and the boys. But why not do it one better by staying in the actual surroundings where the Stones\u2019 frontmen used to live?<\/strong> New York Habitat has London accommodations<\/a> that put you right in the middle of Mick and Keith\u2019s former London<\/a> neighborhood of Cheyne Walk <\/strong>\u2014\u2018satisfaction\u2019 guaranteed!<\/p>\n

In the late 1960s, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were both living on Cheyne Walk just a few doors apart (Keith was at #3 with girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, whom he stole away from bandmate Brian Jones; Mick was at #48, first with girlfriend Marianne Faithfull\u2014during which time the Chelsea drug squad carried out on infamous raid on the flat\u2014then with wife Bianca).<\/p>\n

Many of the Stones\u2019 most recognizable songs were written in the studio that Mick had built in his backyard garden.<\/strong> The Chelsea<\/a> Drugstore, part-pharmacy, part-soda fountain, part-pub mentioned in \u201cYou Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want,\u201d was a ten-minute walk away (unless you wanted the purple-clad, scooter-riding delivery girls to make a home delivery), so it is quite possible that Mick popped down there from time to time to get some prescriptions filled. David Bowie, whose wife Angela is believed to have been the inspiration for \u201cAngie,\u201d lived just a few blocks over on Oakley St. It is incredible to be walking the same streets that served as such inspiration to two of music\u2019s most prolific songwriters\u2014and after living in our Chelsea\u00a0flats<\/a> in Cheyne Walk, you\u2019ll understand why<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This area has long been attracting luminaries in the arts, making Cheyne Walk the single street with perhaps the most blue plaques in London. Among those who have called it home are: painters J.M.W. Turner (#119) and James McNeil Whistler (who moved around from #21 to #96 and #101), writers George Eliot (#4), Bram Stoker (#10) and Henry James (#21), poet Dante Gabriel Rosetti (#16), and George Best, who was an artist in his own right with a soccer ball. What brought them all here is obvious\u2014the beautifully-constructed early 18th century houses, the Thames River views framed by the Albert and Battersea Bridges, the celebrated Chelsea Physic Garden, and the bohemian houseboats clinging colorfully to the riverbank.<\/p>\n

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London accommodation Chelsea Kensington 1 bedroom apartment<\/div>\n<\/div>What you\u2019ll see when you stay in one of our outstanding Chelsea\u00a0accommodations<\/a> is a neighborhood that has not changed all that much since Mick and Keith were residents. In other words, it still rocks! The pubs are friendly<\/strong>, the pints are frothy, nearby King\u2019s Row is full of fabulous people and fashionable shops<\/strong>. Sure, the Chelsea Drugstore (where Kubrick also filmed some of Clockwork Orange) is now a McDonald\u2019s\u2014but you can\u2019t always get what you want\u2026or can you?<\/p>\n

The answer is an absolute yes if you stay in one of these well-appointed New York Habitat apartments:<\/p>\n