As the Hotel Chelsea keeps going through some corporate changes, it's nice to look back at the glory days of the legendary hotel. In 1981 the BBC folk released a documentary about the place, capturing some of the quirky residents, employees, and of course general manager (at the time) Stanley Bard behind his desk. Luckily some of the footage just popped up online.

A couple of years ago a clip of Warhol in the documentary found its way to YouTube (it has since disappeared). Now if only there were footage from Mark Twain's stay there. [via Living with Legends]