Stayed at the Blake for a convention late in July. They must have been gearing up for the DNC because the rooms were not ready for us. Our room was not finished prior to us checking in. We were met at the room door by a workman coming out who couldn't believe they were putting us in the room. You could smell the wallpaper paste and the walls were squishy and lumpy-probably just done that day. The carpet was smeared with wall paper paste or something and were never cleaned up. There were no towel racks in the bathroom, no handicapped bar in the shower and the carpet must have just been layed also because you could see the rough edges that hadn't been fixed. I rode in the elevator with some employees of the hotel and some one from the elevator company and they were discussing updates and were not surprised when we all complained about the slow elevators, the trouble we had trying to push the up and down buttons, and that the elevators broke all the time. One of them even asked me is I would drive a car built in 1972? He didn't seem to have much faith in the elevators and he worked there. The airconditioning had two settings-off and on- it was either freezing or sweltering. The decor is dark and darker. The lighting in the rooms was inadequate. Even with the curtains open it was dark. I would never recommend this hotel to anyone.
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