Hotels with history are interesting. Hotels that look as old as their history need to think about preserving their history and mending their interior.
This hotel has a prime location in NYC - hop off the train at Penn Station and walk across the street. The event that we were attending was in the hotel or we may have made an alternative choice for overnight accomodations. The rooms on the floor we were on (12th) had the original heavy metal valet doors (History) but the ceiling in the room had pieces missing and cracked and chipped paint everywhere. The room - furniture, walls - looked very worn. Our envrionmental controls were not working. Fortunately it was mid Novenber, not too warm or too cold and the window could be opened. The front desk staff was friendly and efficient during chack-in. However, after letting the phone ring for 5 minutes, my husband gave up trying to call the front desk from our room.
Another history note - the sheet music for the song Pensylvania 6-5000 is franed and hangs in the hallway outside of the ballroom on the 18th floor.
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