The hotel is part of our cities loved hotel. We cherish the building and the idea of the hotel. Service is alway excellence in great care! I had a small room on the 11th floor which had a large room under construction. So noise started at 8 am and painting during the over night session.
The room is old with a few antique items, no frills. No small coffee maker, NO ROBES!!! , not many channels on TV SET. The front door cut high so hallway lights shun brightly under the door and into the room. Poor air quality from HVAC window unit. Also, window cold air leakage. Otherwise the room was O.K. or, good enough for where I was dining a few blocks away . So we could walk there . I stayed at the hotel because I am a local resident and come from Queens to have dinner with my wife and see friends, go to theater ,etc. I always loved this hotel. Scaffolding is still around the building for the past 12 years, unreal !!! Residential apartments under construction in continuous undertakings and also, just as a point, I am a garden designer and top florin NYC , the arrangements are beautiful but frankly, hydrangeas are over and spider mums , anthurium, etc are an old outdated floral design. Although the arrangements are always nice. The hotel - Lowell down the block has spectacular floral arrangements. I assume Taj hotel group is on a budget this year. Thank you