Hmmm, 1200 rooms with radio & TV, but only “many” with color TV or A/C. I wonder how they chose?

Why don’t we change the name of this country to something less fraught with emotion? Maybe some one will pay for branding rights.

Bob

Hah?

Mike Walsh, I have a hunch it had to do with the price of the room.

Arrrgh! “Earthquake” lettering — the one really bad element of pre-hippie 1960s graphic design.

Apparently part of the hotel is now the Penn 5000 club, which retains the historic phone number PEnnsylvania 6-5000.

The hotel today is hit-and-miss — it’s got floors that have been refurbished and others that are on the ‘budget’ pricing system, which means maybe the TV’s not so hot, maybe the AC isn’t working all that well, etc.

But if you’re trying to get from your room to the lobby or back, it’s got one the biggest bank of elevators of any hotel, so you’re never waiting that long. You do have to watch CNN while you’re in the elevation, but sacrifices have to be made in the name of speed and efficiency.

Actually it’s the Affinity Manhattan. Much more classy and upscale than it’s sister hotel, the Affinity Hoboken.