2. Some of the minor shortcomings are just because it is an historic hotel ( built in 1927 and remodeled many times): two painfully slow elevators serve the 12 floors ( at a busy time it can be a long wait); rooms come in a variety of shapes and sizes, some like ours were rather compact ( an observation not a complaint, we were offered others); the lobby men's rest room is 2 flights of stairs down ( and up), the walls are are not exactly soundproof ( our neighbor had a persistent cough).