Gives South Philly a bad name
The Skyview Plaza Hotel and Suites in Philadelphia (or as far out of the city center as its possible to be without being pushed into a river) is a nightmare. You can't walk anywhere except a shopping center a mile away. It's not on any convenient mass transit. The sole working elevator is all banged up, splinters and all, and has no safety certificate. Despite a sign on the front door about it being a smoke-free hotel, the room they put me in stank of smoke and had cigarette burns on the desk and night table. The AC didn't work. The place was sold out, they said, and they couldn't move me until morning. I woke up with a huge allergic reaction, and coughed and sneezed for two days and had a splitting headache. The room they moved me to was slightly better smoke-wise, but still had no working AC, had cigarette burns everywhere -- you'd think they'd at least take out the ashtrays -- and there was garbage in the hall. Only two lights worked. But there WAS a view of far-off Philly, so you could see where you wished you could be.