Little updates since 1913
Hotwire gave this hotel a 3 1/2 star rating--that was my first and last time using Hotwire. The small lobby with battered furniture and scarred paint was a preview of the miniscule room. If the hotel had been updated at all since it's construction in 1913, it may have been to add electricity and an elevator. There's no AC and even if your room faces the alley instead of the street (as ours did), you get a lot of street noise. The room size was miniscule as was the bathroom.
The staff was friendly. However, the night clerk assured me that I should book a shuttle to the airport instead of a cab because it was cheaper and would only take 15 minutes. WRONG. When the shuttle arrived he told me we were the first (not the last as the clerk had told me) of his stops and that it would take at least 45 minutes to get to the airport. We lost our $15 deposit and grabbed a cab. 
I will never stay at a dive like this again.