Shabby, dirty, and tiny!
In general, it doesn't take much to please me with a hotel, but this one was pretty bad. The lobby is really big and nice and clean, but don't be fooled. From the second you step on the elevator, there is trash everywhere on the ground. When we stepped in the room the cheap carpet was about a million years old, and wrinkled and buckled everywhere, not to mention unclean. There was a tiny double sized bed, and the room was extremely small. The bathroom was old, and dirty. Even the doors to the room, which had plaques, explaining their historical significance, just seemed old and beat up. The only wireless internet was available in the lobby, and you had to pay for it. The lobby, while it looked nice, was as busy as a train station. The wait time for check it was about 45 minutes.
 The place IS pet friendly for travelers with pets. We were there the weekend beforr the Westminster dog show, so there were more dogs than humans, which was kind of fun. The only real good point I could see was the location, which was only about ten short blocks to time square, and directly across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn station.