Cannot Recommend
I stayed at the Penn's View on 9/19/12. First the good. Very cool looking, old , large room. Great location for hitting old area of town.
But... The noise level at night is not acceptable. I had someone Irish dancing in the room above starting at 3 am. When I called the front desk, the dancing stopped and it went down to just one person walking around for the rest of the night. I could hear every step because the floors are creaky. On top of that, the road noise coning from the freeway was way beyond anything I've expericenced. When I checked in, I asked if it would be better to be in the back of the hotel. The desk person said that the windows were double paned and very quiet, but if it was too loud, she would "try" to find something in back. Problem was, I didn't notice it until I was awake from 3-7 am. Nothing helped. Too bad, I like the overall location (minus the highway).