Dorm Room w/ No Security
This hotel is an old apartment building that has been transformed(badly). When we pulled into the free and unsecured parking lot, we had to stack our car and give the keys to the front desk clerk so he could move our car as needed. However, he was alone in the evening, so who, I wonder, was watching the desk when he was in the garage? The check- in area can be bi-passed by using the elevator to get to the floors above which means that anyone off the street can roam the hallways of this hotel. If you saw the neighborhood this hotel was in, you'd think twice about staying here without security measures in place. The rooms have only one lock on 
which seemed flimsy. Be warned!
The hotel itself is under renovation. Our window looked out on barred terraces of the adjacent apartment, along with a swimming pool under major repair that was located in a sad little side yard area. The room was clean and very sparsely decorated and lacked everything but the most basic amenites. The construction/ remodel work is shoddy, especially in the bathrooms where I could see major water leak damage in the walls(think mold). Those who remodel cheaply, remodel often! This is a budget hotel is aimed at twenty- somethings who don't care much about quality, but can appreciate a $100.00 room in LA.
On the bright side, the desk attendant could not have been nicer, bringing ice to us and fixing our TV. He is a keeper, for sure! The hotel's close proximity to downtown as well as it being two blocks from Wilshire and the heart of Koreatown is a big plus.
I totally get the concept of what these hoteliers are doing; they just need to execute their vision on a higher level. They just might be able to fill a niche in the hotel world,but they need to focus on quality of construction and product, or their brand will never take off.