The parking lot was new. The exterior of the building was new, as was the restaurant. However, past the check-in desk, you were transported 60 years into the past, as you entered the un-remodeled portion of the building. The stairs were old Formica, with a metal railing with yellow paint chipping off, and a burgundy-brown fabric as wallpaper that was sagging in places. Looking down some of the poorly lit hallways, it looked like the setting for a movie set in a seedy motel. Our room was the second floor (no elevator, by the way) and down a short hallway that had been remodeled. However, our room, which was clearly marked as non-smoking, reeked of smoke when we arrived. We spent five minutes before deciding that we couldn't spend the night with the smell and the atmosphere. We have never left a hotel we had already paid for, until this one.
