Win Trip To 'Luxurious' Hotel Pennsylvania!
MTV is sponsoring a contest to promote the upcoming action film Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg--and talk about the perfect setting for a gritty cop-movie gimmick!
"To celebrate the release of this slick new thriller, MTV is giving one lucky winner and a friend an NYPD trip to New York City. You’ll get flights, two-nights accommodation at the luxurious Hotel Pennsylvania..."
What, you were expecting the posh Hotel Carter?
Now, MTV wasn't around during the Swing Era, but has Kurt Loder and company bothered to peek inside the old Glenn Miller hangout recently?
(Read The Observer's extensive coverage here.)
"Save The Hotel" activist Gregory Jones once took issue with my use of the term "fleabag" to describe the dowdy would-be landmark on Seventh Avenue.
But, come on, luxurious?
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Once took issue? I still take issue with the fact that you call it a fleabag. You can not blame the staff for failing to keep up on the repairs when its parent company refers to it as "a placeholder, like a parking lot."
If Mr. Roth would put as much attention into maintaining it as much as he does looking to make a buck, the Hotel would rival any one of the "5 stars" in the city.
Quest: Would Vornado treat the Hotel the same way if it was one of their office buildings?