Location, Location, Location!
And Mildew, Roaches and Bed Bugs!:
The Hotel Carter was named the dirtiest hotel in America Tuesday by TripAdvisor.com, marking the third time in four years that the W. 43rd St. dump has topped the list.
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The hotel, used as a homeless shelter in the 1980s, gained infamy two years ago when a cleaning lady found a woman’s corpse stuffed under a bed.
A 17th-floor room rented by the Daily News was thankfully corpse-free. And while it was small and sparsely appointed, it wasn’t dirty. The bathroom was nearly spotless and the bed linens unstained.
The room’s most serious flaw was a lone picture frame, covered in a substance one can only hope was mildew. In the hallway outside, a garbage bag filled with used tissues, lay open on the dark-green carpet.
The hotel’s wretched reputation wasn’t news to one worker.
“Just Google ‘Carter and bed bugs.’ You’ll read all about it,” she said. “Roaches, bugs — you’ll find everything inside here.”
Hotel manager Erwin Lumanglas brushed aside its reputation.
“We are not bothered at all,” Lumanglas said. “Even when they tell us we’re the dirtiest hotel in the world, people are still interested in coming because of the price and the location.”
Location Scout: Hotel Carter.
Posted: January 28th, 2009 | Filed under: Manhattan, New York, New York, It's A Wonderful Town!, Simply The Best Better Than All The Rest