This is in theheart of historic downtown; you could not have a more urban experience in LA. All the great shops and restaurants are just outsidethe door. The place is super cute...just like the pictures. A few warnings, overnight parking ranged $15 (at the multilevel lot across the street) to $40 in other nearby lots. The bar across the street wasnosiy on Friday, quieter other nights. There is a very high concentration of transient people with tents lining the streets, but not in frontof the building. I didn’t feel unsafe, but I also didn’t go out alone after dark. Bring earplugs; sirens, helicopters, street traffic...all of the city sounds continue into the wee hours of the morning. Inspite of the small drawbacks to any downtownlocation, I can’t wait to stay there again.