Great building, if you admire historic architecture! Parking is a pain we were able to park on the block about half the time. My husband is a master of parallel parking and most of his parking jobs were very tight. The location is very central to downtown, Civic Center and Capital building with plenty of public transit, scooter, bikes or Uber available. There is a large homeless population in the area, bringing with it the associated alcohol and drug usage. If you're not used to big city life that may be uncomfortable and I would suggest avoiding staying the general downtown area, as you will have to walk by and thru to get to the closest tourist stops. Aside from the occasional loud outburst from passing pedestrians the street and building were quiet. The laundry is in the basement and although we referred to it jokingly as the "dungeon" it's not dark or dreary like described by a previous reviewer. In fact I recommend a trip downstair as the basement accesses the full bottom of the building and is kind of cool to see the layout and use of the space. Jason and Cate were awesome with quick responses to our questions as to locations of extra blankets, and spare key when we inadvertently locked ourselves out.