Originally Posted by
RobOnLI
Heads up, some renovation work going on at the Renaissance Downtown Washington DC. The front driveway is closed off and the "main" entrance is now on K St NW. Also, the small subset of elevators closest to the lounge are still under construction (have been for months) with only one working if you're lucky. And the construction crew is down there right now replacing the call buttons on the 2nd floor in front of the lounge.
The noise is not disturbing me but I have a room facing the courtyard.
-RM
I noticed this as I looked out of the window of the Marquis lounge last week. The Reni badly needs a renovation. Not sure what is going on though. Where do cars go if they can't use the 9th street entrance? In the past four years I have seen that hotel get more and more beat up. Granted, they re-did the lounge, and that is nice. But the elevators take forever, the decor or the lobby/bar is tacky and outdated. Last summer it rained very hard and the atrium leaked. And all the rooms and hallways smelled like a rotting swamp.
Yet, the place is always packed, and I don't understand why.