travel42 Hotel Review: Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph

Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Two blocks east of Times Square, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, in an area of mostly small, uber-trendy hotels, this literary lion has traded in its famed patina and quirky one-of-a-kind character for a place at the table with Marriott.

While returning travelers may think the arrangement a bit Faustian, with the owners selling the hotel's soul for a key into the Marriott gold-mine of a reservation service, it works. The hotel is a member of The Autograp...