Hotel Marlowe — Hotel in Mexico City

The history of the rest of the 20th century to the present focuses on the phenomenal growth of the city and its environmental and political consequences. In 1900, the population of Mexico City was about 500,000.[57] The city began to grow rapidly westward in the early part of the 20th century[40] and then began to grow upwards in the 1950s, with the Torre Latinoamericana becoming the city's first skyscraper.[33] The 1968 Olympic Games brought about the construction of large sporting facilities.[40]

In 1969 the Metro system was inaugurated.[33] Explosive growth in the population of the city started in the 1960s, with the population overflowing the boundaries of the Federal District into the neighboring State of Mexico, especially to the north, northwest, and northeast. Between 1960 and 1980 the city's population more than doubled to nearly 9 million.[40]

In 1980 half of all the industrial jobs in Mexico were located in Mexico City. Under relentless growth, the Mexico City government could barely keep up with services. Villagers from the countryside who continued to pour into the city to escape poverty only compounded the city's problems. With no housing available, they took over lands surrounding the city, creating huge shantytowns that extended for many miles.[49] This caused serious air pollution in Mexico City and water pollution problems, as well as subsidence due to overextraction of groundwater.[58] Air and water pollution has been contained and improved in several areas due to government programs, the renovation of vehicles and the modernization of public transportation.

The autocratic government that ruled Mexico City since the Revolution was tolerated, mostly because of the continued economic expansion since World War II. This was the case even though this government could not handle the population and pollution problems adequately. Nevertheless, discontent and protests began in the 1960s leading to the massacre of an unknown number of protesting students...

Hotel Marlowe IS cheap, but the guests must be aware of one thing: the rooms are NOT air-conditioned; I repeat, there is NO A/C anywhere but in the lobby. That is unfortunate to say the least - Mexico City is getting quite hot during the day, but rather cold at night. A ceiling fan does not help much. This dingy hotel definitely brings to mind the Bogey character (or Christopher Marlowe’s for that matter - if he was the rake they say he was). The fans of film noir or of Edward Hopper’s moody cityscapes might savor the dimly lit corridors, the empty lobby, the barely working water faucets, the dirty linen, and the stained towels (I do hope it was cranberry sauce). Smoking is supposedly prohibited, but one can smell tobacco (and more) everywhere. The rooms (I looked at two) were spacious enough, but had decidedly unclean look and feel; there was a persistent foul smell (probably coming from the street). The floors could use some sweeping. The guests were a mixed crowd: plenty of tattooed and pierced backpackers, some weary businessmen, a working girl or two (in the evening), budget-conscious Eastern European tourists... The place was generally quiet though. Free Wi-Fi worked fine. Breakfast was minimal; one should look for other options – there are some decent coffee places within a two blocks radius. The bare bones staff was friendly, and accommodating, though the doorman had a somewhat menacing manner. The area feels unsafe if not outwardly dangerous - there are plenty of homeless on the street, a beggar or two, and after dusk - groups of shifty characters, and small packs of stray dogs. It is only two blocks from Palacio de Bellas Artes, but the streets are filthy, pavement uneven, and in places badly damaged. At the time of my stay, there were some street repairs - jackhammers and machinery - going on around a clock; the walls and doors are thin,...

first thing I would like to ask you is that you verify the quality of the hotel that you are selling on your website, this hotel is not at all similar to what can be seen on your website,||I was at the hotel for ½ hour, and I told them that this hotel was not for me, and I needed to cancel the reservation, they told me that there was no problem, that I should contact Agoda and they would return my money, free of charge. Upon returning to Canada, I contacted Agoda three times to request my money back, the only response you gave me was that you could not contact the hotel, and the hotel did not respond.||Because I didn't stay in the hotel, it made me want to vomit when I saw the carpet, and the bed, of the hotel. no ac, no internet in the room, the furniture looked like it was from the 70s, the bathroom was in very bad condition, that's why I didn't stay and left the hotel,||This led me to make another reservation at another hotel on your Agoda page for the same days, check on January 20 and check out January 22, reserve 694773886 at the Sheraton Mexico City, where I did stay.||The hotel promised to cancel my both||reservation for free and did not fulfill what else is expected from a hotel of this type, this is a hotel per hour for sex, it is not for me.||after travelling over 150 countries this one very bad and nauseating, disgusting, mafia is house, my apologies i could stay here and I have to leave after 1/2 hours and go to...