The Omni William Penn Hotel is a 23 floor hotel located at 530 William Penn Place on Mellon Square in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A variety of luminaries have stayed at the hotel, including John F. Kennedy. The hotel staff innovated Lawrence Welk's now famous bubble machine, and it was the site of Bob Hope's marriage proposal in 1934. The hotel has won numerous awards including being named to the "Best of Weddings 2009" list by The Knot and receiving the Editor's Choice Award in the Business Hotels category on Suite101.com.Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.The hotel also features an award-winning restaurant that dates from 1916, the Terrace Room, featuring among other amenities a wall long mural entitled "The taking of Fort Pitt". The Terrace Room was voted "Best Hotel Dining" establishment in both 2008 and 2009 by readers of the Pittsburgh City Paper.It is outfitted with numerous furnishings in the Art Deco style.HistoryBuilt from 1915 to 1916, the $6 million William Penn opened on March 11, 1916, in what newspapers hailed as the Grandest Hotel in the nation, its first night it hosted the annual Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Gala and was recorded as the largest gala in city history up to that time with U.S. Secretary of State Philander Knox hosting the event. The original hotel covered the western half of the block, facing Mellon Square.

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Being able to roam the galleries of The Andy Warhol Museum has always been a dream of mine. Growing up and hearing about his fame and eccentricities on the news, as well as his unique perspectives in life and art, has made my visit here a must. Hearing the stories and seeing the pictures of those close to me that got to work with him, and even experiencing him in person, are treasures I will keep forever. So I had to make the stop now that I was visiting Pittsburgh. Now, why this review is not an excellent 5 star review. I was incredibly disappointed by the attitude and professionalism of the staff from the front desk to the floor walkers. I was greeted with a: "Yeah?" when buying my ticket. I decided to ignore that and move on. Never did I get a "Welcome" "Enjoy your vist" or anything of the likes. I just got barked an amount of dollars and a: "start from the top". As I made my way down, all I could see were uninterested staff members just reclining on the walls playing with their cell phones. But three of them won the indifference award. Two of them just chatted away while a group of kids screamed and beat each other up with the Mylar balloons in the Silver Clouds installation. (And yes, these kids parents should have been controlling them, but a staff that doesn't set the rules is not ideal either) until they, the kids, broke the balloons. The girl that finally decided to go and see what was going on, was clearly annoyed at having to go and do her job, instead of chatting with her fellow staff member. The other incident was when I was checking out the camouflage pieces and the staff member's cell phone goes off, he answers, and decides to have a full blown conversation, in loud volume, inside the gallery, for 5 minutes. When I turned around to look at him, and try to catch his attention, the look I got was: "I'm busy here, why are you here?". So yes, that's what I'll remember from my Andy Warhol Museum experience... Maybe it is something to look into and fix to make the experience a better one. Maybe I came on an "off" day for the entire staff, or maybe no one really has a clue of the kind of non inviting and non professional experience the museum visitors are getting. Hopefully, in the future, other visitors will have a better experience!