[JMKeynes]

Originally Posted by citybooster

WTF? Right across from the WTC they're building a budget-looking "hotel" that Gene Kaufman would probably be too embarrassed to build? It's beyond head scratching... it's horrendous. It's an joke, it's pathetic... it would be so out of place in its ungainliness, hopefully saner heads prevail and they redesign this, because it looks more suitable as one of those hack hotels in 8th Avenue... hey, some of them are loads better than this atrocity. The blank concrete wall is the most unpleasant, jarring aspect. It's awful...maybe mediocre otherwise but you can't ignore that blank wall, it's way too prevalent.

It's a matter of time before the junk next to it is redeveloped, so the blank wall won't be there very long.