HotelChatter || Crane Fiasco Ain't Stoppin' the W NYC Downtown

Last week during a random jaunt into New York City we stopped by the construction site of the W NYC Downtown. This was one of the hotels caught up in that whole "cranes falling from the sky" fiasco which shut down the crane at this site and other sites throughout NYC.

Then to make matters worse - the cement truckers union in NYC is currently on strike - further delaying progress of the site.

Well with all that, we're happy to report that construction is still proceeding - we witnessed plenty of workers around the site doing whatever it is that they do.

And that concrete truck shortage? They got that covered too - we saw an entire tractor trailer unloading hundreds of bags of cement mix. Ain't no stinkin unions gonna stop the W!

As for the crane - there is absolutely no sign that a crane even was on site, it was completely dismantled and a replacement is nowhere to be seen and they are only up to floor 14 out of 56. (We blame the twin cities of cranes - Las Vegas & Dubai)

No official word yet on how long the opening will be pushed back due to these two delays - it's still scheduled to open on Sept 15th, 2009 according to Starwood's website, but if a crane and concrete truckers don't appear soon, we might end up with a W NYC Downtown Lite.

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