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No W For Downtown NYC Until 2010

Where: 123 Washington Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10036

Oh, New York City. You have so many visitors and so many hotels and so many opportunities and so much wonder and merriment and oh, so, so, so many hotel delays.

The latest in hotel delay news today comes to us by way of an eagle-eyed tipster, who noticed the opening date of the W New York Downtown had quietly changed on the hotel's website from "Summer 2009" to the vague "2010," which is particularly upsetting because it is now the only W property on the coming-soon-from-Starwood roster without a concrete opening date posted. You know, kind of like being the only kid in the high school graduating class who has "Undecided" listed as his college of choice on graduation day. Sad.

We knew the W Residences in the same FiDi building have not been without their own set of issues; namely, most good views from the condos remain blocked by a close-enough-to-touch building next-door, which is supposed to be razed sooner rather than later but who knows. Still, the hotel was expected to open on time this summer — alas, it appears, not so much.