Upon its completion in 2002, the Westin Times Square Hotel was slammed by the poobahs of modern design. In the New Yorker, renowned architect critic Paul Goldberger claimed the Westin was "both shrill and banal, less a piece of architecture than a developer's box in drag."I don't care. I love the building. To me, the Westin is proof that Times Square still oozes sleaze; that it is still perilous and intriguing; that one's heart stills races as soon as one emerges from the bus station to the intersection of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue.
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