New NYC Hotel Offers Up-Close Views Of Ground Zero | AP
The rooms at the new World Center Hotel are about as close as you can get to ground zero without a hard hat. The 169-room hotel just south of the World Trade Center site celebrated its grand opening Wednesday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed World Center Hotel Day. But in what hotel executives call a soft opening, guests have been staying there for months as construction was completed floor by floor.
NEW YORK -- The rooms at the new World Center Hotel are about as close as you can get to ground zero without a hard hat. The 169-room hotel just south of the World Trade Center site celebrated its grand opening Wednesday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed World Center Hotel Day. But in what hotel executives call a soft opening, guests have been staying there for months as construction was completed floor by floor.