Bright Hotel Facades to Offset 'Squalor' | WSJ.com

The new Staybridge Suites Times Square is situated between a decrepit parking garage and a branch of the New York State Division of Parole. It faces the bare, block-long south side of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The cheapest rooms are going for $309 a night. "This, perhaps, is the worst location we've ever had for a hotel," architect Gene Kaufman says.