On another note - does anyone remember the little pizza place across from Wang that was literally a hole in the brick facade of that old building, just a little window right on the sidewalk serving slices?
I remember it quite well. My first date and I were in line (more like mob) after the clubs closed to get a slice, and she being the small little white girl that she was, decided to get pissed off at the 3 black women who cut us in line right before the counter. One of them decided to buy a slice and turn around and throw it in my dates face. At which point the person behind us reveled himself to an undercover, and to take out his mace and lace us all with it. I lived close by, (Cortes), and long story short, when your first date is covered in pizza and mace, it is fairly easy to get her back to your place and in the shower, you having to help her disrobe. I actually got a second date out of it. Not to mention...
But anyway, yeah, used hit that pizza window all the time, pretty good pizza at a very good price.
And to bring this back around. This corner has changed A LOT even in the 20 years since I lived there. This hotel will just be another piece. And it seems, in my mind, to be a good one at that.