Here's a link from Curbed about it.
http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/0...reet_hotel.php
I don't think there's too much info in this that the Times didn't already cover. Don't have too much info about it myself personally (I live on 16th btw 7 & 8), but I can understand why people would be upset about it. What a stupid place for 20 story hotel.