AP, a view from the hotel When choosing hotel accommodations a lot of people might not want a floor-to ceiling view of construction, let alone of a site where thousands died in the most-devastating terrorist attack on the United States. Still, the vice president of Club Quarters, the hospitality chain responsible for the recently-opened World Center Hotel , thinks the unusual windowscape works in its favor. “People choose to be here because they want to be close to it. They want to feel it, they want to celebrate. They want to remember,” she told the AP , standing by a balcony overlooking the site. “We have a very accessible view on it.” The hotel actually has the best sight lines for seeing the site, complete with cranes, bulldozers and scaffolding. So much so, that the National September 11 Memorial & Museum directs visitors to the building to get a good look. Guests are privy to the view 24-hours a day, though if it gets to them they can easily block it with dark curtains. The noise from the construction of a memorial is controlled by special soundproof panes. “I thought, ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be neat to be up on the sixth or seventh floor and really see the work in progress?’” said one guest, a salesman from Baltimore. “You could say it’s depressing, but you could also say it’s been nine years, the Freedom Tower is going up and there’s going to be a memorial. We’re looking toward the future.” But another visitor to Ground Zero had a more somber view: “I wouldn’t stay there,” said Michael Meindorfer of Frankfurt. “To go everyday and come home and see something like this. … It’s sad.”

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Hotel Near WTC Site Luring Guests with Ground Zero Views