The opposite of a NYC view
At check-in time I was told that even thought I'm a Platinum Starwood member, I would be much happier in a king room with a park view on the 31st floor, than a junior suite on a lower-level. Not so. Starting at 6:45am, there was incessant banging and clanking -- so loud, that even my Bose noise canceling headset failed. So loud, that I needed to take a work call on the toilet with the door closed. 
At 7:00 I opened the blinds to find 15 hard hat wearing construction workers staring into my room. On the 31st floor! Oh, and the park is completely blocked by the new structure. See accompanying pictures.
There's no way I'll stay at the Le Meridien again -- far too many excellent hotels in NYC to bother.