The Hoboken City Council had almost no say over the office building that's going up next to the W. That building's site, like the land of the W itself and the other buildings along Hoboken's southern waterfront, is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which has declared itself exempt from most local zoning and other land-use regulations.

And I suppose we'll have to see once construction is complete, but it certainly looks like a good number of rooms on the south side of the W will lose their view once the office building is done.