The Westin New York in Times Square, one of Carolina Miranda's ugliest buildings in NYC

NYC's Ugliest New Building

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 8, 2010

This week the the American Institute of Architects (AIA) unveils its latest Guide to New York, the must-have architectural bible that tracks -- block by block -- the city's significant structures. The book tends to focus on architectural highlights, but Carolina Miranda, arts critic and author of WNYC Culture’s Gallerina blog, combed through it in a search for NYC's ugliest building in the city.

Want to nominate a building of your own? There are two ways!

+ Submit photos to the Ugliest Buildings Flickr pool. The Culture site will feature the ten best -- er, ugliest -- ones in a slideshow on this site next week.

+ In the comments section below. Write about the building you love to hate, and why. If you feel so inspired, include a link to google maps street view so others can see it!

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