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Ads engaging or annoying?

Westin's hefty $300,000-plus price tag to plaster advertising in almost every possible space in the shuttle station area of Grand Central is more expensive than past significant campaigns on MTA property.

But the shelled-out cash should be worth it, especially with distracted, busy straphangers to contend with, according to one marking professor.

"I think the bigger your canvas, the...

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