How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York
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The Independent
The Independent (US)The story of the World Trade Center restaurant staff who lost their lives on 9/11
A new documentary retells the story of the World Trade Center’s iconic top-floor restaurant, Windows on the World. For the surviving staff, its legacy rests not on how it ended but on the workplace they created for 25 years before that tragic day, Jasmine Fernández writes
Windows on the World, located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, was a culinary phenomenon that forever changed the culture of the city. It was created at a time when not only the city's gastronomy, but also the whole of New York was in decline. But visitors quickly fell in love with it, and "Windows" soon became the mainstay of the local scene. Until the fateful 9/11.
How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES
When a team set out to build a destination restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center in 1971, lower Manhattan was not exactly a dining hot spot. Architect Warren Platner envisioned a warm and sensory aesthetic. “The city was in the s—s,” said Michael Whiteman, who partnered with restaurateur Joe Baum to open […]
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