Thursday, September 10, 2026

Windows on the World restaurant changed New York City before 9/11

This is a nice contribution by the WSJ to the 25th anniversary of 9/11!

I had forgotten about this restaurant at the top of the WTC!

"Not only was it a culinary juggernaut, but the sky-high restaurant—soaring more than 100 stories above the city in the North Tower of the World Trade Center—shifted the city’s culture. Famed graphic designer Milton Glaser designed the venue to be “a journey to the promised land, an adventure in imagination, the pursuit of the unexpected.” ..."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Windows on the World Was More Than a Restaurant — It Was a New York State of Mind "On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Windows on the World, we look back at the iconic New York restaurant’s enduring legacy."




Interior of Windows on the World on July 29, 2000.


The views were spectacular





The logo (Source)


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