The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York

Book overview Description Editorial Reviews An “engrossing” history of the restaurant atop the World Trade Center “that ruled the New York City skyline from April 1976 until September 11, 2001” (Booklist, starred review).In the 1970s, New York City was plagued by crime, filth, and an ineffective government.

The city was falling apart, and even the newly constructed World Trade Center threatened to be a fiasco.

But in April 1976, a quarter-mile up on the 107th floor of the North Tower, a new restaurant called Windows on the World opened its doors—a glittering sign that New York wasn’t done just yet.