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wtg
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posted 19 September 2019 06:08 PM
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Constructing the Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World

How legendary restaurateur Joe Baum created Windows on the World atop the World Trade Center


https://www.eater.com/2019/9/1...source=pocket-newtab


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posted 20 September 2019 07:48 AMHide Post
That’s where I was supposed to be that day. That’s where the Risk Waters conference on electronic trading was to be held, the 11th and 12th.


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posted 20 September 2019 07:48 AMHide Post
Interesting to think that in just over a decade from now the towers will have been gone longer than they stood.


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posted 20 September 2019 09:10 AMHide Post
I was first there in 1978. Awe inspiring buildings. Even the lobby made your jaw drop.


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