Windows
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In spite of its quarter-mile heights, Windows on the World deviated from lofty and pretentious fine-dining conventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Windows on the World became a culinary juggernaut that changed American dining culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the opening party for Windows on the World in 1976, headlined by opera star Beverly Sills and Mayor Abe Beame, Glaser’s dishware began to disappear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lomonaco is a central character in the “Top of the World,” as his arrival as the executive chef of Windows in 1997 boosted the restaurant’s culinary reputation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the mid-1980s Kelling was hired by the New York Transit Authority as a consultant, and he urged them to put the Broken Windows theory into practice.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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