Many who hoped to dine in the WTC’s Windows on the World took solace that from the beginning, the new WTC’s plan called for another top floor restaurant. But last night, the Port Authority and the Durst Organization announced that they have scrapped plans for a Windows on the World-type restaurant. PA Executive Director Chris Ward said, “We do not build vanity projects at the top of tall buildings.” But that means the terrorists won!
Jordan Barowitz of the Durst Organization told us, “It’s extraordinarily expensive to build and operate a restaurant at the top of an office building. After looking at the numbers, the plan for a restaurant was not financially viable.”
No vanity projects?
You mean like building a completely new modern tower instead of the old one that’s 1776 feet tall as an indication of our independence year isn’t a vanity project?
Stop it.