Bottle
Photo credit: Jin S. Lee
Accession Number: C.2017.201.1
Dimensions: 12.5 in X 3.875 in
Dimensions (Metric): 31.75 cm X 9.8425 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 31.75 cm X 9.8425 cm
Source: David Berk
Credit Line: Gift of David and Jane Berk
Description
Bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardian 15th anniversary Windows on the World commemorative champagne. The bottle is dark-green glass. Its printed label has the Windows on the World logo and text: "15th Anniversary | 1976-1991." The top of the bottle is unopened but its liquid has been drained through the bottom.
Bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardian 15th anniversary Windows on the World commemorative champagne. The bottle is dark-green glass. Its printed label has the Windows on the World logo and text: "15th Anniversary | 1976-1991." The top of the bottle is unopened but its liquid has been drained through the bottom.
Historical Notes
Dr. David Berk is a practicing dentist who graduated from NYU medical school in 1969. To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of their graduation, his class hosted a reunion at Windows on the World in 1991, which happened to overlap with the 15th anniversary of the restaurant. Berk saved a commemorative champagne bottle from Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin in its original box after attending the reunion.
Dr. David Berk is a practicing dentist who graduated from NYU medical school in 1969. To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of their graduation, his class hosted a reunion at Windows on the World in 1991, which happened to overlap with the 15th anniversary of the restaurant. Berk saved a commemorative champagne bottle from Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin in its original box after attending the reunion.
Curator's Comment
Located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower, Windows on the World opened in the spring of 1976. New York magazine marked the restaurant’s debut on its May 1976 cover with a headline declaring it “The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World.” A team of celebrity chefs helped devise menus for the eatery, which featured not only a 300-seat restaurant but also a bar, wine cellar, more intimate dining areas, and private banquet rooms and meeting spaces for hire. With floor-to-ceiling windows, larger than their counterparts elsewhere in the Twin Towers, the multilevel restaurant offered diners stunning panoramic views of New York City and beyond. Tourists and locals alike lined up to reserve their dining adventure in the clouds. Entering 1993, WOW (its popular nickname) was one of the country’s highest-grossing restaurants.
After the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center, the restaurant closed for cleaning and major renovations. It reopened in 1996 under new management. The iconic dining establishment in the sky was destroyed in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Seventy-two staff members were killed that day along with the breakfast guests and conference goers they were serving.
HIDE
Located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower, Windows on the World opened in the spring of 1976. New York magazine marked the restaurant’s debut on its May 1976 cover with a headline declaring it “The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World.” A team of celebrity chefs helped devise menus for the eatery, which featured not only a 300-seat restaurant but also a bar, wine cellar, more intimate dining areas, and private banquet rooms and meeting spaces for hire. With floor-to-ceiling windows, larger than their counterparts elsewhere in the Twin Towers, the multilevel restaurant offered diners stunning panoramic views of New York City and beyond. Tourists and locals alike lined up to reserve their dining adventure in the clouds. Entering 1993, WOW (its popular nickname) was one of the country’s highest-grossing restaurants.
After the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center, the restaurant closed for cleaning and major renovations. It reopened in 1996 under new management. The iconic dining establishment in the sky was destroyed in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Seventy-two staff members were killed that day along with the breakfast guests and conference goers they were serving.
HIDE
