Before 9-11, people in NYC would say that the Empire State and the Chrysler Building were the architectural jewels in NYC's crown and the World Trade Center buildings were the boxes they came in.
That's pretty funny. I lived in New York when they were building the Twin Towers and all I remember was negative press about them. But I did have New Year's Day brunch, 198,2 at Windows on the World and I shall never forget it.