Windows on the World restaurant
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Windows on the World restaurant was a famed fine-dining establishment and tourist destination located atop the North Tower of New York City’s original World Trade Center, renowned for its panoramic skyline views.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Windows on the World restaurant canonical | 2 |
| Windows on the World Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4003879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows on the World restaurant Context triple: [original World Trade Center, feature, Windows on the World restaurant]
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A.
SkyPoint Observation Deck
SkyPoint Observation Deck is a popular observation and entertainment venue atop the Q1 building on Australia’s Gold Coast, offering panoramic coastal and city views.
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B.
Pan Am Building
The Pan Am Building, now known as the MetLife Building, is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that became an iconic part of New York City's skyline.
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C.
30 Hudson Yards observation deck
The 30 Hudson Yards observation deck, known as Edge, is a glass-floored outdoor sky deck in New York City offering panoramic views from one of the highest public outdoor terraces in the Western Hemisphere.
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D.
Central Park Tower
Central Park Tower is a supertall luxury residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable as one of the tallest buildings in New York City and the Western Hemisphere.
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E.
East Tower
East Tower is a prominent residential skyscraper within the Deansgate Square complex in Manchester, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows on the World restaurant Target entity description: Windows on the World restaurant was a famed fine-dining establishment and tourist destination located atop the North Tower of New York City’s original World Trade Center, renowned for its panoramic skyline views.
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A.
SkyPoint Observation Deck
SkyPoint Observation Deck is a popular observation and entertainment venue atop the Q1 building on Australia’s Gold Coast, offering panoramic coastal and city views.
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B.
Pan Am Building
The Pan Am Building, now known as the MetLife Building, is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that became an iconic part of New York City's skyline.
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C.
30 Hudson Yards observation deck
The 30 Hudson Yards observation deck, known as Edge, is a glass-floored outdoor sky deck in New York City offering panoramic views from one of the highest public outdoor terraces in the Western Hemisphere.
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D.
Central Park Tower
Central Park Tower is a supertall luxury residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable as one of the tallest buildings in New York City and the Western Hemisphere.
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E.
East Tower
East Tower is a prominent residential skyscraper within the Deansgate Square complex in Manchester, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fine-dining restaurant
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restaurant ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| closingDate | September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cuisine |
American cuisine
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New American cuisine ⓘ |
| designedBy | Warren Platner ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| destroyedOn | September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| elevationAboveGround | over 1,300 feet ⓘ |
| features |
Horizon Suite event space
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The Greatest Bar on Earth ⓘ Wild Blue restaurant ⓘ |
| floorCountOccupied | 2 floors ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
banquet facilities
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bar ⓘ dining room ⓘ private dining rooms ⓘ |
| hasSeatingCapacity | approximately 300 diners ⓘ |
| heritage | iconic New York City restaurant of the late 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Sunday brunch
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fine dining ⓘ jazz performances ⓘ panoramic views of New York City skyline ⓘ view of Manhattan ⓘ view of New York Harbor ⓘ wine list ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Manhattan
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ One World Trade Center (1973–2001) ⓘ World Trade Center ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
106th floor of the North Tower
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107th floor of the North Tower ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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surface form:
National September 11 Memorial & Museum exhibits
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| notableEvent | loss of nearly all staff and guests present on September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| operatedAs | public restaurant ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Windows on the World restaurant
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Windows on the World Inc.
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| ownedBy | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ |
| reopeningDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| status | destroyed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course"
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documentaries about the World Trade Center ⓘ |
| viewOf |
Brooklyn Bridge
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Empire State Building ⓘ Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Windows on the World restaurant Description of subject: Windows on the World restaurant was a famed fine-dining establishment and tourist destination located atop the North Tower of New York City’s original World Trade Center, renowned for its panoramic skyline views.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Windows on the World restaurant
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operatedBy
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Windows on the World restaurant
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Windows on the World
this entity surface form:
Windows on the World Inc.