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David Emil is an American

September 11, 2001 attacks, David Emil was the president of the company that owned and operated the restaurant Windows on the World on the 106th and 107th floors of One World Trade Center, New York, New York.[1] All the employees and guests at the restaurant during the attacks died, 79 of whom were Windows on the World employees.[2]

Soon after the attacks, David Emil co-founded, along with restaurateurs Waldy Malouf and Tom Valenti, Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund, a relief fund for families of victims in the hospitality business throughout the World Trade Center. Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund raised $25 million to provide on-going support for the children of victims.[3]

Education and public service

David Emil, an alumnus of

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi who asserted they had been tortured despite the regime's claims that torture had been discontinued. A report based on Emil's and Burley's investigation, published in January 1979, provided detailed accounts of torture endured by political prisoners.[5][6]

In the early 1980s, David Emil served as an assistant counsel to New York Governor

Battery Park City Authority on the recommendation of New York State Governor Mario Cuomo in October 1988.[7]

As Battery Park City Authority president, Emil oversaw the construction of Stuyvesant High School and North Cove Marina on the 92-acre landfill site in Lower Manhattan.[8] In 1994, Emil stepped down from the position at the Battery Park City Authority to enter the private sector.[9]

David Emil returned to public service in 2007 when Gov.

Port Authority were in an ongoing dispute regarding 5 World Trade Center, ownership to which the LMDC had transferred to the Port Authority in 2006; the LMDC claims that the Port Authority owes the LMDC hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for preparing the site for development.[13]

The LMDC was also responsible for the demolition of the

Bovis Lend Lease was contracted to demolish the building, and began doing so in 2007; however, a fatal fire that year caused the death of two firefighters and demolition was halted.[15] OSHA determined Bovis Lend Lease had multiple safety violations including blocked and unmarked exits, a lack of fire extinguishers, and permitting smoking on the site, which investigators have determined to be the fire's probable cause.[16][17] The Deutsche Bank building was finally demolished in 2011, and in January of that year, the LMDC sued Bovis Lend Lease for $100 million, seeking to retrieve funds it said were advanced to get the project started in 2006 as well as costs incurred with cost overruns.[18] A resolution of a $50 million settlement from Bovis Lend Lease to Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was reached in March, 2015.[19][20]

Restaurant career

In 1994, David Emil left his position at

Battery Park City Authority to join legendary restaurateur Joe Baum as a partner in the Rainbow Room restaurant complex at Rockefeller Center as well as the renovation and reopening of Windows on the World on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower at the World Trade Center.[21][22]

Closed in 1993 after a terrorist bomb exploded in the World Trade Center garage, Windows on the World reopened in 1996 following a $30 million renovation under a 15-year lease with the

Port Authority and a global-themed menu.[23][24][25]

In 1997, under the culinary direction of new executive chef Michael Lomonaco, Windows on the World was awarded two stars by Ruth Reichl of The New York Times.[26] A smaller restaurant in the complex, Wild Blue, was given one star by New York Times reviewer William Grimes in 1999.[27]

At the time of the 9/11 attacks, Windows on the World was operated solely by Night Sky Restaurants controlled by David Emil and his family.

Restaurants and Institutions magazine, with $37.5 million in sales in 2000.[29]

In 1997,

Cipriani
family to operate the Rainbow Room space.

In 1999, Emil, Baum and former Rainbow Room chef, Waldy Malouf, opened Beacon Restaurant in mid-town Manhattan offering wood-fired cuisine.[31] Beacon closed in 2012.[32]

References

  1. ^ Greenhouse, Steven (2001-09-21). "A NATION CHALLENGED: WINDOWS ON THE WORLD; A Showpiece's Survivors Wonder What to do Now". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Last Elevator Down". NPR.org.
  3. ^ "Reshaped by 9/11: David Emil". 2011-08-27.
  4. ^ "Columbia Magazine".
  5. ^ "Shah's Regime Still Obsesses Iranians". Washington Post. 1979-12-16.
  6. ^ "Torture Continuing in Iran, Rights Group Charges". The New York Times. 1978-12-12.
  7. ^ "METRO DATELINES; President is Chosen for Battery Park City". The New York Times. 1988-10-05.
  8. ^ Oser, Alan S. (1989-07-09). "PERSPECTIVES: Battery Park City; Shaping the Pattern of Future Housing". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Comfort Food". 3 June 2002.
  10. ^ Hakim, Danny (2007-04-17). "Albany: New Chairman for Development Corporation". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2007-04-23). "Ground Zero - Lower Manhattan Development Corporation - Joyce Theater". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "CNN.com - Six options offered to rebuild Ground Zero - July 20, 2002". CNN.
  13. ^ "Dispute keeps WTC Tower 5 development in limbo". 2014-09-11.
  14. ^ "EPA opposes cleanup changes at Deutsche Bank building - NY Daily News". New York Daily News. 30 August 2007.
  15. ^ "2 Firefighters Are Dead in Deutsche Bank Fire". 2007-08-18.
  16. ^ "10 Years After 9/11, Deutsche Bank Tower Vanishes". 2011-01-12.
  17. ^ Rashbaum, William K.; Bagli, Charles V. (2008-02-20). "Bank Tower Contractors Accused of 44 Violations". The New York Times.
  18. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (2011-01-25). "Deutsche Bank Building Woes Spawn $100 Million Suit". The New York Times.
  19. ^ "LMDC to use $50M settlement to bankroll 14 public projects". 2016-03-18.
  20. ^ "LMDC is Not Dead Yet; Deutsche Bank Settlement Could Add $50 Million to its Coffers". 2015-03-27.
  21. ^ Pristin, Terry (1998-06-11). "Metro Business; Change at Rainbow Room". The New York Times.
  22. ^ "Comfort Food". 3 June 2002.
  23. ^ Fabricant, Florence (1996-06-19). "New Windows on a New World;Can the Food Ever Match the View?". The New York Times.
  24. ^ "Windows on the World, New York's Sky-High Restaurant". 11 September 2013.
  25. ^ "New York Magazine". 1996-07-15.
  26. ^ Reichl, Ruth (1997-12-31). "Restaurants; Food That's Nearly Worthy of the View". The New York Times.
  27. ^ Grimes, William (1999-06-09). "RESTAURANTS; in a Cozy Cabin Amid the Shooting Stars". The New York Times.
  28. ^ Grimes, William (2001-09-19). "Windows That Rose So Close to the Sun". The New York Times.
  29. ^ "Tavern rakes in the green". 2006-10-12.
  30. ^ Reichl, Ruth (1997-01-10). "Restaurants". The New York Times.
  31. ^ "Former Rainbow Room Chef Opens New Manhattan Restaurant | News | News & Features | Wine Spectator".
  32. ^ "Midtown Restaurant Beacon Has Closed After Thirteen Years". 24 December 2012.
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