Donald Trump's pink-marble fantasy, home to the world's most glamorous boutiques, wrapped in gleaming, dark-bronze glass, opened on Fifth Avenue when empty store windows and "Going Out of Business" signs abounded. For a few golden years after its opening on Feb. 14, 1983, Trump Tower audaciously screamed that New York, beset by soaring crime and crumbling streets, might once again live up to its self-proclaimed "world's greatest city" image.
It arrived under a cascade of 10,000 balloons in a delirious blaze of 1980s optimism. Donald Trump's pink-marble fantasy, home to the world's most glamorous boutiques, wrapped in gleaming, dark-bronze glass, opened on Fifth Avenue when empty store windows and "Going Out of Business" signs abounded.
Young people with no pants wait for the subway train during the event 'No Pants Subway Ride' in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Jan. 8, 2017. What started in New York City in 2002 with a just a handful of people has blossomed into a worldwide movement involving thousands.
Riders take photos of the new Second Avenue sub way line in New York City's East 96th Street station. Riders take photos of the new Second Avenue sub way line in New York City's East 96th Street station.
Bill Murray, maybe more myth than man at this point, is perhaps New York City's most beloved urban legend. So, if you're anybody who's anybody, you have a weird Bill Murray story in your back pocket.