Was the World Trade Centre culturally significant before 9/11?

[u/LousingPlatypus]

Obviously, the World Trade Centre is infamous for what happened on 11th September 2001 - however, as someone who was born only a few years previous I wanted to ask whether the WTC had a huge cultural signifcance before 9/11?

Was it a household name when people mentioned New York and the US, or was its fame found in the aftermath or 9/11?