WTC: Thinking Outside The Box

"All of the plans specify elements beyond the terms of a lease that did not anticipate the complete destruction of the twin towers... What is needed now is a strategy for emptying out the box, so that actual planning can begin... Mr. Schwartz's plan...sets forth two integrated goals. The first is to reduce market pressure on the World Trade Center site. The second is to mend the cityscape now shattered by the stretch of West Street south of Chambers Street. With remarkable elegance, both objectives are accomplished with a single move: transferring the bulk of the required commercial space from the World Trade Center site and distributing it along West Street."

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism