...six architectural concepts for the redevelopment of lower Manhattan were put on public display and unveiled in the press. The relative merits of the designs aside, what is most striking about the published presentations us that the newspapers show aerial views of models and schematic plans of land use; none of these show the public what they would encounter on the street.

- Skyscraper, Prologue: The Skyscraper Problem - A Question of Style, Roger Shepherd