[TREPYE]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Not a bait-and-switch at all. You may not remember what the original planned towers looked like, but what we actually got is far superior, trust me. Of course, these designs will be refined more, that’s to be expected. We watched that play out in the last phase, really in most proposals.

Related had already had a few alterarions to the designated site plans.

I remember very well this selling point because I was looking forward to see what they came up with, and being very disappointed with what they ended up putting up:

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/...ards-discussed

For Kohn Pedersen Fox, Arquitectonica, Robert A.M. Stern, and West 8, which collaborated on the proposal from the Related Companies and Goldman Sachs, the project is all about variety. “What we’re really talking about is trying to make a neighborhood for people to live and work in,” Stern said. “A New York neighborhood which is diverse in its functions, diverse in its architecture, diverse in its typologies, and one that can grow incrementally and change over time as the project goes forward, even after completion.” Hoping to reflect existing Manhattan city blocks more than a singular, super-sized development, the proposal calls for buildings of varying heights, styles, and materials, from bricks and mortar to glass.

"Variety".... not quite.