Installation View: A World Trade Center and The West Side Site

The next section focused on the client, then known as The Port of New York Authority [now The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)], the site selection, and the architectural commission, won by Minoru Yamasaki. On display are many earlier planning reports and study proposals for a trade center and design proposals for different building solutions. The chief attraction of this section is the original presentation model of the complex from the office of Yamasaki Associates.