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On February 1, 2003, the LMDC selected two finalists, the THINK Team and Studio Daniel Libeskind, and planned on picking a single winner by the end of the month. Rafael Viñoly of the THINK Team and Studio Daniel Libeskind presented their designs to the LMDC, which selected the THINK design. Earlier the same day, however, [[Roland Betts]], a member of the LMDC, had called a meeting and the corporation had agreed to vote for the THINK design before hearing the final presentations. Governor Pataki, who had originally commissioned the LMDC, intervened and overruled the LMDC's decision.<ref name=breakingground /> On February 27, 2003, Studio Daniel Libeskind officially won the competition to be the master planner for the World Trade Center redesign.
Libeskind's original proposal, which is titled [[Memory Foundations]], underwent extensive revisions during collaboration with Larry Silverstein, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whom Silverstein hired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/Sept_2003_refined_design.asp |title=Lower Manhattan Development Corporation |website=www.renewnyc.com|access-date=August 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416100733/http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/Sept_2003_refined_design.asp|archive-date=April 16, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though Libeskind designed the site, the individual buildings have been designed by different architects. While not all of Liebeskind's ideas were incorporated into the final design, his design and the public support it garnered did solidify the principle that the original footprints of the Twin Towers should be turned into a memorial and not be used for commercial purposes. As a result, Liebeskind's lawyers at the New York firm of Wachtell Lipton embarked on the multi-year negotiation process to frame a master plan for the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtc.com/news/Silversteins-Army |title=Silverstein's Army – World Trade Center |website=www.wtc.com}}</ref> The first step in this process, completed in 2003, was the "swap" in which Silverstein gave up his rights to the footprints of the Twin Towers so that they could become a memorial, and in exchange received the right to build five new office towers around the memorial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanlawyer-digital.com/americanlawyer/tal200709/?pg=5 |title=Error |website=www.americanlawyer-digital.com |url-access=subscription |page=5 |access-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406092831/http://www.americanlawyer-digital.com/americanlawyer/tal200709/?pg=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The "swap" and the ensuing negotiations, which lasted for many years, have been referred to as the most complex real estate transaction in human history because of the complexity of the issues involved, the many stakeholders, and the difficulty of reaching consensus.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Scott |last=Raab |title=Construction of World Trade Center |magazine=Esquire |date=May 24, 2007}}</ref>
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