In February 2001, the Hearst Corporation announced that it had hired Norman Foster to design a tower addition. In spite of the September 11 attacks later that year, the Hearst Corporation decided to proceed with the project. Foster said that the board felt that, "If we don't do anything, terrorists have won". However, as a result of the attacks, Foster and Hearst decided to restrict visitor access to part of the atrium, and relocate the tower's core away from the street. Other parts of the design were also reviewed, but the glass facade was retained. Foster's team ultimately designed more than one hundred plans for the tower. Foster filed plans for the construction of the Hearst Tower that October, and the LPC approved the tower one month later. Hearst had consulted with the community to allay any concerns and opposition, so the approval took a relatively short three hours. The Hearst Tower thus became the first major skyscraper in Manhattan to be built after the September 11 attacks.