The result is an urban vision that is startling in its scope.
But it emulates admirably the breadth of their urban vision.
Surely a benign urban vision requires a distinction between a park and a parking lot.
It's an urban, fractured vision, where things just happen and control isn't part of the game.
Then, moments after stepping inside that legendarily imperial dome, you may begin to discern an urban vision of your own.
The city's historic core already is etched with the memories of abandoned urban visions.
This particular urban vision depends on large numbers of commuters and fewer local supporting personnel.
Above all, perhaps, many feel let down by the Clinton Administration and its failure to bring architects together behind a compelling urban vision.
This "city physics," compared with grand urban visions, is short-term and human-scale.
Today, the city occupies a pivotal position in the West as an international platform for urban visions.