 After the removal of Tilted Arc, landscape artist Martha Schwartz re-designed the plaza. Martha Schwartz benches were the first project after Tilted arc was removed. Other artworks connected with building include A Study in Five Planes/Peace (1965) by Alexander Calder and the Manhattan Sentinels (1996) by Beverly Pepper. In the James L. Watson Court of International Trade can be found Metropolis (1967) by Seymour Fogel and Eagle/Justice Above All Else (1970) by Theodore Roszak. 

 Michael Van Valkenburgh's redesign of the plaza attempts to balance its identity as both an intimate public space and a reflection of the larger civic landscape of Foley Square. 

<p>Located in the heart of New York City's civic center, the Jacob Javits Plaza (a.k.a. Federal Plaza) is at the intersection of several diverse communities. The one acre plaza of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building at Foley Square serves both as an open-air entryway to the building and as a public park drawing users from the nearby residential neighborhoods of Tribeca, Chinatown, and Battery Park City. <br /></p>

'It's sort of like the facade reflected in water' 

Van Valkenburgh says that the plaza's previous incarnations reflect 'an evolving idea of life in cities and urbanity.'&amp;nbsp;Tilted Arc&amp;nbsp;exemplified the 1960s and '70s idea of sculpture as landscape's salvation. The plaza's transformation continues with MVVA's scheme. 'Although our designs are not very similar in a spatial or material sense, Martha's thinking about habitation and the need to create a sense of welcome definitely influenced our approach,' he says. 'In this way, I feel like our work is an extension of what she was doing.'  