There's also the Louisiana Cancer Research Center, which looks to be an awesome building in a visible site along I-10. A recent article in Architectural Record indicated that construction should begin soon after being postponed after the storm.
As for Plaza Tower: it's about time. It's such a unique building, I've never seen anything like it even in much bigger cities. It's like
De Stijl on a huge scale. Every renovation proposal has tried to completely change the design, which seems wasteful and disrespectful to me.
The WWII museum expansion just looks weird.