THE ARCHITECT’S PLEA.
Rebecca Koffman quotes am emotional statement by Michael Graves about the threat to his building: “The whole idea of tearing the building down, it’s like killing a child.”
She also quotes what he said about seeing the building that evening: “It was shimmering, it was so uplifting .There was Portlandia, there was the building….I had the biggest smile on my face….It was joy.”