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...competition winners responsible for the new design are three previously almost totally unknown New York City designers teaching at Columbia: Gerhard Kallmann, Noel McKinnell and Edward Knowles. Of the three, only Knowles was then licensed to practice, and none of them had ever built a major structure of any kind before. In other words, they knew as much about what a city hall should be as most of their competitors...
...decided to create big spaces where the people could come into contact with their government," explains Kallmann. "We wanted to draw them into it instead of letting them stand around outside." Thus, though the city hall is a bastion, it abounds in entrances, ramps, staircases, and a huge central courtyard-all suitable, as Kallmann points out, for sit-ins. Lower levels, which will have the most traffic, are reserved for public business, contain windows at which citizens can file complaints, get licenses, argue over assessments, and register to vote. Slung through the belly of the building, with hooded windows projecting...
...informal polls indicate that an increasing number of secretaries and taxi drivers are coming to like it. The architects hope that with time the city hall will accumulate the usual collection of flags and trophies. "It should bear the marks of the people who use it," says McKinnell. And Kallmann thinks that the building is ready for all the coming wear and tear. Says he confidently: "It isn't so delicate that it can't take...