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...Pei has earned his reputation in urban design not for crafting architectural prima donnas, but for building what he has called "good neighbors," which easily fit into the scheme of the city...
...voiced its disapproval of the plans after studying the proposal and meeting with Hancock architects, Pei and his general partner Henry Cobb, his chief designer for the Hancock project. The architect group urged that the Boston Board of Appeals deny Hancock's petition for zoning variance until the insurance firm could come up with a "modified" plan better suited for the character of Copley Square. The BSA feared that the building would interrupt the serene pattern of the neighboring Trinity Church and the Florentine Boston Public Library...
After holding hearings to determine if the proposed development conformed with the master plan of the city, and was in accord with the neighbors, the Hancock people finally got Pei's design okayed, in September 1968. But it was only after ten months of wrangling and a change in the zoning law that Hancock...
...spokesman for the BSA said shortly after the zoning law passage that "the overall project does not recognize human values," yet he still allowed that "the Pei planners did the best they could in light of their clients' insistence on the tower and other requirements...
...Jack Feeley, director of public information for Hancock, said last week that his firm had told Pei only "to create a site that would accomodate space needs and have aesthetic qualities at the same time." And architect Henry Cobb, in Nadel's Esquire article, said he decided himself that since the building "had to be tall, near the size of the Prudential Building...if you're going to be near the size of the Prudential, it's better to be taller, than shorter...