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407 00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:12,542 into an all-glass bank was quite unusual. 408 00:34:12,625 --> 00:34:16,417 Radical, really, 'cause during that time 409 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,958 banks were designed to be imposing, fortress-like, 410 00:34:20,042 --> 00:34:21,667 with tellers behind bars. 411 00:34:23,708 --> 00:34:28,292 The idea here was that you walk in at street level. 412 00:34:28,375 --> 00:34:29,500 You don't have to climb any stairs. 413 00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:30,667 It's inviting. 414 00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:33,333 Sorry, what? 415 00:34:33,417 --> 00:34:34,708 - What are you doing? 416 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:36,042 - What? 417 00:34:36,125 --> 00:34:39,125 - Who are you? 418 00:34:39,208 --> 00:34:40,458 - Shut up. 419 00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:42,125 I'm just trying to tell you about this building. 420 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:44,292 - Okay, stop with the tour guide mode for a second. 421 00:34:44,375 --> 00:34:45,292 - I'm not in a mode. 422 00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:46,917 - You said this is one of your favourite buildings. 423 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,000 - It is. - Why? 424 00:34:51,583 --> 00:34:53,625 - It's one of the first modernist banks 425 00:34:53,708 --> 00:34:55,250 in the United States. - No, no, that can't be it. 426 00:34:55,333 --> 00:34:56,750 Do you like this building intellectually 427 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:58,167 because of all the facts? 428 00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:01,333 - No. 429 00:35:03,625 --> 00:35:05,125 I'm also moved by it. 430 00:35:05,208 --> 00:35:07,625 - Yes, yes, tell me about that. 431 00:35:07,708 --> 00:35:08,583 What moves you? 432 00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:13,500 - I thought you hated architecture? 433 00:35:13,583 --> 00:35:17,250 - I do but I'm interested in what moves you, 434 00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:18,792 particularly about a building. 435 00:36:06,833 --> 00:36:08,542 But wouldn't you get tired of it? 436 00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:10,333 - No, not at all. 437 00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:12,458 And I'd get to interact 438 00:36:12,542 --> 00:36:15,625 with all these interesting people from all over the world. 439 00:36:17,083 --> 00:36:18,167 - The problem with being a tour guide 440 00:36:18,250 --> 00:36:20,167 is that you stop seeking. 441 00:36:21,167 --> 00:36:23,125 You become some arbiter of tidbit facts 442 00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:25,250 that you start repeating over and over. 443 00:36:26,167 --> 00:36:27,208 You'd hate it. 444 00:36:27,292 --> 00:36:29,042 - Take this walkway, 445 00:36:29,125 --> 00:36:30,375 then you'll go through the building 446 00:36:30,458 --> 00:36:32,500 and you'll see signs for the main hospital 447 00:36:32,583 --> 00:36:33,500 on the other side. 448 00:36:38,583 --> 00:36:40,208 - I like this building. 449 00:36:40,292 --> 00:36:42,083 - Isn't it great? - Yeah. 450 00:36:43,208 --> 00:36:45,708 - It's a little rundown, but it's still great. 451 00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,167 - Can I tell you something? 452 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:50,208 - What? 453 00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:53,250 - I know a bit about Polshek and this building. 454 00:36:53,333 --> 00:36:54,125 - You do? 455 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:57,000 - Yeah, he had this idea, Polshek did, 456 00:36:57,083 --> 00:37:00,292 of architecture being this sort of healing art. 457 00:37:00,375 --> 00:37:02,875 That it had the power to restore 458 00:37:02,958 --> 00:37:05,167 and that architects should be responsible. 459 00:37:06,125 --> 00:37:08,167 - Do you mind if I... - For the tour? 460 00:37:09,292 --> 00:37:10,833 - No. 461 00:37:10,917 --> 00:37:13,500 - Anyway, all the details of this building 462 00:37:13,583 --> 00:37:16,375 are mindful of that responsibility, 463 00:37:16,458 --> 00:37:20,042 especially since it was a structure for mental health. 464 00:37:20,125 --> 00:37:20,958 This building was meant to be 465 00:37:21,042 --> 00:37:24,500 both a literal and metaphoric bridge. 466 00:37:26,083 --> 00:37:29,042 Polshek had the same idea for the Clinton Library. 467 00:37:33,375 --> 00:37:37,000 - Did your dad tell you all this? 468 00:37:37,083 --> 00:37:37,958 - No. 469 00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:41,792 I think he was planning on writing something about Polshek, 470 00:37:41,875 --> 00:37:43,083 but then he found out that Polshek 471 00:37:43,167 --> 00:37:44,917 was writing his own book. 472 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,333 It came out very recently. 473 00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:48,583 - And you read it? 474 00:37:50,250 --> 00:37:53,333 - Some of it, the part about this building. 475 00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:57,250 - And you don't care about architecture? 476 00:37:57,333 --> 00:37:58,125 - I skimmed it, 477 00:37:58,208 --> 00:37:59,833 it was in my father's room when I got here. 478 00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:06,042 - Wait, so you you just recently...