Partnership you need to have strong collaboration when you have a chance to walk around the building youll see we created open spaces for people to collaborate and, breakdown the hierarch so we can recognize the innovation that mayor ed lee and this Incredible Community has demonstrated. I also learned by Walking Around the building this symbolize some ways of understanding our past and a future. Here on the overview of veterans day titus it make sense toy vitality and open this building. I have an opportunity to look at the history a retired admiral gave me the history. Hey i didnt know we have another oral office now i do laughter but after helping us to protect our country and freedom across the world what a great opportunity to do the work we do in a building that has provided history. And we try to contribute to a better history by building more buildings to deliver the Important Mission to maximize the productively and breaking down barriers and walls to help people Work Together
San francisco is also ready and able to do. As we bring life into the building this is renovated in the Great Recession and now ready for another service hopefully it is something well be calling the great come back of our economy. I think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because its more than a building its more than a workplace or a you mean its to growth and regional its the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldnt be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. So thank you very much all very much. Thank you so much congresswoman your leadership in the house that passed the recovery act not only helped to create and save millions of jobs but it is what made this project possible so thank you. Tiger lee is the director for the Administration Services hes served a vital role to build a responsible government for the American People. Hes been recognized and as our that administrator hes leading us to greater inn
This court yard was done within the program. This program offered the opportunity to work with architect and engineers and significant collaborations that integrate art into the general mifgsdz public buildings. During this collaboration i had the pleasure to work with jennifer and ken barker in washington and don davis. As well as others from the construction site. And we also had an excellent contractor. That my most significant professional collaboration in the project was with two people don doug last from the Fine Arts Program and cliff low. Cliff lows sensitive were structural for me to create the landscape ribbons. Don douglas demanded the best quality. The sculptor in this court yard called ribbons is the heart and soul of the building. Its meant to adapt to the moments like this. It can be a place of respite. The sculptor responses to the hierarch of the skrurlt with the ribbons. This major emphasis on the horizon is to compliment the architecture and it is perfect to the hist
Sort of what are we going to do and exploit the opportunity by this location and from the earthquake we all worked together to restore the now made for the judge the Ground Breaking are courthouse. It was so beautiful and also contributing to the Economic Growth thats the Federal Building built to the highest Environmental Standards and now this is past and with the mayors leadership what hes done in the private sector was magical. Now here we are today. Michelle thank you for making this lovely. Its appropriate and exceptionally emotional and, of course, our u. S. Coast guard thank you for being here and our service to our country. Its about our country. Its a principle to be with all of you at this ribbon kci terminal you its a historic buckling building and to celebrate the return to work and civic life. In the midst of the Great Depression it was built as it was said in the middle 30s the boo assistant District Attorney structure was not only a reminder of grand demur of pun certif
I always remember that moment it was the rebeginning moment. We had the simplicity and the clarity that is still stavrl to me. We literally in the course of three weeks mreld reimagined what we were doing and we moved from the chaos to clarity to achieve this design kleenex. Deceptively simple our corridor exists because of mark and glen and because of jim and because of susie and the japanese gentlemen and because of every outdoors member of our design team and because of the partnership we are forged that day among our design team and others. I remember that day when we represented for the sdpept approval i remember that day when we met again and again and again to get approval. I believe we needed the system inspected. We had our challenges i never doubted we would succeed. So im very grateful i have the opportunity to work with this team and to be part of such a lovely project. I hope all who experience it will feel as much pride as we who created it. Thank you clapping. thank you