When I first moved to Florida I took a tour of the
University of Central Florida (UCF). The tour guide took us through a number of
buildings explaining how many of them were designed by the same architect who
designed Walt Disney World. I happened to be working on the chapter for the
Legislature that week and when we entered the Student Union, I thought the
round building would make a great template for the legislature in the book.
Before we walked very far, we came upon a gigantic mosaic of the UCF logo in the
center of the floor. One of the guests almost walked over the logo, when the
tour guide rushed over and stopped the girl, explaining, that no one ever
walked over the logo, only around it. If you’ve read the this chapter (Up the Spiral Legislature), you’ll recognize
that Masai the Ostrich, who is the tour guide, was inspired by this event.
No comments:
Post a Comment