(Left) Bertrand Goldberg (far left) in 1965, showing a model of Raymond Hilliard Center to Mayor Richard J. Daley (center) and other guests. Charles Swibel at far right.

On December 2, 1964, Marina City architect Bertrand Goldberg spoke at an all-day faculty meeting at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie, Indiana. His speech was recorded on reel-to-reel audiotape.

After being introduced by Richard W. Burkhardt – future president of the college, then dean of faculties – Goldberg spoke for about one hour about the function of the architect in society and in history.

He referred to a “recent” meeting of a committee to determine for President Johnson urban patterns of the United States. He noted the committee predicted that 75 to 80 percent of the U.S. would someday be housed in about five cities.

Bertrand Goldberg on the right angle...

“The rectilinear enclosure is not, dare I say, a definition of heaven. There is something else in the world other than the right angle....It is a very artificial form. It has its function, we certainly know, but there are other ways to exist and live happily in the world than with right angles.”

After a mostly off-mike slideshow...