I have read so many tributes, not just from legal practitioners. Some speak to the great person she was, some, to the great Chief Justice she was. Clocking 4 years at the bar in the week of the passing of such a great woman of justice has had me thinking about legacy, becoming and just being.
One word that springs to mind is ‘authentic’. We called her ‘Iron Lady’. We called her brave. I’d like to think she’d decided, at some point in her life, to always be herself, and thereafter spent the rest of her life developing herself. I imagine she had moments when it might have been easier to go with the crowd, to just blend in, but that may have meant going against self, and that, she could not do.
The cantilevered and stepped massing plays into the building’s sustainability benefits, as it forms balconies and green roofs that allow occupants fresh air and stunning views of the city. The building’s interior design plays a sustainability role as well, with “irresistible staircases” that offer unique terraces in the atrium and breathtaking views of the city. The goal: invite people to walk up the stairs rather than take the elevator, promoting physical health and energy reductions. One of the largest components of the building’s sustainable construction are the geothermal bores, a system that is essential for BU’s Climate Action Plan goal of net zero emissions by 2040. BU’s goals also put the university ahead of Carbon Free Boston, the city’s pledge to be carbon neutral by 2050. Suffolk’s team drilled and installed a total of 31 bores, each 1,500 feet deep, which will harness the thermal capacity of the earth for heating and cooling and eliminate the need to connect the building to a gas line.
Clocking 4 years at the bar in the week of the passing of such a great woman of justice has had me thinking about legacy, becoming and just being.
