"I changed the skyline of New York — a bit," he said.
I ask because Mr. Gehry hasn't just changed the "skyline".
In 2010, Jeanne Gang, of Studio Gang Architects, changed the skyline of her hometown, Chicago, with Aqua, an 82-story tower.
A close ally of the dictator Park Chung-hee (father of the current president, Park Geun-hye), he initiated a major public works programme that radically changed the skyline.
My daughter, now living in Texas, pinpointed people's reaction to the changed New York skyline when, late in September, we were discussing a radio report of unreleased movies that were editing out the twin towers.
When people told him it was impossible for a boy from Queens to go to Manhattan and take on developers in the big city, rather than give up, he changed the skyline of New York".
Boasting a 2,500-room 2,500-room hotel as well as an exhibition centre, a theatre, shopping mall and even a museum, its daring architecture completely changed the skyline of the city.
For all Santa Monica has changed, the skyline has remained largely the same: a few aging towers overlooking the city's coastal bluffs.
"We didn't just change the skyline," Mr. Brown said.
Renewable energy creates jobs, but it fails to create them in the areas where it changes the skyline.
