This used to be an island — Ackerman Island — and we filled in the channel during the Depression to create jobs. "" (Laughter) And so the process began and they said, "" You can't put it all on an island; some of it has to be on the mainland because we don't want to turn our back to the community. "" And there emerged a design: the galleries sort of forming an island and you could walk through them or on the roof.