Yet if a hue and cry among preservationists develops over the Walker's plans to demolish the complex to make more room for parking, Millett says it may be hard to defend the old Guthrie on historic preservation grounds because of the many major remodeling the complex has undergone in the last four decades.

"Rapson's original exterior design, with its funky façade screen and bold asymmetries, was an exuberant expression of the new theater company's hopes and dreams,'' Millett writes. "Unfortunately, the funk islong since defunct.''

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