Original sentence: Pei’s modernist inverted pyramid design  is a result from space requirements of city government.This inverted pyramid slopes at a 34 degree angle, with each of the 7 above-grade floors being 9 ½ feet wider than the one below
Edited sentence: "When you do a city hall, it has to convey an image of the people, and this had to represent the people of Dallas... The people I met - rich and poor, powerful and not so powerful - were all very proud of their city.Pei’s modernist inverted pyramid design is a result from space requirements of city government.The building slopes at a 34 degree angle, with each of the 7 above-grade floors being 9 ½ feet wider than the one below.They felt that Dallas was the greatest city there was, and I could not disappoint them