So reads the epitaph for Sir Christopher Wren in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, which he designed. “If you require a monument, look around you.

The same inscription deserves display in Dallas’ Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center , together with an image of the man who did so much to bring one of the city’s landmarks — indeed, one of the world’s finest concert halls — into being.

Meyerson , who died Aug. 5 after a long battle with cancer, presided over conceptualizing the building, selecting the architect and acoustical consultant, negotiating land purchases and participation by the city of Dallas and innumerable decisions on the building’s details and construction.

The 10-year process, detailed in Laurie Shulman’s book The Meyerson Symphony Center: Building a Dream , was fraught wit

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