For 32 years, he's kept the building standing tall; Carl (Dutch) Bendeich is stepping down as the chief engineer at the IDS tower.(NEWS)(Nick Coleman)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: April 30, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Nick Coleman; Staff Writer

Dutch Bendeich took a final stroll across the roof of the IDS Center, leaning into the wind 775 feet above the ground, looking down on every other office tower in Minneapolis and gazing back 32 years to the day he got the keys to Minnesota's tallest building.

"I take pride ... ," he began to say, before the words trailed off. He tried again: "The thing ... ," he started to say.

Dutch halted again and bit his lip. He is a laconic man who prefers hunting, fishing and machines to being in the limelight. It wasn't his idea to talk ...

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