In the 1970s and 1980s, issues such as affirmative action and school busing still riled up many, but de jure racial segregation was no longer considered acceptable by most.
The hosts would regret that missed opportunity two minutes later when Jure Travner swung in a teasing ball from the left and McGowan had the simplest of tasks to nod home.
"There are about 400 established architectural projects making use of shipping containers around the world, " says Slovenian architect Jure Kotnik, who has written two books on the subject and is curating an international exhibition on "container architecture" currently on display at the AIA in Seattle.