Had number Ten Monument Square been set among the skyscrapers of New York, or even Boston, no one would have noticed it. But in a town like Portland it stood as one of the defining features of the skyline. Twelve stories of reddish brown granite with black windows set between vertical piers, number Ten towered arrogantly over the east side of the square, a big player in a small town. At its top, large white letters proclaimed to anyone who cared to look, that the building was the headquarters of Palmer Milliken, the city’s largest and most prestigious law firm…..
