Tag Archives: Boston City Hall Plaza

Boston City Hall: ‘A Building People Love to Hate But Shouldn’t’

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Campaign Outsider

The other day the hardworking staff stumbled upon this Architectural Digest post headlined “10 Buildings People Love to Hate but Shouldn’t: Reconsidering Brutalism, architecture’s most argued-over style.” Immediately we thought, Boston City Hall has got to be one of them. … Continue reading →

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Boston City Hall Plaza Gets Some National Love

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Much-maligned Boston City Hall Plaza has been getting some good press lately, especially in the Boston Globe, for efforts to spruce/lively it up. And now Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s relentless red-brick-revival is garnering national recognition, via the Wall Street Journal’s Jon Kamp. … Continue reading →

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Wait! A City Hall Plaza Redesign! (Exhibit Chumpteen)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Renovation Party desk Here we go again. In his State of the City address on Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh promised to “reimagine City Hall Plaza as the thriving, healthy, innovative space that it should … Continue reading →

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Boston City Hall Plaza Redesign, Part Umpteen (II)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

We’ve gone over this before, yes? Regardless, here’s another proposal for transforming Boston’s City Hall Plaza, via Wednesday’s Boston Globe: The transformation of Boston’s City Hall Plaza is supposed to take shape before you even know it’s happening. Next year, … Continue reading →

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Boston City Hall Plaza Redesign, Part Umpteen

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Designers hope to grow a greener City Hall Plaza Imagine a City Hall Plaza with lush green trees and ample shade, a place where downtown office workers could enjoy their lunches in the fresh air, where … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (City Hall Plaza Edition)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

In Thursday’s Boston Herald (and not in Thursday’s Boston Globe): Hub planners envision more vibrant City Hall Boston’s Government Center Plaza, reviled as an eyesore for decades, could be transformed into an oasis where skaters could frolic, cosmopolitan strollers could … Continue reading →

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