City Hall

I've previously posted pictures of City Hall seven times. You can see them here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Even though I find the building ugly, and have said so many times, I still seem drawn to it as a subject. Of course, part of the reason may be, it is so massive it is impossible to overlook.

Another Foggy Day

and chilly last week.

April Theme Day - Edges

The theme this month is "edges" and I thought I would show some of the edges of Boston City Hall, a victim poster child of the Brutalist yes, that is a real style of architecture. To view how others have interpreted the theme this month click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Out of place

The building in the middle caught my eye as being terribly out of place with the brownstones on either side and the character of the street. All I want to know is what the architect was smoking thinking when he designed that building?

Boston City Hall

A different look at City Hall made to look like a miniature version of itself.

Ugliest Building in the world

I've known for a long time Boston City Hall was the ugliest building in Boston, but now Virtual Tourist ranks City Hall as one of the ugliest buildings in the world.

October Theme Day

Theme Day for the month of October is "Lines." My interpretation is of the lines in a building, both architecturally and in the texture of the materials used in its construction. This is the Hurley Building and is a genuinely ugly building, only surpassed by Boston City Hall.

Visit other participating blogs this theme day:

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

City Hall

Here is another view of City Hall, from a different vantage point.

City Hall

View of the Boston City Hall from Fanueil Hall. In the foreground is a statue of former four term Boston mayor, Kevin White.

Vantage Point Over Boston II

Boston City Hall and Plaza. From this vantage point, one of the ugliest buildings in Boston actually looks pretty good. Click here for ground level view of city hall.

Stata Center, MIT

The Stata Center is a Frank O. Gehry designed building on the MIT campus and houses the Computer Sciences, Linguistics, and Philosophy Departments. More photos...

A big monstrosity

Boston City Hall is arguably one of the ugliest buildings in the entire city--a big monstrosity! Hard to believe it was an award winning design. I guess if politics were involved, and who can doubt that in Boston, we got what we deserved.

The mayor recently considered putting City Hall up for sale. His plan was to use money from the sale to purchase land and build a new city hall elsewhere. I hope if that ever happens the city picks a non-winning architectural design. It couldn't be worse than what we currently have. Could it?