BOSTON CITY HALL: A BEAUTIFUL DISASTER Some may like its looks, but the building doesn't work for those who use it

From: The Boston Globe | Date: February 27, 1991| Author: Jack Thomas, Globe Staff | Copyright information

C'mon in, folks. Welcome to Boston City Hall. Step right up, and don't be shy. Some of you may not know it, but this building has won lots of awards, yes sir, 'cause the architects, they love it. Why, in a poll back in 1976, they decided that our City Hall here in Boston was tied with Trinity Church as the seventh most beautiful building in the history of the United States. Yep, you heard it right, folks -- the seventh most beautiful building in the history of the United States.

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