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Virtually nothing that the developer committed to in the winning bid, or presented in public meetings over the course of a year-and-a-half, as it regarded programming subsidies to be directed to the Great Hall (or later The Connector), was codified into enforceable legal agreements until after...

Perhaps you mean anyone with design sense that failed to understand the magnitude of programming subsidies that were on the table. The "height change ramps" and vaulted ceiling have little to do with the success or failure of the space as it exists today. The space could be decluttered and...

Our expectations were "nothing special?" That's revisionist history in my view, even within the general theme of ArchBoston posts as I recall. The claim by Millennium and BPDA when the name changed was was that nothing about the function of the "Great Hall" as a signature civic/cultural...

The Great Hall (later renamed "The Connector") was sold to the public as much more than a public passageway. Upon winning the bid and through 1.5 years of Millennium's dog-and-pony shows, the Great Hall was sold to the public as an exceptional, world class civic and cultural destination...

I won't get into a debate here about the value of various types of parks, gardens, athletic fields and other uses that could benefit the Seaport. "Shops and beer gardens" appeal to one demographic, perhaps not surprising. Maybe most can agree, Seaport parks and public realm have fallen far short...