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What is the name of the massive building across the plaza, in front of the Adams courthouse? 100 Cambridge or something? That needs to be torn down in conjunction with any redesign of the plaza.

Good idea because then we could tear down the current BAC. :twisted:

But in the case of City Hall wouldn't creative re-use go against all the reasons why everyone says its so great? (ie: all the government/democratic symbolism)

Vote in this poll assuming that if the Government offices leave City Hall it is not written in stone that they will end up on the South Boston waterfront.

http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/december2005/underperforming_us

Yes because it is a cutting edge civic building at the expense of several square miles of its surroundings. City Hall AND City Hall Plaza don't exist in a vacuum. The benefits of replacing them far outweigh any architectural value the building itself may have.

ZenZen, what difference does the meaning of the architecture make if the way it is executed simply does not work?

I hope they tear it down and redesign the whole plaza. If they properly reconnected the urban fabric it would easily have a greater positive effect on the city than the entire Greenway. I thought they were building a Boston Museum in one of the buildings on the Greenway. City Hall would be...

Maybe we should refrain from one word posts to avoid the confusion.

vanshnookenraggen, I sent you a pm about NY too.

OK I see what you're saying. I don't like Times Square much either but even if they put signs on every building of the Boylston intersection it wouldn't even come close to being anything like Times Square. I just think a project like this would be beneficial because it could make the area feel...

I don't understand. Should they aim to make it look the same as all the buildings around it? They should have just built a clone of the surrounding buildings on this lot.

I seem to remember numerous posts on this forum complaining about how Boston's skyline is too monolithic not only because of uniform height but also because of a lack of varied building material. There is finally a proposal for a 1000 foot glass tower and somehow its all wrong for Boston? What...

Has that design been approved? I remember one of the earlier renderings was only about 2 stories. While I do think the signs are a bit of a sad attempt at trying to make a "Boston Times Square," I really hope this gets built because I think it would serve as a catalyst for new development in...

I like the first one and the last one too.