City Hall Plaza begins to fulfill ultimate destiny as a parking lot

Privileged City Hall workers and contractors have, of course, been parking on City Hall Plaza for years, but the city's finally made the practice official by installing a guard booth and a permanent, if somewhat flimsy, gate by the T stop (Ed. note: See comments, which note the booth and gate have been there longer than an apparently unobservant reporter had thought).

This morning, the guard seemed to be spending most of his time rushing out of the booth to shoo away people trying to park in front of the three electric-car recharging stations on Cambridge Street to keep them clear for all those electric vehicles in Boston that need recharging. Even a Prius did not escape his glare and request to move.