Adam Castiglioni shows us Boston City Hall with one of its new nighttime lighting configurations.
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Still a hideous monstrosity
By Lunchbox
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 9:42pm
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Well...
By Nudge Nudge
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 12:06am
Maybe its "quirky."
Lipstick on a pig!
By anonism
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 7:19am
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Honest question: Have they
By anon
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 10:50am
Honest question: Have they ever thought about painting the concrete?
I don't thing it would work
By adamg
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 12:15pm
The concrete is relatively porous so you'd need to use a gazillion tons of paint, and then it would all fade away and look horrible and you'd need to repeat the process forever. Now maybe if they'd do what they've done on a few of the interior walls - cover them up with a paintable material - but then City Hall would probably look even more like a giant packing crate than it does now.
Exactly
By amian
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 1:16pm
Painting concrete looks nice for a very short time and then you have created a new maintenance issue. And given how the city does with maintenance, that seems to be something to avoid!
Paint concrete?
By ElizaLeila
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 1:53pm
Not recommended. Epoxy coating, now there you might have something.
But a study of the existing concrete, rebar, existing condition would have to be performed to determine the best product to apply.
But I would not coat this building.
And I am one of the few who enjoy it as an architectural piece.
So, relatively nondescript
By roadman
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 3:03pm
brick buildings in Back Bay that look exactly like similar buildings all over Eastern Massachusetts can't be altered by their owners because they're deemed to be "historically significant". But a building that is actually architecturally significant due to its unique design, and historically significant as one of a small number of examples of the design left in the world, is lambasted by many people as a monstrosity.
Am I the only one who sees something wrong here.
If only it looked like all those other buildings...
By Michael Kerpan
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 11:15pm
.. it could be historically significant too. (I also rather like it -- but wish the inside had been finished in accordance with the initial specifications, instead of being mucked up in order to save money).
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By Lunchbox
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 9:42pm
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Quake 3 anyone?
By Boston_res
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:05pm
It's giving me Quake 3 flashbacks.
Prince?
By BostonGal
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:15pm
He's been gone awhile now, Boston. ;)
DAMN THEM!
By anon
Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:45pm
DAMN THEM!
The cloak of stygian darkness was our only respite from the brutal ugliness of this oppressive structure.
Floor By Floor Directory. Boston City Hall building.
By theszak
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 1:06am
a) A Floor By Floor Directory online is needed for the Boston City Hall building and b) at the Entrance and c) for each Floor on each Floor.
For example, each @UniversalHub participant selects a Floor at Boston City Hall to survey and list all the Offices for a compilation with updates, changes, additions.
Property Management City of Boston https://www.boston.gov/departments/property-manage... has planned for years to make Wayfinding in the building easier with better signage.
Thanks, theszak. When's the
By anonism
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 7:18am
Thanks, theszak. When's the meet-up?
Simpler solution
By adamg
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:09am
Get in one of the elevators and take a photo of the floor numbers - all of which tell you which departments are on which floors.
Or turn on your phone's recorder and ask one of the guards at the security checkpoints - they always seem to know. Go home and transcribe that.
Directory
By gumby617
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:43am
Floor by floor directory exist with interactive monitors next to each elevator currently. It is new.
Lobby & Wayfinding
By BiggerThanBoston
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:47am
There's already a project in the works to do just this. See:
http://rethinkcityhall.org/assets/2016-10-13%20Cit...
Out to bid now:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/purchasing/bids.asp?ID...
Plans and specifications online!
By theszak
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 3:53pm
Put the plans and specifications online!... It's 2016 !
New Electronic Directories on each floor
By Raymie
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 9:44am
Also, look for the very friendly Senior Greeters wearing red vests as you enter from the plaza. They are there to direct to correct floor.
Video of Marty Walsh's presentation
By jwardell
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 8:58am
My video of the presentation and lighting last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZb21hgDjkU
and here is the city's official teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcERYToOlEc
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