After retiring from Network 23, Max Headroom had a son, who later got a job in the basement of Boston City Hall

By adamg on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 2:49pm

Just one of the delights that await visitors to the shipping crate Faneuil Hall came in.

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Confusing signage

By spin_o_rama
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 2:57pm

Does it mean low head height for cars? Trucks? Bikes? Elephants?

How will out-of-towners know not to drive their U-hauls into this? Shouldn't this be at the top of stairs, long before some gets to the bottom and has to back up?

Federal Standard?

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:39pm

Is that Federal Standard CLATU VERADA NICTO spec signage?

How low does it go?

By Gary C
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 3:15pm

That looks like about 8 feet or more. Do we need a sign to protect the handful of NBA players wearing stove pipe hats that might pass beneath here?

Less than that

By adamg
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 8:54pm

I'm 5'11" and I think I could fit in there, but with not that much room to spare.

The ceiling is definitely high enough that no one would hit their head on it standing at ground level seen. But missing from that photo are the stairs underneath the overhang. A fairly tall person could hit their head on that overhang walking down the stairs between levels. That's why it's there.

Is the headline literally

By anon
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 3:11pm

Is the headline literally true? Because there's a guy who works in records and archives who could pass for the offspring of Max Headroom.

No, Virginia, there is no Max Headroom

By adamg
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 5:52pm

Just a reporter who fondly remembers the series and who walks by that corridor on his way out to Congress Street when at City Hall.

Insiders tip...

By cityhall_anon
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 3:49pm

Believe it or not , down that hallway is the least gross bathroom in all of City Hall.

History behind the sign?

By DanH
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 4:07pm

Since Boston does nothing proactively...a lawsuit with a serious $$$ settlement must have preceded that sign. Who sued? What allegedly happened? How much did we taxpayers pay out?

Or it could be that the sign

By roadman
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 5:20pm

was put up during construction and nobody bothered to take it down when the building was finished.

Or

By ElizaLeila
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 8:57am

It could be related to code which sets minimum ceiling heights for commercial spaces. 7'-6" comes to mind. There are exceptions, but they are few and far between. And you will typically see 8' or higher if an architect can help it.

code for stairs

By hux
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 9:25am

Minimum head height is 80" on stairs per code.

Yup

By ElizaLeila
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 11:04am

That's 6'-8".

It's not clear from the picture where the wall the sign is on falls in relation to the stair nosing.

I mis-remembered the sign while I was posting and thought there was an 'ahead' on there.

Marty Walsh

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 12/06/2016 - 11:49pm

Has the mayor run into it before?