Boston City Hall Plaza Fountain

With the boston city hall plaza renovations uncovering the old fountain i took a look at its origins why it was covered up and what the future of the plaza looks like.

Boston city hall plaza fountain. With the boston city hall plaza renovations uncovering the old fountain. The last time city hall plaza had a fountain by adamg on tue 07 03 2018 11 38am the national archives has a collection of photos taken in 1973 of the waterfall and fountain that once gurgled on city hall plaza in a sunken area off cambridge street near the jfk federal building. The government center mbta station is located beneath the plaza. Constructed of primarily of brick and precast concrete with massing that evokes an inverted pyramid and based upon both modern and classical ideologies its design was meant to stand apart from the surrounding architecture while invoking a sense of accessibility and openness.

A bold statement of government strength and accessibility city hall and its surrounding plaza were designed to be the people s place where citizens could gather for celebratory events protests speeches and ceremonies as well as the daily. The 70 million. Mayor walsh announced today that work began this weekend on a 70 million overhaul of city hall plaza that will include lots of trees a playground outdoor art and performance spaces and a long waterfall starting near where the original plaza once had a fountain that had to be turned off because it kept leaking on the green line underneath it. Bryant and arthur gilman and was occupied as boston city hall from 1865 to 1969.

16 1923 was constructed from 1862 to 1865 by architects gridley j. When construction got underway in earnest on the long awaited makeover of city hall plaza one of the most loathed parcels of public land in boston it was a sight for sore eyes. Boston city hall plaza overhaul to include seasonal fountain trees 60 million project means no boston winter this year though by tom acitelli tomacitelli jul 2 2018 10 21pm edt. The surrounding plaza originally contained a.

The multi level irregularly shaped plaza consists of red brick and concrete. Boston s old city hall pictured on aug. Boston city hall a building many bostonians love to hate is one of the most significant examples of brutalist heroic architecture in the world. City hall plaza in boston massachusetts is a large open public space in the government center area of the city.

The architectural firm kallmann mckinnell knowles designed the plaza in 1962 to accompany boston s new city hall building.