Nobody injured, nothing more to see, Boston Police tweet, adding he was talked down by the hostage negotiation team.

Venezuelan Independence Day.

What species of tree is so hardy it can grow in this most barren and desolate of landscapes, two or three stories up the front of City Hall? Can mountain goats be far behind?

So, you read recently about light-transmitting concrete?

... Filled with optical fibers that run from one end of a poured piece of concrete to the other, these prefabricated blocks and panels effectively transmit light from one side to the other. Colors and light remain remarkably consistent from end to end, but with a natural variation from the pouring process that actually softens the effects considerably. ...

On archBoston, Lurker comes up with a great plan for this new material:

Maybe they should try using this stuff to replicate the geometry while replacing some of the existing surfaces at City Hall?

Egress stairs and fire doors made of concrete could open up a world of day-lighting possibilities.

16WadeSt. attended a Tibetan flag-raising ceremony at City Hall yesterday.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool.

From the hard edges of City Hall to the soft contours of the hills of Brighton, BehindDarkEyes made the snowfall her beat today.

Copyright 2009 BehindDarkEyes.

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Rule 34.

The Globe reports Menino says now's not the time, partly because the city needs to save the money he wanted to spend on all those studies and construction and moving, partly because nobody would pay the city what it once thought it would get for the current City Hall.

It might look like this.

Against the philistinism of a bunch of tourists, there comes a City Hall defender.

A lot the tourists know. Without City Hall, there'd be none of the "more aesthetically pleasing ameneties" nearby, like Faneuil Hall.