The fog rolling over downtown Boston this morning, as seen from the eighth floor of City Hall.
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By adamg - 12/7/19 - 10:36 am
Andrea Doremus Cuetara is among the people in the Elections Department at City Hall this morning, waiting for the recount to begin in the race for the fourth at-large seat on the city council - in which Julia Mejia and Alejandra St. Guillen are current separated by less than ten votes.
By adamg - 2/7/19 - 3:47 pm
There was cake! Photo by Brad Squirrels.
Mayor Walsh, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola and others gathered inside City Hall today to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Cake was eaten and reproduction pins were given out. Read more.
By adamg - 1/2/19 - 3:09 pm
It's not as if we all haven't known since the September primaries that come Jan. 2, Althea Garrison would replace Ayanna Pressley on the City Council.
And yet, as one roving UHub photographer discovered today, it seemed like a huge surprise at City Hall. He reports Garrison, her new chief of staff and some friends made their way up to the fifth floor at 12:30 p.m. - as somebody at City Hall told them to - only: Read more.
By adamg - 5/29/18 - 9:37 am
They've turned on these red ceiling lights over the atrium in Boston City Hall, and as I type this post at a table there, my laptop keyboard is bathed in red light and I keep wondering when it will burst into flames.
By adamg - 2/3/18 - 2:11 pm
Just sayin'. pic.twitter.com/OmUu0Jhrh9
— City of Philadelphia (@PhiladelphiaGov) February 2, 2018
By adamg - 1/16/18 - 5:28 pm
Down in the basement of Boston City Hall, near an ATM and the entrance to the men's room, is a set of newspaper racks for Boston's free weekly newspapers - including an old Phoenix rack now used by the Dig.
By adamg - 9/16/17 - 2:40 pm
Citing the First Amendment, Mayor Walsh is refusing to let Hal Shurtleff, who runs a New Hampshire camp to teach kids his version of the Constitution, fly his Christian flag from one of the three flagpoles in front of City Hall, the Herald reports. Read more.
By adamg - 7/18/17 - 1:29 pm
There was some flooding on the third floor of City Hall today - and workers knew to have a small boat on hand, just in case.
By adamg - 7/13/17 - 1:23 pm
In 1976, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip let bygones be bygones and visited Boston as part of the Revolution bicentennial. The British Consulate in Boston has posted some photos from the visit, including one of Gov. Dukakis welcoming the Queen at Logan Airport and this one of Mayor White bringing her into Boston City Hall.
On July 11, Prince Phillip presented an eagle statue to the Bostonian Society: Read more.
By adamg - 5/4/17 - 12:47 pm
On Star Wars Day, the Boston City Archives posted some photos of C3-PO, Luke and R2-D2 visiting with Mayor White at City Hall back in 1980.
By adamg - 5/3/17 - 12:00 pm
A couple of alternate designs.
Today is the anniversary of the 1962 selection of the design, by architects Gerhard Kallmann, Noel McKinnell and Edward Knowles for the crate Faneuil Hall came in Boston City Hall.
The Boston City Archives has posted photos of mockups of some of the losing designs. Think any were better?
By adamg - 1/27/17 - 12:35 pm
Ray Flynn recalls using his office to shelter Polish sailors who'd fled their ship when it docked in Boston.
By adamg - 1/24/17 - 12:52 pm
CORRECTION: The kiosk will be behind City Hall's security checkpoints; ye ed needs to learn to follow dotted lines on diagrams better.
The mayor's office today announced plans to seek an operator for a new, permanent coffee kiosk in City Hall for people who somehow miss the Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts and Boston News Cafe on City Hall Plaza. Read more.
By adamg - 12/6/16 - 2:49 pm
Just one of the delights that await visitors to the shipping crate Faneuil Hall came in.
By adamg - 11/2/16 - 6:22 pm
Jocelyn reports that around 6 p.m., the line to vote at Boston City Hall went way outside onto City Hall Plaza and around the building.
By adamg - 10/24/16 - 12:26 pm
There's probably a good reason why, as Erica Fletcher shows us, NECN's Sue O'Connell brought a rabbit to City Hall to interview people voting early, and just as soon as we find out what it is, we'll let you know (Update: And we do, in the comments below).
By adamg - 10/13/16 - 9:34 pm
Adam Castiglioni shows us Boston City Hall with one of its new nighttime lighting configurations.
By adamg - 5/3/16 - 1:43 pm
Showng the flag. The two women on the right led the crowd in singing the US and Polish national anthems.
A year ago today, Annissa Essaibi-George recalls, she was at the Polish-American Club in Dorchester's Polish Triangle and made a promise: If she won election as an at-large city councilor, she'd make sure the Polish flag flew over City Hall the next May 3 - Polish Constitution Day. Read more.
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