City Hall was completed in 1968 on the site of the former Scollay Square neighborhood. It was designed by Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in response to a Boston Redevelopment Authority ...

Many readers who said they were against City Hall’s landmark designation attributed their feelings to Boston’s controversial history of urban renewal and the demolition of Scollay Square.

City of Boston archaeologist Joe Bagley walks through the first of two sections of an old MBTA tunnel, which traveled between Scollay Square and Adams Square, and is believed to have been shut ...

Boston’s Landmarks Commission voted last week to recognize City Hall as a historic landmark, paving the way for the divisive building to secure protection from major changes in the future.

In the mid-20th century, Boston was in a financial and cultural rut — and needed a jolt. Flush with $40 million in federal funds, the city cleared some 1,000-plus buildings — obliterating a historic ...

Boston City Hall, viewed from the Faneuil Hall side in 2021. (Ted Shaffrey/AP) Love it or hate it, Boston City Hall is historic. There's now paperwork to that effect.

Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Landmarks Commission announced the official designation of Boston City Hall as an official Landmark Friday. Completed in 1968 in what used to be Scollay Square ...