Re-Imagining Boston City Hall Plaza Using Second Life

If it were up to me, I'd give up on the plaza entirely. Restore the streets that were destroyed when they demolished Scollay Square, divide the space into individual parcels zoned for mixed use (that is, stores on the ground floor, apartments above), and replace the worst public space in the world with an actual neighborhood. Unfortunately, you'll probably never be rid of City Hall itself--apparently it's "very important"--but you can at least destroy that godawful plaza.

How do you revamp and renovate a bunker?

what an amazing building. needs to be totally revamped and renovated, though, so it doesn't feel like such a concrete fortress

5 stars for bringing attention to the horror that is the boston city hall plaza, but I think the building itself is the problem. It reeks of the paranoia of the 60's and is an inaccurate representation of boston.
A new city hall could be built like the new state house, in a pleasant colonial style. Whatever happens they shouldn't make another park like they did for the big dig. Instead, some restaurants and a fountain, or maybe even a movie theater could actually make the city hall plaza useful.

boston rules

Everyone's been dreaming for years how to fix this problem... and we can keep dreaming. Second Life comes up with a fine idea, but it will never be realized. Such a shame.

rediculous. let the tax-paying citizens decide what they want. I like the idea to add a skateboard park, but keep the open space for festivals and fairs. And to the boob who says Boston is known for open and cold spaces, what planet are you on? That would be almost any city BUT Boston, which is dense and charming. We do not need an another massive construction project, but putting grass over brick only prevents protests, feasts, and pedestrian flow (have you seen the palce at rush hours!).

The grass is the thing. Nice job. The look created here warms up the entire space and makes it really welcoming - not an easy thing to do for the brick beach!

Nothing says Boston like cold vacant spaces. Look at BankNorth Garden...

Great job, but those beautiful trees will have a tough time growing over the T.

Maybe they should tear down that eyesore and build a new city hall near the waterfront like Mumbles suggested.