hero of the day - James Howard Kunstler

http://www.kunstler.com/index.php

Watch this Ted Talk and prepare for the coming civic design future that looks alot more like Europe and less like Tucson. He calls out Boston in this Ted Talk for having the WORST city hall and one of the least civically desirable common areas imaginable surrounding it. I walked through the city hall property DAILY for 6 months and completely agree with his summation. I have however seen it as a workable space for large events such as community concerts and ice cream tasting festivals. Other than that it looks like a great place for the inner party to broadcast the "two minutes hate". Boston city hall is actually the first picture displayed in the wikipedia entry as the poster child for the architectural movement known as Brutalism.

TED TALK by Kunstler

http://www.kunstler.com/bio.html