My photos of the building are among other Boston stock photos in my portfolio.

City Hall of Boston

The City Hall of Boston located in aptly named City Hall Plaza was designed by Gerhard Kallmann, a Columbia University professor, and Michael McKinnell, a Columbia graduate student at the time. Their design was selected from 256 designs submitted to a competition. Brutalist architecture was a big thing in 1950s and 1960s, especially in the United Kingdom. But American cities have received their fair share of brutalism, with notable examples of Habitat 67 in Toronto and Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago, one of the largest libraries in the world.

Controversial brutalist building of City Hall in Boston

Boston City Hall was completed in 1968, and opened in 1969. The public opinion was divided from the very beginning. There was hate for the ugly brutalist structure, especially among the public. Architects and urbanists have admired Boston City Hall, calling it excellent architectural work.

You can use my photo featured in this post in your projects without watermark. It is available in my collection in Pond 5: Boston city hall, priced $5.

There are people who call Boston skyline underwhelming or bland. Would you agree? It features mostly mid-sized office buildings, and doesn’t have any striking peak skyscraper towering above everything else. But is it bad?

Boston skyline seen from South Boston

Boston skyline stock photo

The photo itself was taken on a fabulously sunny day of June. I took it from South Boston Harborwalk. The shiny glass building on the left is InterContinental Boston, a 4-star hotel. The round buildings in the middle are One International Place and Two International Place. The closer bridge is Evelyn Moakley Bridge, with a piece of Old Northern Ave Bridge visible in background.

You can use my photo featured in this post in your projects without watermark. It is available in my collection in Pond 5: Boston skyline stock photos, priced $5.