Urban Renewal in Boston
Government Center
Front view, Kafkaesque chunk of concrete, pigeon box windows
that do not open, dead space in front. Of course, the
architecture of cold, impersonal bureaucracy is only a facade,
intended to remind our citizens of the forms of despotism less
fortunate peoples have been forced to endure. After all, this is
where ordinary citizens come to exercise rights at City Council
meetings and the Mayor's office; and fulfill tax, license, and
registration obligations in a friendly, humane, accommodating
environment that easily communicates to each a sense that this is
government by the people, for the people.
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