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From YouTube: Boston City Hall 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Mayor Walsh Celebrates the 50th anniversary since Boston City Hall's first dedication ceremony.
A
Welcome
my
name
is
Pat
Brophy
and
for
the
past
four
years,
I've
had
the
privilege
of
serving
mayor
Walsh
as
the
city's
chief
of
operations.
Shortly
after
I
assumed
this
role.
The
mayor
made
it
very
clear
to
me
that
he
wanted
me
and
all
of
the
departments
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
do
all
that
we
could
to
bring
new
life
to
the
building
for
the
constituents
who
come
here
every
day.
A
The
treasured
employee
entrance,
which
reduces
wait
times
to
get
into
the
building
that
I
know
many
people
enjoy,
and
our
security
enhancements
like
cameras
and
shot
spotter
technology
to
keep
everyone
here
safe
at
all
times,
but
our
efforts,
then
their
city
hall,
has
been
made
more
accessible
for
all
people
of
all
physical
abilities.
With
improvements
to
the
city
council,
chamber
bathrooms
and
more,
we
have
installed
new
digital
signage
to
make
navigating
this
very
complex
and
oftentimes,
confusing,
building
a
little
bit
more
simple
and
easy
to
navigate,
as
well
as
improvements
to
the
second-floor
transactional
spaces.
A
C
A
C
C
Seemingly
the
grisly
and
gray
are
fabled
to
belong
to
no
place
and
not
within
the
hideous
is
said
to
cause
pause,
often
and
force
breath
to
reverse
win
the
closer.
We
look
to
the
sword
soaring,
the
more
we
shall
behold
becoming
brutes,
concrete
creation
city
crossed
Coliseum
emerging
stone,
Sun.
We
gather
to
thank
you.
A
Thank
You
Portia
I've
been
privileged
to
serve
the
city
of
Boston
for
almost
25
years,
and
I
can
tell
you
from
personal
experience
that
City
Hall
and
its
plaza
has
never
been
more
accessible,
welcoming
innovative
fun
and
energized
it
as
it
has
been
for
the
past
five
years.
That
is
a
direct
result
of
the
care
and
attention
that
our
mayor
was
embraced.
This
place
and
its
potential
in
ways
that
have
proven
to
be
truly
transformative
and
I
know
that
he's
still
not
done
so.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
our
mayor,
man,
Jay
Walsh,.
D
A
meeting
place
than
is
today
a
place
to
come
and
enjoy
the
Sun
enjoy
grass
and
going
to
enjoy
trees
and
gorge
or
whatever
else
we
put
out
there.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
So
thank
you
very
much
Pat
for
all
your
great
work.
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
here
to
the
50th
anniversary
celebration
of
Boston
City
Hall
this
building
50
years
ago.
D
Today,
or
this
week
we
had
the
Symphony
Orchestra
performing
and
a
black-tie
affair
to
open
up
the
building
I
apologize
that
we
do
not
have
the
Symphony
Orchestra,
the
Lisa
or
the
full
orchestra.
We
have
some
people
here
and
we
don't
have
Black
Tie.
We
figured
would
make
it
easier
today,
a
little
a
little
more
open
to
people.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
the
elected
officials.
D
I
want
to
first
of
all
thank
not
gonna
name
them
all,
but
I
want
to
thank
all
the
elected
officials
that
have
served
in
this
building
for
the
last
50
years.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
the
city.
Thank
you
for
the
service
to
this
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
as
well,
and
there's
been
quite
a
list.
That's
gone
through
here.
I
want
to
take
the
current
City
Council,
the
entire
City
Council,
who
serves
here
with
me
every
single
day
and
in
particular
with
us.
Today
we
have
City
Council,
make
a
flower
tea
with
us.
D
City
councilor,
nice,
rossabi
George
with
us
city,
council,
Frank
Baker
with
us,
City
Council,
Matt
O'malley
with
us
and
I
know
as
the
day
goes
on,
we'll
have
more
company
and
Sikhs
I
see
company
photos
with
us.
I
saw
you
I
had
sorry
about
that.
I
thought
I
said
in
who's
here
we
also
have
state
representative,
Nika
guardo
here
brand
new
state
representative
here
with
us
today,
I
was
talking
to
Nika.
D
She
called
me
earlier
today
we're
talking
about
stuff
and
she
said:
I
actually
got
my
start
in
politics
as
being
a
community
activist
in
City
Hall.
So
welcome
back
to
act
being
an
activist
here,
50
years,
not
five
years
ago
a
few
years
ago,
and
we
have
the
architect
Michael
McKean.
Oh
thank
you
Michael
for
being
here
with
us.
D
You
know
I
wonder
why
there's
a
I
just
have
to
go
through
a
few
more
thank
yous.
The
public
facilities
Department,
probably
meant
proper
construction
management
department.
I
know,
Pat
talked
in
a
little
bit
more
about
what's
going
on
here
and
their
great
work,
rec
real
coffee,
in
particular
Miriam
and
Hector
Morales.
Thank
you
for
for
every
single
day,
providing
incredible
coffee
and
snacks
and
goodies
I
want
to
thank
our
own
cafeteria
staff.
D
That's
in
this
building
that
when
we
thought
about
opening
up
and
bringing
a
coffee
shop
in
what
the
impact
will
be
on
them,
and
they
were
open
to
the
idea
and
I
want
to
thank
them
as
well
for
having
an
open
mind,
making
sure
that
we
want
to
change
what
we
have
here
so
I
appreciate
it.
The
students
from
the
Boston
Architectural
College,
who
the
drawings
are
displayed
right
here
on
the
mezzanine.
It's
great
to
see
this
building
used
as
your
classroom
and
want
to
welcome
you
here
and
thank
you.
D
And
I
would
put
them
up
against
any
bakery.
We
have
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
So
just
remember
these.
This
is
what's
going
on
in
our
school.
What
our
kids
are
doing
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
Mooney
nice
toss
from
the
ensemble.
Let's
hear
today.
Thank
you
for
the
beautiful
planning
you
down
on
the
on
the
level
downstairs
they're
playing.
D
It's
been
50
years.
Since
this
building
first
was
dedicated
at
the
original
ceremony.
It
was
Kevin
white,
mayor,
Kevin
white.
That
said,
City
Hall
should
make
people
feel
like
it's
theirs.
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
Michael
really
briefly.
Here
it
was
Mia
Collins's
vision
before
Kevin
white
to
create
not
just
City
Hall,
but
Government
Center,
and
we
owe
a
debt
of
gratitude
to
the
mayor
because
of
what
he
was
able
to
do
here.
D
We're
creating
government
Center,
which,
which
is
the
hub
of
governments
here
in
Massachusetts
for
the
most
part,
because
steps
up
the
hill
on
Beacon
Street
is
the
Statehouse
and
having
people
to
be
able
to
come
to
an
area
and
understand
where
their
government
is
so
within
a
matter
of
two
blocks.
We
have
a
federal
building
next
door.
We
have
the
City
Hall.
Here
we
have
the
Statehouse
up
the
street.
We
have
many
other
services
that
are
provided
right
in
this
area,
so
I
want
to.
D
Thank
me
at
Collins
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Collins
for
his
vision.
I
want
to
make
me
a
Collins
for
his
investment,
his
bold
leadership
and
ideas.
As
far
as
creating
something
that
the
Pete's,
the
people's
house
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
want
that
Kevin
Kevin
Mayor
Kevin
white
for
for
keeping
moving
that
forward.
D
You
continue
serving
as
the
mayor
mayor,
ray
Flynn,
follow,
Kevin
white
Thank,
You,
mayor
Flynn
and
I
want
to
take
his
son
Eddie,
who
now
serves
the
boss,
City
Council,
Mayor
Menino
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Menino's,
so
right
before
me
as
mayor
in
the
city
of
Boston,
who
showed
this
building
all
of
the
City
Council's
I
said
earlier.
Thank
you.
A
lot
of
great
things
happen
here
in
this
building.
D
What
we're
looking
at
now,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
City
Hall
is
people's
home
and
we
want
people
to
feel
that
way
whether
you
work
every
day
or
for
a
moving
permit,
it's
the
center
of
government.
It
should
be
so
much
more
than
that.
People
are
married
here.
Families
record
their
births
here.
It's
a
living
living
building
at
the
heart
of
our
community
and
I
have
to
be
honest
because
during
the
mayor's
race
it
was
kind
of
put
up
on
Facebook
today
at
some
place
during
the
mayor's
race.
I
talked
about
it's
about.
D
Is
it
time
for
us
to
create
a
new
City
Hall?
It
is
time
for
us
to
build
a
new
building.
Can
we
use
this
space
or
something
better
and
I've,
been
mayor
for
five
years
now
and
the
more
I
come
into
this
building
the
more
this
building
comes
to
life
and
I?
Think
part
of
was
because
I
sorry
I
might
go.
I
came
from
the
Statehouse,
so
the
history
of
there
and
I
came
here.
D
Well,
there's
only
50
years
old
over
there
were
hundreds
of
years
old
and
what
we're
doing
now,
but
work
on
the
plaza
is
going
to
bring
the
city
hall
to
life.
It's
gonna
we're
gonna
fulfill.
The
dream
that
was
originally
created
in
the
building
was
built
and
there
was
up
to
the
future
of
our
city
to
bring
the
building
to
life
on
the
outside
and
that's
what
we're
in
the
process
of
doing
now.
D
This
Plaza
as
I
said
earlier,
will
be
a
place
where
we
bring
people
together,
and
it's
gonna
mean
much
more
than
just
a
yearly
victory
parade.
It's
gonna
be
a
space
where
people
can
come
and
enjoy.
In
the
past
five
years,
we've
created
a
welcoming
Plaza
with
events
like
Boston
season
skating
rink
we've
had
rinks
out
there,
the
wrong
out
the
back.
We
had
the
Bay
Garden.
D
On
the
other
side,
we
have
cookouts
on
the
plaza
we
had
concerts
on
the
plaza
we
had
so
many
different
events,
in
the
plaza
that
we
ice
cream
soup
of
the
Super
Bowl.
On
the
plaza
all
these
different
events,
Forbes
40
under
30,
under
30,
on
the
plaza
and
we're
gonna,
continue
to
bring
our
plaza
life
as
a
gathering
spot
for
many
people,
we're
gonna,
look
at
new
ways
of
creating
opportunity.
D
D
We
were
able
to
make
sure
that
people
that
came
in
that
wanted
to
testify
normally
in
the
back
of
the
room,
but
from
the
wall
of
the
chamber
in
the
front
of
the
room,
we've
been
able
to
change
that
and
making
out
making
our
building
more
inclusive,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
reimagine
andreev
iterate
and
inspire
the
original
design.
This
building
to
make
this
make
this
building
continue
to
be
what
it
should
be
and
I
want
to.
D
Thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today,
the
younger
people
that
are
here
today.
This
is
a
historic
day
because,
50
years,
when
this
building
opened
up,
it
was
transformative
it
was.
It
was
different
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
50
years
later,
the
people
that
work
in
this
building,
we
all
have
the
opportunity
to
work
in
a
place
that
the
people
that
came
before
us
thought
very
hard
about
what
this
building
would
mean
for
the
city
of
Boston.
D
A
B
Architects
tend
to
imbue
their
buildings
with
sort
of
anthropomorphic
characteris
characteristics
they
like
to
think
of
them,
as
as
people,
but
a
building
space
through
its
architecture,
which
is
a
silent
language,
so
I
will
try
to
put
into
words
a
few
words.
What
I
think
the
building
and
the
plaza
would
say
if
it
could
talk
today,
I
think
they
would
say.
Thank
you
mark
pass
me.
Chris,
Gormley
and
Michael
Kubo
for
rebranding
us
50
years
was
quite
enough
to
be
a
brutalist.
B
We
must
prefer
to
be
heroic
and
thank
you
for
Boston
for
taking
allowing
us
to
stay
here.
I
know
at
times
you
must
have
thought
we
were
something
of
a
duckling
and
should
Poli
go
over
to
the
the
pool
in
the
Commons,
but
most
of
all,
I'd,
like
the
building,
would
say.
Thank
you
mr.
mayor
for
throwing
this
lovely
birthday
party,
but
even
though
for
beginning
the
process
of
preparing
us
the
building
in
Plaza
for
the
next
50
years
of
service,
all
Civic
buildings
need
a
patron
and
we
have
found
us.
B
We
thought,
for
example,
that
the
great
courtyard
there,
if
it
were
moved
over
with
glass
and
was
enclosing
glass,
could
be
transformed
into
a
wonderful
city
room,
an
indoor
garden
which
would
host
all
manner
of
civic
events.
As
you
mentioned,
we
come
here
for
a
marriage
license.
Why
don't
we
come
here
for
our
weddings?
B
They
do
in
Europe.
So
I'd
like
to
end
by
saying
the
City
Council
at
the
time
that
we
made
the
building
I
had
to
present
it
to
them.
Just
after
it
was
built,
weren't
terribly
happy.
They
had
been
held
at
arm's
length
from
the
process
of
both
the
design
and
the
building,
and
they
were
ready
waiting
for
me
after
I'd
tried
to
explain
to
them
what
we
thought
the
building
was
about.
B
B
Why
was
it
so
high
mr.
architect?
Why
does
he
look
like
the
outside?
Mr.
architect?
Why
is
there
brick
on
the
floor?
Mr.
architect?
What
possible
use?
Can
we
put
this
building
to
this
this
space
too?
In
those
days,
politicians
in
Boston
were
able
to
use
a
rather
colorful
invective
and
I
was
the
target
is
invented
in
a
moment
of
desperation
and
naivete
I
said,
but
councillors.
This
would
make
a
perfect
place
for
a
sit-in,
a
demonstration.
B
This
was
1968,
the
students
were
still
tearing
up,
the
streets
of
Paris,
Chicago
was
still
smelling
of
tear
gas
and
Boston
had
been
closed
and
the
common
was
almost
ruined
by
the
enormous
demonstration
there.
When
I
made
these
remarks,
there
was
a
horrible
silence
and
it
lasted
so
long
I
was
told
by
a
City
Hall
veteran
that
he
had
never
heard
the
council
be
speechless
for
such
a
short
time.
B
A
Thank
you,
Michael,
the
more
things
change
the
more
they
stay
the
same
right.
So
thank
you
for
everything
that
you
have
done
for
us
and
thank
you
for
your
generosity
with
time
and
efforts
and
helping
us
with
the
guiding
us
and
the
upcoming
renovations
and
I
think
you
have
a
wonderful
future
as
a
a
wedding,
planner
you've
given
us
a
building
that
is
challenging
to
work
with
at
times,
but
we
love
it
and
we
thank
you
for
encouraging
it
to
make
it
our
own
I
think
it's
time
to
cut
the
cake
now.