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How Boston City Hall was born

Fifty years after a groundbreaking competition, two architects look back at the project that polarized the city — and gave it a new lease on life

By Leon Neyfakh

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  February 12, 2012

Fifty years after a groundbreaking competition, two architects look back at the project that polarized the city — and gave it a new lease on life.

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