Talk:Boston Government Service Center

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On the main page it says of the building that it is "controversial" although it isn't explained why. Should we remove that bit of information because it hasn't been cited and explained?--Contributions/62.209.19.224 (talk) 16:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

citation for the above: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/hard-to-love-a-brute As a native of Mass, I can tell you, the building is universally hated. It's a stupid ugly building.

Also: I think this page is a poor duplicate of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_City_Hall — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.130.116.119 (talk) 00:55, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Um, this and Boston City Hall are not the same building. They are about 1/4 mile from each other. The web page you cite talks about Boston City Hall, not this building. SethTisue (talk) 23:02, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Joseph A. Langone Memorial Center

In 1962 an act was passed designating the "Health, Welfare and Education Service Center" as the "Senator Joseph A. Langone, Jr., Memorial Center".

Am I missing something, or should this be mentioned in the article? Rosekelleher (talk) 03:31, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Links

• https://www.mass.gov/service-details/charles-f-hurley-building-redevelopment
  • https://www.mass.gov/service-details/charles-f-hurley-building-redevelopment-project-documents
  • https://www.mass.gov/doc/charels-f-hurley-building-offering-memorandum/download
  • https://www.mass.gov/doc/charles-f-hurley-building-redevelopment-final-project-proposal-21-02-16/download
• https://www.docomomo-us.org/news/coalition-urges-preservation-of-rudolphs-hurley-building
• http://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/issues/40/concrete-therapy-paul-rudolphs-architecture-of-mental-health
• https://issuu.com/torresn/docs/governmentservices-executivesummary
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/443748541
• https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2020/02/11/20-2-11-hurley-building-mhc-project-notification-form.pdf
• https://www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org/196205-boston-government-services-center
• "1962.05 Boston Government Services Center". Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
• http://architectuul.com/architecture/boston-government-service-center
• https://www.flickr.com/search/?license=4%2C5%2C9%2C10&text=%22Government%20Service%20Center%22
• https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-19445.pdf
• https://placesjournal.org/article/scenographic-urbanism-paul-rudolph-and-the-public-realm/
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Architecture_of_Paul_Rudolph/MkmPAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75ee0949fc2bc37b3ffb97/t/5e2f5796f5765453534fb93c/1580160937382/PDF+of+MHC+PNF_Hurley+Building_01.24.2020+(small).pdf
• https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1973-07.pdf - 105
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75ee0949fc2bc37b3ffb97/t/5e46e2dc0a3a7b51d143b5a2/1581703921044/Architectural+Record+-+July+1973.pdf
• https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-GC23
• https://picryl.com/search?q=Boston%20Government%20Service%20Center
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75ee0949fc2bc37b3ffb97/t/5dc9a274a942a42aec2917a7/1573495428572/bos_1618.pdf
• https://docomomo-us.org/register/boston-government-center
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75ee0949fc2bc37b3ffb97/t/5e5d7c84f3406001d7b2aede/1583185032483/GREY78_pp096-123_Abramson_FINAL.pdf
• https://www.archdaily.com/348310/brutalism-clog/514b6090b3fc4b3f6c0000c7-brutalism-clog-image?next_project=no
• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/11/07/82151986.html?pageNumber=25
• Building of the Month
• Paul Rudolph travelogue with a paragraph on this building
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75ee0949fc2bc37b3ffb97/t/606b70ffd58221562d5665b4/1617654024841/charles-f-hurley-building-redevelopment-final-project-proposal-appendices.pdf
• https://my.rcm1.com/handler/modern.aspx?pv=Mt35S78oldwciPtr4MBdNIKDwnx6E9jy-TdqsTp7nlwkh9BVuBj76JLdhKSFCM3b#_section_1

news

• "Paul Rudolph's Government Center architecture is at a dangerous crossroads", Boston Globe, March 13, 2020
• https://www.archpaper.com/2019/10/hurley-building-for-sale/
• https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/brutalist-buildings-demolition-paul-rudolph/
• https://www.archpaper.com/2022/03/op-ed-boston-government-services-center-threatened-with-demolition/

--ɱ (talk) 06:53, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

References

Landmark paragraph in lead

I have undone an earlier removal of content from the lead, which had the edit summary This unsourced paragraph had a lot of words yet conveyed nothing, everything could be a landmark. This premise was incorrect for a couple of reasons:

1. The paragraph is not sourced in the lead because it is already cited in the body. Per WP:CITELEAD, "editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material". The sources are in the "Landmark designations" section, so while the information is not sourced directly in the lead, it is sourced in this article. There is no requirement per WP:V that information should be sourced every time it is mentioned, only that it is sourced at least once.
2. "Everything could be a landmark" is incorrect. There are specific criteria for each landmark designation. For example, Boston Landmarks must have historical, social, cultural, architectural or aesthetic significance to the city, Massachusetts, New England, or the United States, and the National Register of Historic Places is much the same except that it applies to any property nationwide.
3. "Conveyed nothing" is not accurate either, since the paragraph says that it's eligible for landmark designation but hasn't been formally designated.

– Epicgenius (talk) 22:50, 26 April 2026 (UTC)