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Boston City Hall named world’s ugliest building

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By Edward Mason
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Updated 54d 21h ago

It’s official now. Boston City Hall is the ugliest building . . . in the world!

Bostonians didn’t need VirtualTourist.com and City Hall’s top billing on the World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments list to figure that out. Residents have known it pretty much since the hard-on-the-eyes pile of concrete and bricks went up.

 
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Online voters put Boston City Hall on...
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Online voters put Boston City Hall on the top of a list of the world’s ugliest buildings, along with the Montparnasse tower, seen here, which the President of France has called a blight on the Left Bank.

Herald Pulse

Architecturally speaking, what is your favorite Boston building?


4% - City Hall

3% - Prudential Tower

11% - John Hancock Tower

2% - Federal Reserve Bank

11% - Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall

14% - State House

1% - Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

13% - Boston Public Library

10% - Christian Science Center

24% - Fenway Park

7% - Other
Poll Closed: 2008-11-15
Total Votes: 1,110

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