Notes from the Archives: #onthisday in 1962, design for Boston City Hall chosen

The winning design, which you can see above, was a collaboration by Gerhard Kallmann, Noel McKinnell and Edward Knowles. 

The Boston City Hall Competition Jury said that the winning design was "dignified, appropriate, and exciting...a keystone between the historic past and the brilliant future which is to come." You read the jury's full statement about their selection.

Take a look at some of the other design submissions below. What do you think? Do you agree with the judges’ decisions, or would you have chosen one of these other designs?

You can see more digitized records about the design process for Boston's City Hall in our Digital Repository. Take a look!