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1. They remodeled City Hall Plaza in 2022 [1], unfortunately not a street grid, but less of a cold wasteland than before.

2. Agreed regarding the Congress St side, though the added playground from [1] adds some interest to that side (before the solid brick wall part).

3. Agreed with the interior. Something like just changing the flooring or interesting lighting would make it feel less cold. The floor is either brick (I assume an homage to Boston's brick) or terracotta tile. As a very rare visitor inside, it's kinda fun to see how the decor/lighting/infrastructure works with all concrete (hanging things from the ceiling instead of nailing to a wall, for example)

[1] https://www.sasaki.com/projects/boston-city-hall-plaza-renov...

[voidfunc]

Aware of the remodel and it is indeed an improvement in nice weather months but it's still pretty lacking and absolutely awful Nov to April which is.. close to half a year.

[ghaff]

I sort of agree. On the other hand, the outside on a waterfront in a northern US city is probably not going to be great for a good chunk of the year in any case.

There are nice parks in the area but they're not exactly delightful in the cold weather months either.