2024-05-06T05:03:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150122578/boston-city-hall-is-turning-50-and-there-s-a-commemorative-pin-to-celebrate-the-brutalist-icon Alexander Walter 2019-02-19T14:15:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/078dd87f546ec2efed375924344f317e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The city&rsquo;s most polarizing building is now officially middle-aged and a couple of fans have reproduced a pin that was given out during its opening week celebrations in 1969 [...] Joyce Linehan, chief of policy for Boston&rsquo;s Mayor Marty Walsh, still has an original pin, which local designers Chris Grimley and Shannon McLean used as the basis for a reproduction.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/4695a8eb2936f699e4a196a40e70920b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/4695a8eb2936f699e4a196a40e70920b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Commemorative pin and letter press drawing card. Image via OverUnder's website</figcaption></figure><p>"Cast in bronze and hand patina&rsquo;d, the commemorative lapel pin is produced in a limited edition of fifty," reads the pin's description on the website of <a href="http://overunder.co/bch-pin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OverUnder</a>, the Boston-based architecture and design firm behind the commemorative initiative. <br></p> <p>"Included with each pin is a unique numbered letterpress card that reproduces one of the original competition sketches for the building. Printed with gold ink, and signed in gold by Michael McKinnell, architect of the building, the set is a unique memento that celebrates Boston, City Hall and their concrete legacy."</p> <p>The pin and card set is available for $250 <a href="http://overunder.co/bch-pin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>