Letter from the Boston City Hall Competition jury recommending the winning design for Boston City Hall
Description:
Letter addressed to Lawrence B. Anderson, Professional Advisor to the Government Center Commission of the City of Boston during the Boston City Hall Competition, on behalf of the competition's jury. The letter recommends a choice for the winning design and lists the criteria for its selection. The seven judges on the jury were William W. Wurster, Dean of the School of Environmental Design at U.C. Berkeley, Walter A. Netsch, chief designer of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Ralph Rapson, Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota, Pietro Belluschi, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning in Boston, Harold D. Hodgkinson, Chairman of the Board of Wm. Filene's Sons, Boston, O. Kelley Anderson, President of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Sidney R. Rabb, Chairman of the Board of Stop & Shop, Boston.
