Boston's Old City Hall
French Second Empire landmark that served as the seat of city government for over a century.
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Boston's Old City Hall guide centers on James Michael Curley, the four-term mayor who ran the city from the office behind this facade. It follows his 1947 conviction for mail fraud tied to a wartime contracts scheme, the sentence he served while somehow staying mayor, and an earlier scandal decades before that landed him in jail as a young alderman. Look for the bronze donkey in the courtyard, added later as the Democratic Party's mascot.
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