What city in the US has the Best City Hall? (oil, interior)

[ryever]

Originally Posted by dalparadise

Actually, it's more like Les Invalides, but you got the city right.

https://www.google.com/search?q=les+...e_j6oWyPqUM%3A

You're right, looks like l'hotel des invalides. Not a city hall, but very close design.

[blue bird]

Philadephia hands down! I love the opening and doors to different streets.

[Finger Laker]

Here is another thing I really liked about Phillys City Hall ....... the interior courtyard .... usually some noise going on in there, but you still get quite a contrast from this

http://www.painetworks.com/photos/hl/hl2759.JPG

To the traffic and street activity just outside the building ... as mentioned, it's fun kind of emerging into the street

[Ed Abby]

Philadelphia.

[Phoenixkid4life]

[IMG]http:/http://www.flickriver.com/photos/michael_locke/sets/72157627906266562/[/IMG] I think Phoenix's is beautiful!

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by pwright1

All of the old ones are beautiful.
My favorites are:

Baltimore
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Newark
Philadelphia
Kansas City
St Louis

San Francisco's is older than 3 of these. Just saying.

[JoeTarheel]

Atlanta's Neo-Gothic City Hall is one of my favorites...built in 1930.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._from_HABS.jpg

[Clark Park]

Originally Posted by hello_im_sean

Philadelphia because it's the worlds tallest masonary structure and the biggest municipal building in the US.

Originally Posted by TheBigGeo08

Exactly. Can we end this debate now? Philadelphia is CLEARLY the winner in this one. No other city hall is even half as good.

A lot of people are unaware that Philadelphia's City Hall took over 30 years to build - the cornerstone was laid by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1870 and it was not completed until 1901.

Philadelphia's City Hall, with over 700 rooms is the largest city hall in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in the world. It is the tallest all masonry building in the world. From 1901 through 1908 it was the tallest habitable building in the world.

[TylerCaleb92]

Just wanna say... thanks for making this thread! It's unique and I enjoyed looking at all the pictures!

[Northernest Southernest C]

Originally Posted by LINative

I did not know Baltimore has such a nice City Hall!

Actually looks like something you might see in France or Belgium, especially if you removed the round central tower and added a couple of floors to the main part of the building. Very classic European palace looking building.

I agree its very prominent in the city skyline and it is very historic. The cornerstone was laid in 1867 and was completed 1875.


Circa 1900