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Almost 150 Years Later, A Small Miracle At City Hall
Preservation

Almost 150 Years Later, A Small Miracle At City Hall

Dirty chain link fencing be gone. City Hall’s four portals are finally fitted with the caliber of gates John McArthur, Jr. originally intended for his French Second Empire masterpiece. Co-editor Nathaniel Popkin says the elegant gesture is long overdue

Chestnut Hill’s Slice Of Civil War History
History

Chestnut Hill’s Slice Of Civil War History

One hundred fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, Matt Szalwinski looks into how Chestnut Hill helped its wounded at a short-lived hospital designed by John McArthur, Jr., who would design City Hall just a few years later


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