Even Heroic Concrete needs a hero
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Even Heroic Concrete needs a hero

DOCO GAMES MODERNISM TOURNAMENT

CHRIS GRIMLEY

Protecting: Boston Government Service Center, 1971, Paul Rudolph

"Even Heroic Concrete needs a hero"

Modernity certainly doesn not have to be characterized by ugliness, but we may well have to make some revisions in our standards of beauty
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The Hurley Building is important because it’s a significant part of Boston’s modern architectural heritage, created by one of America’s most famous architects, Paul Rudolph - and is one of his major civic designs. It is an integral part of the historical Boston Government Service Center which symbolized the rise of a "New Boston"

ABOUT Giving Tuesday 2019

Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. 

Docomomo US celebrates Giving Tuesday through the "Doco Games," an epic tournament of modernism featuring Docomomo superfans who battle it out to support the modern places they love.

Supporters
Name Date Amount Comments
Robert Meckfessel 12/03/2019 $10.00  
Anonymous Friend 12/03/2019 $50.00 In honor of Mr. Rudolph
Polly Carpenter 12/03/2019 $50.00  
Elizabeth Edwards Harris 12/03/2019 $200.00 Go Boston City Hall!
Barbara Yanni 12/02/2019 $25.00  
  Total $335.00