An Inventory/Survey Award of Excellence is given for the Boston City Hall Conservation Management Plan (CMP), a five-year effort that pulled from over a decade of research, advocacy, oral histories, master planning, pilot projects, material testing, advocacy efforts, public engagement, and tactical initiatives. Engagement through interviews with key players from the era, including architect Michael McKinnell, shaped the document as a record for future generations. Supported by a Keeping It Modern grant from The Getty Foundation (a 2020 Modernism in America Award winner), the plan provides a framework to manage change necessitated by shifting city services, municipal functions, security, code requirements, and constituent needs. It includes 139 policies developed through a consensus-building process with city officials that are meant to enable change while ensuring Boston City Hall’s continued integrity across its next half-century of service. Members of the project team and preservationists also deserve recognition for their long-term advocacy efforts to encourage the City of Boston to embrace its modern architectural heritage. 

City of Boston 

Michael LeBlanc, Maressa Perreault, Margaret Rew, Cyrus Dahmubed, Shelly Chipimo, Alessia Haddad (Utile); Mark Pasnik, Hannah Cane, Mandy Lee, Shannon McLean (OverUnder); Lisa Howe, Colleen Chapin (Building Conservation Associates) 
 
City of Boston: Mayor Kim Janey, Chief of Operations Dion Irish, Former Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Former Chief of Operations Patrick Brophy; Paul Donnelly, Maureen Anderson, Patricia Lyons, Brian Melia (Public Facilities Department); Indira Alvarez, Carlene Laurent, Gregory Rooney, John Sinagra, Leon Graves, Kenya Germain (Property Management Department); Brian P. Golden, David Carlson (Boston Planning & Development Agency); Rosanne Foley, Yolanda Romero, Todd Satter, Joseph Cornish (Boston Landmarks Commission); Sabrina Dorsainvil (Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics)