new lighting, and new signage. Nearby events City Hall is located in Government Center, in Downtown Boston. The adjoining City Hall Plaza is sometimes used for parades and rallies and, most memorably, the region's championship sports teams, the Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots, and the Boston Red Sox, have been feted in front of City Hall. A huge crowd in the plaza also greeted Queen Elizabeth II during her 1976 Bicentennial visit, as she walked from the Old State House to City Hall to have lunch with the Mayor. From 2013 to 2016, City Hall Plaza was home to the Boston Calling Music Festival. Since November 2016, the plaza has been home to Boston Winter, a holiday-themed shopping center, complete with a skating rink and other holiday events, held annually from November to January. Gallery See also Palace of Culture (Messina), a similar building Boston municipal government history Old City Hall (Boston) First Town-House, Boston Mayor of Boston John F. Collins, mayor of Boston (1960–1968) City Hall, a film by Frederick Wiseman Site history Brattle Street (Boston) Cornhill, Boston Edward J. Logue Scollay Square Further reading References Notes Bibliography External links 1969 establishments in Massachusetts Brutalist architecture in Massachusetts City Hall Boston Financial District, Boston Government buildings completed in 1969 Government Center, Boston City Hall