Hynes Convention Center

The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston was built in 1988 from a design by architects Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood. It replaced a previous building, also a convention center, regarded as "ungainly." The 1988 design "attempted to relate in scale and materials to its Back Bay setting, adopting granite and setbacks... The severe gray interior is reminiscent of an early 20th-century German railroad station." The Center is named after former Boston mayor John Hynes. The building has 193,000 square feet (17,900 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. It features 71,600 square feet (6,650 m) of meeting space with 38 permanent rooms and a 24,500-square-foot (2,280 m) grand...