city hall
noun
1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall
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Build versus buy But plans for building a new city hall veered off course in January when commissioners learned that the owner of Tower 101 offered to sell his building to the city for $86 million months earlier in July.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
From stone city halls and marble lighthouses to suspension bridges, aquariums and skybridges, each site captures a different moment when Michigan decided to build and think big.
—Andy Morrison, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, outside city hall, a community advocate and educator says he's been raising these concerns for weeks about possible corruption.
—Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Multiple resignations led to the temporary closing of city hall in January 2023.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
From stone city halls and marble lighthouses to suspension bridges, aquariums and skybridges, each site captures a different moment when Michigan decided to build and think big.
—Andy Morrison, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, outside city hall, a community advocate and educator says he's been raising these concerns for weeks about possible corruption.
—Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Multiple resignations led to the temporary closing of city hall in January 2023.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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