A complex past, an unrealized promise, and a new vision for two Government Center behemoths

The state of Massachusetts built Government Center's poured-concrete Hurley and Lindemann buildings in the 1960s and '70s in hopes of creating a vibrant new center for state services in the heart of Boston.

Since then, the buildings have fallen into decay and partial disuse. Now, a new plan from Gov. Healey aims to pour new life into the complex by redeveloping the buildings as housing.

Boston Globe opinion columnist Renée Loth, Northeastern University professor Ted Landsmark, former Boston city councilor Josh Zakim, and former state mental health department commissioner Marylou Sudders join Radio Boston to explore the tangled political and architectural history of the Hurley and Lindemann, and of the ground on which the buildings sit.