Town hall
The civic building where local decisions are made — the room in which a community speaks to itself.
A town hall in a dream is the dream's image of the room in which a community speaks to itself. The town hall is a public building and a working one; the decisions made there shape the streets outside. The dream brings the town hall when something in your life — a collective decision, a community-level concern, a piece of shared governance — is asking to be addressed in a public register. A town hall in session with seats full is the dream affirming the gathering. A town hall locked at the hour of meeting, with the community standing outside, is the dream noting that the place of public address has been closed by those who hold the keys, and the conversation it was meant to host is happening elsewhere.