Farewell to Mayor Menino
An impromptu memorial downtown.Tom Menino was often called the "Neighborhood Mayor" - and sometimes the "Re-development Mayor."But I also wanted to note, on the day before he is finally laid to rest, that he was our Cultural Mayor as well. Indeed, when I recall the Boston that existed in 1993, when Mr. Menino first became mayor, I'm staggered by the number of institutions that were - well - simply missing from o…