Three Boston mayors, from left: Incoming mayor Ray Flynn, future mayor Thomas Menino, and outgoing mayor Kevin White met in 1984.

In November 1992, City Councilor Menino read a page from the St. Clair commission report.

Menino as acting mayor in 1993.

Acting Mayor Menino at the opening of the Mary Ellen McCormack housing project senior center in October 1993.

Maureen Kilcommons, 9 months, was interested in something in acting Mayor Thomas M. Menino's pocket, as the mayoral candidate chatted with her father, John Kilcommons of South Boston. They were in Columbia Park (now Joe Moakley Park) for a parade that opened the season for South Boston Youth Soccer on Sept. 9, 1993.

On Sept. 26, 1993, Mayor Menino joined Boston Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Suffolk District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II at a press conference regarding the fatal shooting of Boston Police Detective John Mulligan.

Acting Mayor Thomas M. Menino greeted supporters in the North End during the Columbus Day parade on Oct. 10, 1993.

Acting Mayor Thomas M. Menino greeted supporters at a West Roxbury election evening rally on Nov. 1, 1993.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Lois Harrison Jones answered reporters' questions on Nov. 9, 1993.

On Nov. 16, 1993, Judge Paul Liacos swore in Thomas Menino as mayor of Boston as his wife, Angela, looked on.

Mayor Menino visited the Geneva Avenue neighborhood on Christmas Eve 1993, offering help to local businesses and asking kids how they were doing in school. Menino met Jonathan Pagan, 8, outside Rossi's Market.

Mayor Menino stood with some exibitors at the 1993 "Arts by Kids" exhibit.

Mayor Tom Menino gave his inaugural address on Jan. 18, 1994.

Menino went through paperwork after being sworn in as acting mayor of Boston.

Menino surveyed an empty gumball factory building in April 1994 with Benny Tauro, center, who lived across the street. Tauro complained about the dangerous conditions and people who hung out there after his daughter was attacked in front of the building.

In 1994, Menino answered questions from the media outside the Parkman House regarding a drug raid in Mattapan.

Menino gave a box lunch to a cab driver and discussed how to work with tourists in June 1994.

Mayor Menino stole a glance at Eunice Shriver on June 4, 1994.

In July 1994, Menino talked to Josephine Fridgeon at the Martin Luther King Towers about repairs needed for the buildling.

Mayor Menino toured an area of gang-related shootings on Magnolia Street in Roxbury on July 19, 1995.

Nicholas Bennett-Cabello, 11, interviewed Mayor Menino for Kid Company.

Mayor Menino checked out the view on the roof of City Hall on Sept. 28, 1995.

The Harvard Bridge, which carries Massachusetts Avenue across the Charles River, was the scene of a symbolic meeting for city officials from Boston and surrounding towns holding hands in observance of National Night Out. Boston Neighborhood Crime Watch Director Chris Hayes spoke as Mayor Menino held hands with other officials on Aug. 8, 1996.

Mayor Menino pounded a nail into a 2x4 at the Habitat for Humanity house building project at Warren Boulevard in West Chicago on Aug. 27, 1996.

Mayor Menino and President Bill Clinton shared a laugh regarding “gaining and losing weight” during a roundtable discussion at UMass Boston. Clinton was in town to support Menino's efforts on fighting juvenille crime on Feb. 19, 1997.

Menino read a story to kindergarteners at the UMass Boston Child Care Center on April 29, 1997.

Menino gathered with citizens to celebrate the third annual release of Swans at Jamaica Pond on May 18, 1997.

Mayor Menino posed with the city in the background on the day he was reelected to a second full term on Nov. 4, 1997.

Menino held a bouquet of flowers that was given to him after a ribbon cutting ceremony at a house on Hyde Park Avenue in Boston on Nov. 22, 1997.

Menino surveyed the damage to a triple-decker that exploded from a gas leak on Ashton Street in Dorchester on Aug. 28, 1998.

Deknequa Johnson, 4, shared ribbon cutting honors with Mayor Menino and Acting Governor Paul Cellucci on Oct. 1, 1998, during the grand opening of the Grand Families House and playground in Dorchester. The house was the first of its kind in the nation to address the growing needs of grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Menino visited his newest granddaughter, Samantha, who was born to his son Thomas Jr., left, and Lisa.

Menino attended a luncheon with editors and reporters at The Boston Globe on Jan. 12, 1999.

Mayor Menino spoke to the crowd at the State House rally against the runway expansion at Logan Airport on March 29, 1999.

Menino spoke to deputy chief of staff Julie Burns, left, and acting chief of staff Pat Harrington, seated, during morning staff meeting at City Hall on March 30, 1999.

While checking out the cleanup of the area around Fenway Park and the park itself, Mayor Menino and Red Sox CEO John Harrington talked in centerfield about a proposed new ballpark for the Red Sox.

Mayor Menino by Boston's waterfront on May 8, 2000.

The mayor put on a Super Man T-shirt during the annual St. Patricks Day Political Breakfast at the Ironworkers Local 7 Hall on March 18, 2001.

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, Mayor Menino, and University of Massachusetts President William Bulger helped break ground on the new $9.8 million Laboure Center in South Boston on April 27, 2001.

Menino had a laugh during a interview at WILD with "Coach Willie Maye" on the night before the 2001 elections.

Mayor Menino looked for his favorite cough drops at Sullivan Pharmacy in Roslindale on Nov. 6, 2001.

Menino blew out the candles at his surprise 60th birthday party with the help of his grandchildren at Joseph's Restaurant on High Street on Dec. 27, 2002.

Menino walked to his vehicle following his release from Brigham and Women's Hospital after the removal of a cancerous growth from his back on July 25, 2003.

Menino joined Mary Peters, federal highway administrator, and Matthew Amorello, chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, in a walk over the new Leonard P. Zakim Bridge for the opening of Route 93 northbound on March 27, 2003.

Menino addressed the delegates during the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center on July 26, 2004.

Menino was pictured at City Hall, with the Custom Tower behind, as he approached his 10th year as mayor of the city of Boston in 2003.

The mayor greeted the little ones at the Tadpole Playground for the Celebrity Summer Reading Series on July 20, 2004.

Menino crossed Centre Street after greeting owners of Ultra hair salon on July 23, 2005.

At Ronan Park Menino demonstrated the newly installed emergency call station and talked about his Boston Parks safety initiative on July 28, 2005.

Mayoral candidate Maura Hennigan, left, participated in a debate with Menino on Oct. 14, 2005, at WBZ Radio Studios in Allston.

Mayor Menino listened to shooting survivor Kai Leigh Harriot with her mother, Tonya David, and City Council President Michael Flaherty, during an announcement about a billboard for Kai Leigh (visible in background).

With former Patriots player Troy Barnett, left, looking on, Menino prepared to throw a football during the annual Mayor's Cup Pop Warner Football Jamboree at Madison Park High School in Roxbury on Aug. 26, 2006.

Former president George H.W. Bush and Menino both received honorary degrees from Suffolk Univerity on the school’s 100th anniversary. They were joined by Ann Romney for the event held on Boston Common on Sept. 21, 2006.

Menino attended the Oct. 13, 2007, funeral of Steven Odom, 13, who was shot near his home in Mattapan. Among those standing with mayor at Morning Star Baptist Church were, from left, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, Governor Deval Patrick, and state Senator Dianne Wilkerson.

Menino helped break ground for development at Fan Pier on Sept. 27, 2007.

Menino got ready to lead cyclists through downtown Boston for the first annual Mayor Menino's Bay State Bike Week on May 12, 2008.

Menino assisted in unveiling the contents of a 1922 time capsule that was found in the historic Ferdinand Building site in Dudley Square. State Representative Byron Rushing, right, and state Senator Dianne Wilkerson, left, joined him outside the Roxbury Historical Society on June 25, 2008.

Menino shook hands with Fuji-Xerox Chairman Yataro Kobayashi during a global conference of political and business leaders in Cernobbio, Italy, on Sept. 7, 2008.

Mayor and Angela Menino walked in the Roslindale Day Parade on Oct. 4, 2009.

Menino and actor Tom Hanks shared a laugh at the opening of John Adams HBO special party at the Boston Public Library on March 7, 2008.

In the finish area of the 113th Boston Marathon, Menino crowned men’s winner Deriba Merga on April 20, 2009.

Boston mayoral candidates Menino and Sam Yoon gathered at the WBZ station before filming the debate in Allston on Sept. 2, 2009.

Menino and Red Sox chairman Tom Werner carried the 2004 and 2007 World Series Champion trophies at Fenway Park during the Rolling Rally Parade for the 2007 Red Sox World Series championship.

Menino and Governor Deval Patrick helped unload frozen turkeys in the food line at The Greater Boston Food Bank’s annual turkey drive on Nov. 7, 2008.

Menino visited the Thomas A. Edison K8 School with former Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis to celebrate the "Batting for Books" program. Before the event, the mayor helped kids with planting on Nov. 2, 2009.

Menino threw the lever to turn on a wreath’s lights during a stop in West Roxbury on his annual trolley tour around Boston on Dec. 5, 2008.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley and Menino spoke at St. Peter's Parish on Feb. 24, 2009.