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Mayor Menino helped cut the ribbon during the reopening of the Darlene Tiffany Moore Play Lot in Dorchester in 2011.
Mayor Thomas Menino cutting ribbons: A retrospective
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is expected to announce that he will end his run as mayor of the city of Boston.
He may be best known as the “Urban Mechanic,” who made a career of the politics of filling potholes, fixing broken street lights, and racing tirelessly from ribbon cutting to ribbon cutting.
Take a look at some ribbons Menino has encountered throughout his tenure as mayor.
Gov. William Weld and Mayor Thomas Menino prepared to cut the ribbon during a dedication ceremony of Dudley Town Common in 1996.
Richard Ihenety along with Mayor Thomas Menino and others waited to cut the ribbon celebrating the opening of Jeff's Community Store in Dudley Square in 1997.
Mayor Thomas Menino at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Boloco burrito restaurant downtown in 2009.
The Homes at Old Colony had a ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony in March 2012. The outdoor play space was named after former Boston city Council President Joseph M. Tierney. Tierney’s daughter, actress Maura Tierney, attended.
Menino and Governor Deval Patrick at the dedication ceremony of the Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
City of Boston fire officials as well as Mayor Thomas M. Menino held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially reopen the Engine Company 51 firehouse, located in the Oak Square section of Brighton, after a nearly $3 million upgrade.
Mayor Menino helped cut the ribbon during the reopening of the Darlene Tiffany Moore Play Lot in Dorchester in 2011.
Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley cut a ribbon along with Mayor Thomas Menino and Mass. Rep. Kevin Honan at the Providence House.
Ribbon cutting for the opening of Route 93 northbound, a major project completion for the Big Dig.
The ceremonial opening of the I-90 extension as part of the Big Dig project in 2003.
Former Boston Mayor, Ray Flynn, left, Kevin White, and current Mayor, Thomas Menino, stood together outside City Hall cutting the ribbon in which to open the outside dance floor in 1998.
What is the point of a ribbon if Mayor Menino isn’t around to cut it?
