Live blog: Mayor Menino delivered the State of the City address 2013
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino delivered his 20th State of the City address January 29.
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I hope you'll tune in for tonight's State of the City address. Follow #SOTCBOS for live updates. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BByfbYxCAAAWQC4.jpg
by Mayor Tom Menino via twitter 1/29/2013 11:28:13 PM -


TV news vans outside Faneuil Hall #boston #SOTCBOS http://twitpic.com/bzd1la
by HeyRatty via twitter 1/29/2013 11:29:06 PM -
Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 1/29/2013 11:31:04 PMMayor Menino's 50-foot walk on the red carpet and the way he intones his remarks will be closely scrutinized because Menino is returning to the public stage after the longest absence of his career, a trying stretch that has included an eight-week hospital stay and continued convalescence as he has struggled to walk. >> Full story (Globe staff) -
Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 1/29/2013 11:32:16 PMYou can watch a live video stream of Mayor Menino's State of the City address here. -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:33:45 PMI'm in Faneuil Hall and I’ll be living Tweeting Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s 20th State of City address #SOTCBOS #bospoli #mapoli -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:36:49 PMFrom the balcony at Faneuil Hall, I see Susan Young and Fr. Doc Conway, two people in Globe's #68blocks series about Bowdoin-Geneva #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:43:53 PM#SOTCBOS Faneuil Hall facts: 271 yrs old, large clock 1850 gift from city's children, ornate brass gas lights wired for electricity in 1898 -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:44:50 PMCongressman Markey, a US Senate candidate, working the floor of Great Hall #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:49:25 PMMayor Menino’s wife, Angela, sits in front row next to Vicki Kennedy, wife of late senator #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:52:09 PMOn floor of Faneuil Hall, electeds cluster by status: Bos City Councilors in one group, state legislators another #SOTCBOS -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/29/2013 11:53:33 PMWaiting for Mayor Menino to arrive to deliver #stateofthecityspeech. -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:54:56 PMRep. Lynch, another potential US Senate candidate, here talking to his neighbor on G St in Southie, outgoing state Sen. Jack Hart #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:56:57 PMUS Rep. Joe Kennedy III also at Faneuil Hall #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:58:23 PMAnnouncer just gave 5 minute warning at Faneuil Hall for Mayor Menino’s State of City address #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:58:29 PMRT @gintautasd: Cllr Yancey talking with Council President Murphy. 94.5% chance it's about Mattapan High School. #bospoli -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:00:11 AMVicki Kennedy, Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy, and Jack Hart are among the dignitaries. #stateofthecity #bopoli -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:02:01 AMAnnouncer again asking people to sit, getting impatient #SOTCBOS -
The mayor, who gets miffed if prominent pols miss his speech, has a good turnout tonight.by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:03:28 AM -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:03:46 AMThe announcer is getting testy. Sternly tells people to take their seats. "Clear the aisles." #sotc -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:07:22 AM
Stage at Faneuil Hall before arrival of Mayor Menino http://twitpic.com/bzd91r
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by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:08:16 AMRT @gintautasd: Seating-wise, Rep. Lynch separated from Rep. Markey by Rep. Tierney #bospoli #masen -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:12:44 AMQuiet in Great Hall. Singing of national anthem. -
Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 1/30/2013 12:17:04 AM
The program. (Photo via Ed Medina / Boston.com staff)
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by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:18:00 AMTelling fact: Of the 5 congressmen at Mayor Menino's State of City speech, only 2 represent parts of Boston #SOTCBOS -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:18:07 AMRT @gintautasd: Bruce Mann, Sen. Warren's husband, is here #masen -
Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 1/30/2013 12:19:03 AMThe Boston City Singers now performing "One Mile On the Way to Freedom." -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:20:23 AM#SOTCBOS Another fun fact: Menino has an entrance song, “Intrada’’ by composer William Brade http://bo.st/X6RI4z -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:21:26 AMSuzanne Bump is looking very auditorial tonight ... -
Standing room only. #SOTCBOSby DaveVittorini via twitter 1/30/2013 12:23:49 AM -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:25:14 AMOne of the skills of a reporter must develop is the ability to recognize pols from the tops of their heads, being consigned, as we... -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:25:39 AMSo often are, to the cheap nosebleed seats. -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:26:48 AMVideo being shown on Boston in 2012. Clips of kids dancing, babies, ribbon cutting. #sotc -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:04 AMNo sight of the governor in Great Hall. #sotc -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:50 AMYikes, what an odd video, interrupted by what I thought was a heckler, but was mayor Menino yelling: the choice to move forward is clear. -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:51 AMFaneuil Hall to go live on Ch. 5 in 4 minutes, which means Menino is about to enter #SOTCBOS -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:29:01 AMMy bad. The governor is here! #sotc -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:30:30 AMVery dramatic moment: will his honor stride briskly forth and sit in the giant high chair mere seconds before we go live to news center 5? -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:05 AMMenino enters rear door of Faneuil Hall, walks with cane to podium. Crowd erupts #SOTCBOS -
by BostonDotCom via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:23 AMMayor Menino is now at the podium #SOTCBOS -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:40 AMMenino arrives walking briskly. Thunderous applause. Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" blares. #sotc -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:33:09 AMMenino points at Gov Patrick in front row and get a laugh. Crowd still clapping #SOTCBOS -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:04 AMMayor looks thinner, but rested. "I have a few words to say," he says to a cheering crowd. -
by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:23 AMLoud applause for the mayor's walk down the aisle. The mayor soaks it in like an industrial sponge. He takes a well-deserved sip of H20. -
by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:52 AMAudience chants 4 more years. "You don't want to hear my voice do you?" -
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:56 AMCrowd quiets until someone yells, "four more years." Menino laughs. Another round of applause #SOTCBOS