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 -
Mayor 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) -
You can watch a live video stream of Mayor Menino's State of the City address here. -
I'm in Faneuil Hall and I’ll be living Tweeting Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s 20th State of City address #SOTCBOS #bospoli #mapoliby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:33:45 PM -
From the balcony at Faneuil Hall, I see Susan Young and Fr. Doc Conway, two people in Globe's #68blocks series about Bowdoin-Geneva #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:36:49 PM -
#SOTCBOS Faneuil Hall facts: 271 yrs old, large clock 1850 gift from city's children, ornate brass gas lights wired for electricity in 1898by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:43:53 PM -
Congressman Markey, a US Senate candidate, working the floor of Great Hall #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:44:50 PM -
Mayor Menino’s wife, Angela, sits in front row next to Vicki Kennedy, wife of late senator #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:49:25 PM -
On floor of Faneuil Hall, electeds cluster by status: Bos City Councilors in one group, state legislators another #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:52:09 PM -
Waiting for Mayor Menino to arrive to deliver #stateofthecityspeech.by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/29/2013 11:53:33 PM -
Rep. Lynch, another potential US Senate candidate, here talking to his neighbor on G St in Southie, outgoing state Sen. Jack Hart #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:54:56 PM -
US Rep. Joe Kennedy III also at Faneuil Hall #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:56:57 PM -
Announcer just gave 5 minute warning at Faneuil Hall for Mayor Menino’s State of City address #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:58:23 PM -
RT @gintautasd: Cllr Yancey talking with Council President Murphy. 94.5% chance it's about Mattapan High School. #bospoliby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/29/2013 11:58:29 PM -
Vicki Kennedy, Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy, and Jack Hart are among the dignitaries. #stateofthecity #bopoliby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:00:11 AM -
Announcer again asking people to sit, getting impatient #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:02:01 AM -
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 -
The announcer is getting testy. Sternly tells people to take their seats. "Clear the aisles." #sotcby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:03:46 AM -


Stage at Faneuil Hall before arrival of Mayor Menino http://twitpic.com/bzd91r
by Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:07:22 AM -
RT @gintautasd: Seating-wise, Rep. Lynch separated from Rep. Markey by Rep. Tierney #bospoli #masenby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:08:16 AM -
Quiet in Great Hall. Singing of national anthem.by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:12:44 AM -

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Telling fact: Of the 5 congressmen at Mayor Menino's State of City speech, only 2 represent parts of Boston #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:18:00 AM -
RT @gintautasd: Bruce Mann, Sen. Warren's husband, is here #masenby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:18:07 AM -

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#SOTCBOS Another fun fact: Menino has an entrance song, “Intrada’’ by composer William Brade http://bo.st/X6RI4zby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:20:23 AM -
Suzanne Bump is looking very auditorial tonight ...by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:21:26 AM -
Standing room only. #SOTCBOSby DaveVittorini via twitter 1/30/2013 12:23:49 AM -
One 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 12:25:14 AM -
So often are, to the cheap nosebleed seats.by Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:25:39 AM -
Video being shown on Boston in 2012. Clips of kids dancing, babies, ribbon cutting. #sotcby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:26:48 AM -
No sight of the governor in Great Hall. #sotcby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:04 AM -
Yikes, 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 Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:50 AM -
Faneuil Hall to go live on Ch. 5 in 4 minutes, which means Menino is about to enter #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:28:51 AM -
My bad. The governor is here! #sotcby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:29:01 AM -
Very 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 Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:30:30 AM -
Menino enters rear door of Faneuil Hall, walks with cane to podium. Crowd erupts #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:05 AM -
Mayor Menino is now at the podium #SOTCBOSby Boston.com News via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:23 AM -
Menino arrives walking briskly. Thunderous applause. Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" blares. #sotcby Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:32:40 AM -
Menino points at Gov Patrick in front row and get a laugh. Crowd still clapping #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:33:09 AM -
Mayor looks thinner, but rested. "I have a few words to say," he says to a cheering crowd.by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:04 AM -
Loud 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 Scot Lehigh via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:23 AM -
Audience chants 4 more years. "You don't want to hear my voice do you?"by Meghan Irons via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:52 AM -
Crowd quiets until someone yells, "four more years." Menino laughs. Another round of applause #SOTCBOSby Andrew Ryan via twitter 1/30/2013 12:34:56 AM
