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From YouTube: Thomas M. Menino Fields at Millennium Park Ceremony
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Mayor Wu joins distinguished guests to celebrate the official unveiling of Menino Park formerly known as Millenium park in West Roxbury.
A
A
We
are
here
for
an
important
day
to
celebrate
honor
and
commemorate,
as
you
may
know,
in
1994
the
city
reclaimed
this
former
gardner
street
landfill
as
a
park
using
land
excavated
from
the
big
dig.
The
new
park
was
officially
opened
by
mayor
menino
on
december
7th
in
the
year.
2000
current
park
features,
as
you
well
know:
25,
acres
of
multi-use
sports
fields,
parking,
six
miles
of
walking
jogging
and
bike
pathways,
nature
trails
and
soon
to
be
a
newly
renovated
playground.
A
The
park
is
especially
popular
with
bird
watchers,
due
to
the
restoration
of
natural
habitats
and
with
animals
to
naturalize
slopes
native
grasses
and
plantings.
It's
also
popular
for
paddlers
who
have
direct
access
to
the
charles
river
thanks
to
the
canoe
and
kayak
launch.
It's
also,
as
you
can
see
today,
the
home
of
parkway
youth
soccer.
A
B
Hello,
everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
We've
been
doing
this,
that's
our
36
years.
If
people
been
with
us
doing
the
cookout
in
the
same
day-
and
I
always
talk
to
god-
not
not
to
rain
on
those
days,
you
know,
and
so
people
ask
me
my
friend
of
the
mayor
menino
am
I
here
part
of
parkway
soccer
and
they
asked
me
to
speak
a
couple
things
about
explaining
how
what's
happening
for
us.
So
I
met
the
mayor
menino
in
1981.
B
I
met
him
at
in
roslyn
there
when
he
was
still
city
councilor,
and
I
was
still
have
very
few
english
words
to
speak,
but
he's
still
able
to
spend
time
with
me
and
at
the
end
he
convinced
me.
He
said,
city
of
boston
is
really
good
you're,
going
to
make
it
okay,
but
get
involved,
and
that
word
stuck
in
my
head
get
involved,
move
forward
after
that
I
have.
My
first
born
was
in
1982
about
four
and
a
half
years
old.
B
My
wife
said
get
involved
the
same
word,
so
we
met
that
time
who
people
know
today.
I
see
a
lot
of
people
remind
me
about
first
days
of
soccer,
so
eight
coaches-
maybe
nine
met
in
my
house
in
those
days
for
a
few
days
for
a
few
first
two
years
we
need
and
by
man
you'll
write
the
name
of
the
kids.
One
piece
of
paper
have
a
list
and
people
take
the
list
with
their
hand.
B
That's
what's
the
park
with
soccer
league
and
two
years
past
we
went
from
225
people,
kids
praying
in
soccer
to
800
that
when
I
needed
the
help
of
my
wife
to
write
software
for
me
how
to
run
the
organization,
so
we
start
coordinating
soccer
and
since
then
we
never
look
back
and
thank
you
very
much
so
menino
every
opening
day
comes
to
up
to
soccer.
I
tell
them,
don't
come,
there's
nothing!
Opening
day,
we've
been
busy,
there's
nothing
here.
No,
I
want
to
come
and
you
walk
with
me
who's
this
guy.
Who
is
this
coach?
B
What
is
his
name
walk
with
me
everywhere?
This
field
here
need
to
be
fixed.
I
should
send
somebody
for
tomorrow
for
that
every
opening
day
he
used
to
come
for
that,
and
now
we
have
mayor
wu.
She
have
to
be
here
every
year
because
her
kids
is
here
every
opening
day,
so
we're
not
going
to
miss
much
except
she's,
going
to
be
talking
to
joyce
and
joyce.
B
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
you
do
right
now
and
and
and
also
don't
forget,
her
husband
was
co-president
with
me
a
couple
years
ago
and
I'm
gonna
thank
the
two
current
president
to
co-president
also
mark
sullivan
and
murphy.
You
know
right
now,
so
those
are
currently
the
running
soccer.
They
still
respect
me.
I
am
one
of
the
founders,
they
call
me
and
that's
how
we
went
from
there
to
here
now,
one
of
those
days
walking
with
merino
on
the
heinz
field,
and
he
saw
we
start
the
game.
The
nice
field.
B
We
had
to
start
the
game
at
7,
00
am
in
the
morning
we
had
to
close
at
7
00
pm.
On
the
hour
every
hour
we
have
games
going
only
the
feed's,
so
small,
so
I
tell
them
where
we
gonna
go.
He
tell
me,
keep
it
going
said.
I
can't
keep
it
going,
there's
no
room,
I
have
a
problem.
He
said
I
got
introduced
to
someone
he
introduced
me
to
alice
hennessey.
B
She
said
he
said
to
me:
she
gonna
solve
your
problem
and
now
you
guys
seeing
the
results
of
that
these
parks
here
remind
us
how
beautiful
the
city
of
boston
and
if
we
get
involved,
we
can
make
things
done.
If
we
get
involved
through
sport
through
the
creation.
Again,
I'm
gonna
abuse
you
the
word
for
berbino.
B
B
If
you
get
involved
and
for
the
good
people
for
us,
that's
what
we
can
remember
forever,
50
years
from
now
100
years
from
now,
that's
what
bill
menino
and
alice
hennessey
left
for
us,
and
for
that
I
want
to
introduce
the
person,
our
ex
counselor
and
the
person
who
helped
me
and
helped
us
all
to
pass
this
resolution
into
the
city
council
right
and
he
was
the
leader
for
that.
For
us,
our
ex-counselor
matt
o'malley.
C
Thank
you
tony
keep
it
going
for
tony
seraphin
everybody
12
years
ago,
right
around
this
time
was
actually
july.
Fourth
week
when
my
predecessor,
john
tobin,
announced
he
wasn't
seeking
reelection.
My
first
call
true
story
was
to
mayor
menino,
who
instructed
that
my
second
call
be
to
alice
hennessey,
and
then
tony
was
my
third
call.
So
once
you
have
that
troika
with
you,
you
cannot,
you
cannot
lose.
C
C
Most
of
us
are
incredibly
lucky
that
we
were
in
the
orbit
that
included
tom
menino
and
alice
hennessey,
two
people
who
exemplified
public
service
better
than
anyone
else.
I've
ever
met
better
than
any
people.
I've
ever
met
in
my
entire
life.
Tom
menino
was
the
first
mayor
that
I
truly
remember
as
mayor
growing
up
in
this
city,
and
he
inspired
me
to
get
into
public
service
and
I
met
alice
through
him
through
my
work
on
the
council
and
she
taught
me
how
to
execute
public
service.
They
were
such
a
dynamic
pair,
the
two
of
them.
C
I've
ever
seen
just
picture
this
tiny,
thin
woman,
with
a
hard
hat
on
making
sure
checking
all
the
dump
trucks,
as
they
came
up
here
with
the
dirt,
to
make
sure
that
it
wasn't
rcs
level
two
contaminated
dirt,
because
she
wanted
to
make
sure
that
this
place
was
safe
and
thriving
for
generations
to
come,
and
it
is.
This
was
a
landfill.
When
I
was
growing
up.
C
The
only
things
I
remember
about
the
parkway
were
the
landfill,
the
heartland
and
hunan
pagoda,
which
was
a
great
little
restaurant
and
now
because
of
because
of
the
work
of
mayor,
menino
and
alice,
my
daughter
will
grow
up
playing
soccer
on
these
very
fields.
It
is
such
a
remarkable
thing.
People
said
it
couldn't
be
done.
C
C
I
pulled
in
to
the
parking
lot
one
day,
just
as
his
explorer
was
pulling
into
his
spot
and
for
those
that
know-
and
many
of
you
do,
I
see
a
lot
of
team
menino
alumni
network
here,
the
the
counselors
park
in
the
garage
right
next
to
the
horseshoe,
so
I
parked
my
car
was
walking
into
the
into
the
hall
mayor
mino's
getting
out
of
his
and
he
says
to
me:
what
are
you
doing
here?
C
I
didn't
know
how
to
respond
to
that
question.
I
I
stuttered
and
I
said
mayor,
I'm
I'm
going
to
work.
He
said
the
work
doesn't
happen
in
this
building.
The
work
happens
in
the
coffee
shop
and
the
supermarket
in
the
soccer
fields.
That's
where
we
get
the
work
done.
So
how
incredible
that
these
soccer
fields,
regeneration
of
young
people,
young
bostonians,
are
going
to
play
because
of
the
foresight,
the
energy
and
the
vision
of
one
of
the
finest
mayors
who
has
ever
served
anywhere
in
the
united
states,
tom
menino.
C
Mrs
menino,
thank
you
for
your
service
to
the
hennessey
family.
We
are
so
grateful
for
alice's
service
and
I
am
so
delighted
to
be
with
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
I
now
have
the
incredible
honor
of
introducing
the
woman
who
made
it
happen,
someone
who
is
an
exceptional
leader
in
her
own
right
and
one
of
like
many
of
us
learned
government
through
a
master
class
by
working
with
mayor
menino.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
our
incredible
mayor
mayor,
michelle
woom.
D
And
so
we
got
to
have
an
incredibly
incredibly
special
meeting
that
I
will
never
forget
in
in
that
office
about
this
very
day
and
mapping
that
out,
as
matt
mentioned,
menino
planted
many
seeds
in
the
course
of
his
incredible
legacy
serving
the
city,
physical
seeds,
that
have
grown
into
lush
landscapes
that
we
enjoy
all
throughout
boston
and
that
our
kids
play
on
and
the
people
too,
who
have
grown
up
because
of
his
willingness
to
open
the
door.
D
State
representative,
erin
michael.
But
it
also
comes
from
this
very
same
family.
Of
seeds
that
were
planted,
the
myth
has
grown
so
tony
had
asked
me
right
before
we
started
this.
I
just
want
to
get
this
right.
You
served
in
mayor,
menino's
cabinet
right.
D
I
was
an
intern,
a
baby
intern
in
the
office,
but
it
made
such
a
difference
to
me
and
in
my
life
and
how
I
see
the
world,
how
I
see
the
city
and
the
shoes
that
I
feel
are
are
the
weight
placed
on
me
as
I
strive
every
day
to
do
just
a
little
bit
of
what
mayor
menino
worked
to
do
every
day,
we're
joined
here
by
so
many
who've
served
the
city
in
many
many
sectors
and
industries
have
changed
our
communities
because
of
connections
to
these
families,
the
hennessey
family,
the
menino
family
and
the
deep
love
for
this
city
that
we
all
share
with
everyone
who
is
a
menino
alum,
raise
your
hand
here.
D
It
is
just
an
incredible
reminder
of
what's
possible
in
this
city
when
we
are
committed
to
leaving
what
we
have
a
little
better
for
those
who
are
going
to
come
after
us
and
so
to
alice's
family.
I
got
to
spend
time
mostly
with
with
alice
in
her
capacity,
then
having
become
a
regular
at
the
south
end
seniors
meeting
later
on
and
to
the
menino
family.
D
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
unrelenting
vision,
your
willingness
to
share
so
much
of
your
lives
with
this
city
and
that
fierce
belief
that
we
will
carry
forward
every
day
that
we
can
do
more
and
that
it
is
our
responsibility
to
do
more
so
that
the
next
generation
and
the
one
after
that
will
have
the
treasures
and
the
results
that
we
can
only
dream
are
possible
for
them
today.
So
we're
very
honored
to
be
here
for
this
special
presentation.
D
Is
there
anyone
else
on
the
speaker,
okay,
great,
and
so
I
would
like
to
invite
up
to
share
a
few
words
of
someone
who
is
a
hero
of
mine.
So
many
across
the
city,
mrs
angela
menino,.
E
E
I
remember,
I
remember
often
seeing
them
both
talking
loudly
and
directly
with
each
other
on
how
and
what
needed
to
happen
next
to
secure
the
dirt
from
the
big
dig
that
was
necessary
to
cap
this
site
and
create
this
new
green
space
for
our
community
and
a
hard
thought
a
hard
fought
fight.
It
was,
but
when
it
was
done,
he
enjoyed
asking
alice,
often
every
time
he
saw
her.
What
did
you
see
up
there
and
she
would
rattle
off
the
birds
and
other
wildlife
that
had
made
their
way
back
to
our
city
here?
E
E
A
Thank
you,
mrs
menino.
In
addition,
I
I
think
we
called
out
we
have
representative
mike
with
representative
kappa
john
senator
rush.
We've
also
been
joined
by
sheriff
steve
tompkins,
our
city
councilor,
julia
mejia
and
city
council
ricardo
arroyos.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
as
well.
A
We're
very
excited
for
our
first
part
of
this
renovation
to
be
a
new
playground
and
accessible
pathways.
This
new
playground
will
have
features
for
two
to
five-year-olds,
as
well
as
a
five
to
twelve-year-old
section
and
very
appropriately.
I
think
for
alice.
It's
a
nature-based
themed
playground
with
a
birdhouse
playhouse,
a
bouncing
canoe,
balanced
logs,
a
treehouse
themed
bird
nest,
slide
rock
climbers
ample
seating
and
accessible
paths
and
planted
entryways,
we're
so
glad
to
be
joined
by
members
of
the
hennessey
family.
F
Thanks
ryan
thanks
tony
for
all,
you
do
with
parkway
soccer
to
provide
a
safe
and
programming
for
all
these.
These
future
world
cup
contenders.
F
On
behalf
of
my
family,
we're
just
profoundly
grateful
and
really
kind
of
awestruck
at
this.
At
this
honor
alice
would
be
humbled.
Alice
would
also
be
thrilled
that
finally
boston
has
elected
a
woman
mayor
to
lead.
F
It
was
a
lifelong
dream
of
hers,
especially
a
mayor
who
is
an
advocate
for
and
a
champion
of,
all
those
those
causes
that
alice
held
dear
accessible,
welcoming
inviting
public
places,
playgrounds,
public
parks,
a
place
where
kids,
from
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
throughout
greater
boston,
can
come
and
play
soccer
fly
a
kite,
see
bluebirds
seahawks,
see
beaver,
see
deer
all
within
the
confines
of
the
city.
So
we're
we're
profoundly
grateful
for
for
mayor
wu's
leadership
and
for
for
making
this
happen.
F
We're
also
quite
grateful
to
mrs
menino
mayor
menino,
her
family,
for
all
you've
done
and
continue
to
do
for
our
city.
It's
inspiring,
of
course,
matt
o'malley,
whose
dogged
determination
to
see
this
initiative
through
the
process
was
just
exemplary
and
we're
profoundly
grateful
and,
of
course,
to
all
of
alice's
friends,
colleagues,
supporters
from
wester,
oxford
and
throughout
the
city.
You
were
like
her
extended
family.
F
She
was
everyone's
mother
and
I
think
she
loved
all
of
us
unconditionally,
and
I
think
you
can
feel
alice's
love
here
in
millennium
park
today
and
every
day.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
this
honor.