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From YouTube: 401 Park Ribbon Cutting
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Join Mayor Marty Walsh as he helps to cut the ribbon at 401 Park, a mixed use 1 acre green space in Fenway that will be activated year round with everything from summer concerts to a winter ice rink. Additionally, it will be the future home of Time Out Market and Trillium beer garden.
A
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone
appreciate
everyone
being
out
here
this
morning
and
thank
you
for
spending
some
time
and
being
here
to
celebrate
this
this
great
occasion
with
us
on
behalf
of
the
entire
Samuels
team,
I'd
like
to
welcome
folks
here
my
my
remarks
stated
that
thank
you
for
being
in
this
beautiful
park.
Unfortunately,
because
of
the
rain,
we
actually,
we
moved
it
indoors
to
the
lobby,
but
equally
beautiful
here
and
we're
so
proud
to
show
off
the
renovation
here
and
the
work
that
we've
been
that's
been
underway
for
for
many
years.
A
A
A
B
We
have
been
working
together
for
an
awfully
long
time.
Peter
started
in
the
Fenway
with
us
in
1999
I
think
it's
been
off
a
long
time
and
our
whole
company
had
a
huge
hand
in
all
of
this,
but
I
want
to
single
Peter
out,
because
we
call
him
mr.
Fenway,
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
in
the
neighborhood.
B
Peter
has
been
the
guy
who
has
been
at
every
community
meeting
at
every
club
meeting
at
every
event,
he's
gotten
to
know
everybody
in
this
community
on
such
an
intimate
level,
his
passion
for
Fenway
and
everything
about
Fenway
is
immeasurable
and
without
without
that
passion
Peter
we
never
would
have
been
here
and
so
I
would
just
want
to
have
a
special
thanks
to
Peter.
So
I
would
give
him
my
hand.
B
I,
don't
want
to
single
too
many
people
out,
but
I
would
like
also
to
mention
that
I
just
want
to
say
for
a
moment
that
David
Manfredi
from
ELQ
is
Manfredi.
Architects
has
also
been
our
longtime
partner
in
everything
we're
doing
in
the
Fenway.
We've
done
nine
projects
I
think
together
from
the
original
hey,
let's
build
a
supermarket.
Oh
my
God.
Look
what
we
could
do
here
and
it's
just
been
an
incredible
process
of
dreaming
and
trying
to
fit
things
in
two
places
and
working
with
a
community
and
without
David's
creative
energy.
B
B
So
we've
we've
had
the
privilege
to
spend
20
years
executing
a
vision
which
was
ironically
born
out
of
conflict
and
morphed
into
a
desire
for
a
better
place
for
those
of
you
around
this
neighborhood
20
years
ago.
Our
involvement
started
where,
with
the
Red
Sox
thinking
about
building
a
new
Park
just
to
the
west
of
the
existing
Fenway
Park,
and
it
brought
up
a
lot
of
anxiety
and
it
brought
a
lot
of
community
groups
up
to
talk
about
living
with
a
ballpark.
And
what
does
that
mean
and
how
it's
been
for
the
last
hundred
years?
B
And
what
came
out
of
that
was
this
desire
to
have
something
more,
to
have
a
Main
Street
to
have
a
central
place
where
the
neighborhood
had
a
spine
and
a
soul.
And
here
we
are
20
years
later
out
of
all
that
anxiety
and
conflict.
The
Red
Sox
have
done
a
beautiful
job
of
renovating
that
Park
and
making
the
jewel
the
jewel
of
a
ballpark
that
it
is,
and
we
sort
of
picked
up
the
torch
to
do
all
the
other
things
about
making
this
a
24/7
neighborhood.
And
so
that
was
a.
B
It
was
really
important
and
it
was
truly
a
partnership
with
the
community.
All
the
community
groups
had
a
hand
in
essentially
designing
what
Fenway
would
be.
We
literally
asked
over
and
over
again.
What
do
you
want
to
see
here?
Are
you
ok
with
the
heights
the
massing?
Do
you
understand
the
traffic?
This
truly
has
been
a
remarkable
partnership,
and,
while
it's
not
complete
Fenway
to
me
finally
feels
whole.
It
feels
like
it's
achieved.
This
elusive
balance
between
old
and
new,
shiny
and
scuffed
well-off
middle-class,
not
so
well-off.
B
Folks
live
here,
younger,
older
funky,
historic
there's,
a
lot
of
new
buildings,
but
there's
a
tremendous
nod
to
the
history
of
the
neighborhood:
it's
a
tourist
destination,
yet
the
most
important
thing
is:
it
feels
like
a
home.
Everybody
who
comes
here
works
here
or
lives
here
feels
like
there's
a
sense
of
place
and
is
comfortable
and
it's
safe
and
everybody
calls
it
their
own
and
for
that
I'm
incredibly
proud,
and
so
it's
really
been
a
team
effort
which
being
defeated
to
this
building,
and
why
is
this
building
significant?
Why
does
it
matter?
B
Well,
first,
off
it's
been
here
a
hundred
years.
If
you
think
about
this
neighborhood
a
hundred
years
ago,
there
were
two
big
things
here:
Fenway
Park
and
this
beast
of
a
building.
This
was
a
Sears
distribution
center
built
in
1928.
This
was
built
when
Sears
was
the
Amazon
of
their
day.
This
was
built
when
Sears
was
selling
everything
to
everybody
and
anything
they
sold
homes
they
sold
under
where
they
sold
toys,
they
sold
tools.
B
It
was
all
that
catalog,
which
some
of
you
may
or
may
not
have
seen,
and
some
of
them
are
actually
displayed
upstairs
with
some
of
the
old
archival
items
that
were
sold
in
that
catalog.
But
Sears
was
the
captain
of
industry.
They
called
them
the
cathedrals
of
commerce,
and
so
that's
what
this
building
was
about,
but
invariably
and
inevitably
things
began
to
change
as
Sears
became
less
and
less
significant.
This
building
and
this
property
fell
on
darker
times.
There
were
years
of
decline,
many
years
of
disrepair
and
vacancy
about
20
years
ago.
B
It
made
its
first
iteration
of
a
new
life
and
it
was
renovated
to
be
a
building
that
housed
BlueCross
and
BlueShield,
and
some
suburban
retail.
On
the
first
floor,
that
was
really
suburban,
automobile
driven,
but
the
interesting
part
of
that,
and
while
it
was
functional-
and
it
was
a
productive
building-
and
people
were
working
here-
it
was
it
was
fabulous
for
that
reason.
But
we
felt
that
the
thing
that
was
missing
the
most
is
it
wasn't.
B
It
was
still
a
barrier,
it
was
not
a
place
where
the
community
could
come
in
and
out
of,
he
walked
around
it.
If
he
went
to
the
T
he
went
on
the
outside
of
it
to
get
to
the
neighborhood.
Nobody
who
shopped
in
here
walked
inside
the
office
building
none
of
the
office
building
employees
felt
part
of
the
neighborhood,
and
so
we
felt
that
it
was
our
responsibility
to
make
this
thing
entirely
different
than
it
it
it
has
been.
B
We
hope
that
this
becomes
the
new
center
of
gravity
for
Fenway
for
Brookline,
for
Back
Bay,
the
neighborhoods
on
either
side
for
the
LMA
we've
opened
up
this
massive
interior.
We
cut
a
whole
floor
out
of
this
section
here
and
all
the
way
down
through
time
out
markets
to
basically
expose
all
the
office
space
and
the
atriums
that
are
going
on
upstairs.
We
want
this
to
feel
connected.
B
We
want
the
neighborhood
to
feel
like
they
can
come
through
here,
both
east
and
west,
and
north
and
south,
and
not
walk
around
it,
and
so
it's
it's
days
as
a
barrier
are
over
and
we
hope
that
it
once
again
it
will
become
a
place
for
innovators
and
dreamers
and
overachievers
people
who
want
to
make
things
happen.
It's
occupied
upstairs
by
tech
companies,
life
science,
companies,
world-class
medical
institutions.
Most
of
you
know,
Children's
Hospital
is
here
Harvard
School
of
Public
Health
Harvard
Medical
School.
B
We
had
two
fantastic
success
stories
that
came
out
of
that
a
company
called
woob,
which
is
in
another
one
of
our
buildings
now,
which
is
a
wearable
device
and,
of
course,
a
toast
which
started
with
20
or
30
people
and
is
now
three
or
four
hundred
people
a
thousand
people,
a
toast
which
was
curated
in
this
building.
So
we
we
feel
very
fortunate.
B
Their
first
market
was
in
Lisbon
they're,
an
international
company
that
this
essentially
focuses
on
curating,
the
best
of
the
best
food
experiences
from
local
purveyors
of
food
chefs
liked
him,
a
Nancy
Cushman
and
Michael
Schlow
and
Alex
Saenz
and
Vincent
Turco
and
Dominic
and
Heather
Costa,
just
to
name
a
few
are
gonna,
be
in
here,
I.
Think,
there's
gonna
be
16
great
chefs
in
here
and,
of
course,
out
front.
B
We
have
Trillium
our
local
craft
beer
sensation,
which
is
going
to
take
the
building
out
in
front
of
the
park,
so
the
building
hopefully
has
become
a
magnet
and
a
center
for
for
Fenway's
activities.
The
last
piece
of
the
puzzle
is
the
park
Welman,
it's
probably
the
most
important
piece,
because
it's
the
connective
element
not
only
from
Fenway
to
LMA,
but
also
to
the
Emerald
Necklace,
a
little
bit
of
history,
believe
it
or
not
in
the
1960s
I'm
Sears
was
so
powerful.
B
They
pushed
the
city
to
pave
over
a
piece
of
the
Emerald
Necklace
behind
us,
and
actually
it
happened,
which
is
inconceivable
if
you
think
about
paving
over
and
culver
ting
the
muddy
river
and
a
public
park
today,
but
it
actually
happened
and
sadly,
for
the
last
50
years,
that
parking
lot
was
the
only
broken
piece
of
the
Emerald
Necklace
conceived
by
frederick
law
olmsted.
That
goes
all
the
way
from
Jamaica
Plain
in
the
pond,
all
the
way
to
the
Commons.
B
Just
about
two
years
ago
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy,
the
state
and
the
city
and
the
feds
finally
dee-lighted
the
muddy
river
again
I,
don't
know
Michael
Dukakis
as
here
is
he
here?
No,
but
he
had
a.
He
had
a
strong
hand
for
many
many
years
in
helping
to
get
that
piece
of
the
park
replaced,
and
so
we
thought
well,
it's
fantastic
to
have
the
Emerald
Necklace
connected
again
and
it
will
become
a
place
where
Bostonians.
B
Recreative
amount
of
frontage
on
this
part,
and
we
thought
if
we
could
activate
the
front
of
our
building
with
activities,
lifestyle
skating,
tons
of
food
and
a
place
where
families
can
convene,
then
it
will
be
a
great
stop
along
the
Emerald
Necklace
and
that's
why
we
put
this
park
together.
It
should
connect
the
muddy
river
in
a
way
that
has
not
has
not
been
significant
for
this
neighborhood
before
and
so.
Lastly,
we
have
a
fantastic
artist
named
Nicole
Eisenman,
who
essentially
chose
Boston
and
this
park
for
her
new
sculptures
and
she's
gonna.
B
Do
an
opening
with
us
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
she's
a
world-class
artist.
She
is
as
hot
as
you
can
be
in
in
the
art
world
and
is
featured
in
many
of
the
the
world's
best
museums,
including
the
Whitney,
and
those
those
sculptures
are
gonna
feature
to
be
featured
in
our
Park
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
and
so
we
hope
that
we
have
something
for
everybody
here.
We
think
between
the
park
and
the
building.
B
We
hope
to
change
the
center
of
gravity
of
what's
been
happening
in
the
Fenway
connect,
Longwood
brookline,
Back
Bay,
and
so
that's
our
strength.
It's
about
balance
here
in
the
Fenway
and
I
think
that
this
will
be
a
critical
piece
in
continuing
in
maintaining
that
balance.
So
enough
of
my
shameless
promotion,
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
next
speaker
who's,
a
man
who
obviously
needs
no
introduction
he's
been
an
ardent
supporter
of
the
rebirth
of
the
Fenway.
He's
been
a
phenomenal
partner
to
work
with
throughout
the
development
community.
B
He
supports
the
arts,
he's
changing
our
school
systems,
he's
helping
the
homeless
he's
attacking
substance,
abuse,
he's
handling,
affordable
housing,
all
the
while
presiding
over
Boston's
ascension
into
this
incredible
world-class
city
like
I,
can't
imagine
the
demands
that
our
mayor
faces
every
everyday
trying
to
keep
control
of
everything,
but
the
job
creation.
The
housing
starts,
are
all
at
record
levels
here
and
so
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
wonderful
mayor,
mayor,
Marty,
Walsh,.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
Steve
and
I
was
a
lot
of
what
Steve
said
is
in
my
remarks.
Ooh
and
I'll
repeat
a
little
bit
of
it,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
Steve.
I
was
talking
to
Josh
a
second
ago
and
when
you
have
somebody
who
is
a
developer
in
a
city
like
Boston
oftentimes
is
conflict
between
the
community
and
the
developer
and
is
always
trying
to
push
here
and
there.
C
But
Steve
has
gotten
so
many
awards
from
different
civic
associations
in
different
places
and
and
Joshua
charters
are
saying
it's
like
when
you
have
somebody
like
that
that
understands
and
cares
about
the
community
and
puts
the
community
first.
That
makes
a
huge
difference
in
developing
and
doing
what's
going
on
ahead.
So
I
want
to
congratulate
Steve
and
what's
happening
here,
but
also
what
he
does
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
in
philanthropic
lis.
He
doesn't
brag
about
this,
but
a
lot
of
times
an
organization
will
call
me
and
they'll
be
looking
for
some.
C
C
I
want
to
thank
Peter
and
everyone
at
Samuels
and
associates.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
folks
here
that
work
for
Samuels.
Thank
you
for
all
your
work.
You
did
some
great
stuff
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
as
well
to
city
councilor,
Josh
akin
was
going
to
speak
after
me
and
represent
him
in
China
Tyler.
C
A
new
chapter
and
I
forgot
about
the
I
forgot
about
the
the
catalog
Cynthia
said:
I,
remember,
being
a
kid
and
you
know:
we'd
get
the
carriage
circle
on
all
the
toys
in
the
toy
page.
What
we
wanted
and
I
forgot,
that's
how
we,
shopped
years
ago,
I
think
that
was
the
Amazon
of
the
day,
probably
easier,
because
at
least
he's
circling
hit
a
button.
It
automatically
happy
that's
a
circle
in
the
Kim,
it's
your
mother
that
we
want
to
buy
this
now.
C
C
My
remark
said
this
beautiful
park
is
for
everyone.
The
park
outside
it's
a
rainy
day.
It's
gonna,
be
green.
I'll.
Tell
you
that
in
the
city
of
Boston
this
year,
but
having
having
a
public
open
space,
it's
key
as
well
for
so
many
different
reasons.
I
know
we
Steve
talked
about
the
arts
and
and
gathering
spaces,
but
also
for
the
environment
and
really
having
opportunities.
C
Really
is
gonna
transform
the
community,
so
it
does
help
for
gathering
spaces,
and
it
helps
for
maybe
having
a
couple
of
parties
out
there,
but
also
does
help
the
environment,
something
that
we
have
to
continue
to
do
and
we
might
not
think
it
makes
a
big
difference.
But
when
you
think
about
what's
happening
in
Boston
the
more
we
can
do
for
greening
of
our
city,
the
more
planting
of
trees.
We
talk
about
tree
planting,
but
the
more
greening
of
our
city.
C
We
can
do
the
more
it's
going
to
help
us
get
to
our
goals
of
carbon,
carbon
reductions
in
emissions
and
all
the
things
that
we
plan
on
doing
so
again,
it's
an
amazing
and
having
an
arts
and
culture
part
of
this
disabled,
but
I
would
I
would
regard
Fenway
as
one
of
the
arts
and
culture
neighborhoods
in
the
country,
one
of
the
best
in
the
country,
because
everyone
talks
about
it.
People
talk
about
it,
so
it's
not
just
simply
about
the
design
of
a
building.
C
You
know
in
the
reason
why
I'm
saying
this
because
she
talked
about
Trillium,
they
are
expanding
to
Fenway
they're,
having
a
success
at
the
tap
room
on
the
Seaport
and
the
summit
bid
got
in
the
green
way
things
that
is
another
area
of
bringing
people
together.
We
Boston
is
a
city
of
Millennials
and
Boston
is
a
city
of
old
of
Australians
when
you
think
about
our
population.
I
think
we
at
one
point
I'm
much
over
right
today.
C
I
think
we're
with
a
second
or
maybe
that'd,
be
the
first,
a
second
youngest
per
capita
city
in
America
years
ago,
people
who
come
to
Boston
and
get
educated,
and
then
they
go
to
New,
York
or
San
Francisco.
Today,
if
you
ask
young
people
that
are
here,
some
grew
up
here:
a
lot
from
Ohio
from
New
York
from
San
Francisco
people
are
staying
here
in
our
city
and
that's
it's
exciting
to
see
that
growth.
C
We
have
international
students
that
come
to
our
city
that
want
to
stay
here
in
our
city
as
well,
and
we
have
all
kinds
of
different
people
so
having
opportunities
for
young
people,
and
it's
not
just
young
people.
Older
people
go
to
the
big
on
to
if
you
want,
but
it
really
is
about
about
changing
kind
of
the
culture
of
our
city,
keeping
people
and
keeping
them
invested
in
our
city
and
we're
excited
about
that.
C
The
stores
that
are
coming
timeout
market
understanding
that
you
know
we're
one
of
four
cities
in
the
world
outside
of
outside
of
where
they
began
to
really
see
an
opportunity
to
come
here,
that's
exciting
as
well
again.
We
continue
to
grow
our
city
and
give
more
opportunities
for
people.
You
know
health
care,
the
health
care
that
goes
on
here
when
you
think
about
the
site,
retail
startups
health
care
and
all
the
other
industries
that
are
here.
C
This
project
also
includes
a
new
pedestrian
and
bike
path,
something
that,
as
we
continue
to
change
the
way
we
do
transportation
and
I'm
going
to
talk
at
the
end
about
transportation.
Just
briefly,
but
thinking
about
those
different
connections
that
are
being
made
roads,
safety,
improvements
and
bike
bike,
accommodations
that
are
happening
here,
new
trees
and
landscaping.
C
We
also
it
will
support
the
Audubon
circle
with
$100,000
investment
in
projects
and
programming
and
the
Back
Bay
fens,
150
million
dollars
for
that
for
the
Emerald
Necklace
Conservancy
and,
as
we
think
about
the
next
step
that
we're
doing
with
renovating
Franklin
Park
and
we're
also
putting
some
money
into
into
completing
the
Emerald
Necklace
on
the
other
side
of
the
city
really
is
important
as
we
piece
all
this
together.
The
benefits
of
this
project
certainly
go
far
beyond
this
neighborhood
as
well.
C
This
project
generates
about
three
million
dollars
for
affordable
housing,
as
Steve
mentioned
in
the
last
five
years.
No
city
in
America
has
built
more
affordable
housing
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Well,
actually,
let
me
correct
that
book.
I
know
the
press
here
in
the
last
five
years.
No
time
in
Boston's
history
have
we
built
more
affordable
housing
than
this
period
of
time,
and
we
are
one
of
the
leaders
in
the
country
when
it
comes
to
affordable
housing.
C
The
$700,000
from
this
project
go
on
the
job
training
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
so
this
project,
if
you
talk
about,
we
all
throw
where
that
we
throw
the
word
transformative
around
a
lot.
But
if
you
truly
are
thinking
of
a
transformative
that
touches
everybody
for
most
people
in
the
city
of
Boston,
it's
this
project.
It
works
at
the
neighborhood.
It's
his
carry
jobs.
It
creates
opportunity,
potentially
cures.
People
invest
in
housing,
invest
in
job
training,
really
complete
projects.
C
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
was
part
of
putting
this
project
together
over
the
last
bunch
of
years,
and
it's
gonna
be
exciting
to
see
this
project
move
forward.
Lastly,
just
a
separate
piece:
I'm
gonna
bring
out
the
Council
on
the
last
two
days,
I
spent
down
in
Washington
with
the
governor
to
talk
about
infrastructure
and
there's
been
a
little
bit
covered
about
it,
but
as
we
think
about
unable
as
Ennis,
we
think
about
growth
of
Boston.
Probably
the
two
biggest
concerns
I
hear
every
day
is
traffic
and
housing.
C
C
So
I
would
just
ask
you:
is
you
go
on
your
day
when
you
see
it
congressional
folks
put
a
bug
in
their
ear?
This
needs
to
be
a
priority
because
I
don't
think,
there's
any
other
issue.
The
United
States
Congress
and
Senate
can
agree
on
that.
You
won't
have
a
bra
on,
but
the
the
fact
that
infrastructure
is
something
that
Nancy
Pelosi.
The
president
in
Chuck's
room
are
all
in
the
same
page
as
far
as
doing
a
bill
moving
it
forward.
They'll
figure
out
how
to
pay
it.
C
That's
a
good
start,
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
get
this
bill
through
Congress
and
that
bill
will
indirectly
help
this
project.
If
you
work
here
or
if
you
live
in
this
neighborhood
will
definitely
help
your
neighborhood
we're
allowing
us
the
opportunity
to
access
funds
that
will
help
us
move
our
economy
forward.
Again,
congratulations
to
your
whole
team!
Steve
on
this
milestone
and
now
I
have
the
great
honor
of
introducing
a
city
council
who
is
very
hands
on,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
development.
D
Well,
Thank,
You
mayor,
it's
been
a
privilege.
We
were
elected
on
the
same
day
in
2013.
I
started
these
jobs
together
in
2014
and
working
with
the
mayor
in
neighborhoods
across
the
district
across
the
city
and
like
the
Fenway
to
make
sure
that
this
growth
that
he's
overseeing
that's
happening
in
the
city
of
Boston.
This
development
boom
the
job
boom.
D
The
fact
that
people
are
staying
here
in
greater
numbers
and
they
have
over
in
the
past
I
think
it's
a
testament
to
the
city's
leadership
to
the
business
community,
the
Civic
community
that
we
have
here
and
nowhere
is
that
embodied
more
I
think
than
in
the
Fenway
and
Steve
to
you
and
Peter,
and
your
team.
The
mayor
wasn't
making
that
up
when
I
go
to
other
neighborhoods
and
I
talk
to
other
people.
D
We
use
the
relationship
between
your
esteem
and
Samuels,
the
Fenway
Civic
Association
neighbors,
the
BP
da
the
mayor's
office,
my
office,
our
representatives
in
the
legislature,
about
building
projects
like
this.
That
makes
sense
that
makes
sense
as
a
development
opportunity
that
help
this
city.
That
brings
so
much
to
the
community
from
the
park
outside
which
it's
nice.
D
But
the
changes
that
have
happened
in
this
neighborhood
in
partnership
with
the
community
through
the
rezoning
process
that
was
about
15
years
ago,
that
you
all
participate
in
that
people
spend
hours
sometimes
months
and
years.
I.
Think
of
dedication
on
that
to
set
up
a
blueprint
for
how
this
neighborhood
can
grow
and
thrive
and
continue
to
be
a
community
is
so
important.
So
I'm
not
gonna,
stand
up
here
and
filibuster.
You
guys
I
just
said:
I've
been
in
office
almost
six
years.
D
I
can
talk
a
while,
so
I'm
not
going
to
do
that
today,
but
it's
just
so
exciting
to
be
here
to
share
the
stage
with
my
friend
Mayor
Walsh
representative
Tyler
who's
going
to
come
up
in
a
second
and
you
and
your
team
and
I
look
forward
to
certainly
the
food
hall
I'll,
be
there
I'll,
be
there
a
little
bit
but
more
and
more
celebrations
to
come
so
with
that
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
our
representative,
Chyna
Tyler,
who
the
mayor
was
talking
about.
The
Millennials
out
in
the
city.
D
E
Good
morning,
everyone
again
I'm
Representative,
China,
Tyler
and
I-
have
the
true
honor
to
represent
the
Fenway
community,
amongst
many
others,
on
Beacon
Hill
at
the
Massachusetts
State
House
and
I,
just
like
to
congratulate
Steve,
Samuels
and
entire
Samuels
team
for
the
opening
of
this
wonderful
facility.
It's
truly
amazing
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
I'm
truly
appreciative
of
your
collaborative
effort
and
spirits
and
transforming
the
federal,
neighborhood
and
I
look
forward
to
continued
partnership
and
transform
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Thank
you
all.
Thank
you
for
being
patient
I
just
want
to
wrap
up.
We
can't
go
away
without
saying
a
few
thank-yous
projects
like
this
take
many
years.
There's
a
lot
of
painstaking
detail
and
work
that
goes
into
these
projects
and
I
was
trying
to
think
of
expressions
that
might
be
applicable,
and
you
can
talk
about.
A
Rome
wasn't
built
in
a
day
or
it
takes
a
village
to
you
know
complete
something
and
those
and
many
others
apply
here,
because
because
it
was
truly
truly
a
team
effort
and
I'm
gonna
give
a
shout
out
to
a
few.
We
can't
get
everyone,
so
please
don't
feel
offended,
but
I'm
gonna
start
with
just
thanking
our
team
from
senior
leadership,
Joel
and
Tom,
and
Leslie
and
Roger
helping
to
make
sure
that
the
financing
and
legal
and
management
side
of
the
project
was
moving
smoothly
to
special
call-out
to
aid
men
zijn,
who
has
spent.
A
He
reminded
me
Abram
on
to
me
this
morning
that
this
has
been
eight
years
in
the
making
six
years
of
planning
talking
about
it,
dreaming
planning
in
drawing
plans
in
two
years
of
painstaking
construction
that
literally
happened
day
and
night,
because
the
building
is
fully
occupied.
We
had
ships
working
overnight
during
the
day,
etc.
So
Abe,
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Efforts
in
your
team,
along
with
Chris
Kane
and
Kevin
Locke
scow
on
construction.
A
I
would
also
like
to
thank
our
partner,
JP,
Morgan,
Erik
or
bow
ski
is
here
without
Eric
and
JPMorgan
support.
This
wouldn't
be
possible
their
appreciate
their
faith
and
vision
in
the
city
in
in
the
Fenway
in
particularly
they've,
been
a
great
partner
for
over
15
years,
with
everything
we've
been
doing.
So
thank
you.
A
Eric
David,
Manfredi
and
I
know
Steve
singled
David
out,
I've
been
working
with
David
for
25
years,
even
before
I
joined
Steve,
and
so
we
have
a
very
special
bond
and
we
don't
always
agree
with
things,
but
we
we
can
always
come
to
come
to
some
resolution,
so
David.
Thank
you
for
your
inspiration
in
the
entire
Elka's
Manfredi
team,
with
too
numerous
to
mention,
but
thank
you.
You
guys
worked
again
day
and
night
to
make
sure
that
all
the
details
were
perfect
and
Elizabeth.
A
With
her
with
her
vision
on
the
interior
and
what's
interesting
this
this
walking
in
this
morning,
we
all
remarked
that
we've
been
looking
at
this
rendering
for
two
years
now
and
today
was
the
first
day
we
actually
got
to
see
it
in
real
life
and
it
looks
identical
down
to
the
you
know,
down
to
the
smallest
details
like
the
rendering.
So
thank
you
to
the
David
and
Elizabeth
and
the
entire
Rochas
Manfredi
team.
The
park,
obviously
we're
not
able
to
stand
in
the
park
this
morning,
but
please
go
out
walk
around
enjoy
it.
A
We've
had
an
incredible
team,
look
like
the
Blanc
Jones
team,
Keith
LeBlanc
and
Chris
Regan
and
Doug,
and
the
others
again
worked
tirelessly
and
we
thought
thought
about
all
the
details
of
how
this
park
will
get.
We
will
get
used
and
Suffolk
construction.
None
of
the
Dreaming
is
possible
if
we
can't
implement
it
so
Suffolk
construction
team
again.
Thank
you.
A
We
really
appreciate
your
support
and
we
have
a
very
special
bond
and-
and
we
can't
wait,
til
we're
hanging
out
in
the
park
together,
additionally
from
the
BPD,
a
team
from
the
city
again
an
instrumental
in
making
sure
that
all
of
the
permits
and
approvals
and
entitlement
process,
so
thank
you
to
the
entire
BPD,
a
staff
and
one
one
other
special.
Thank
you
to
the
occupants
of
this
building.
There
were
over
3,000
people
that
work
in
this
building
and
had
to
put
up
with
construction
over
the
last
two
years.
A
So
we
thank
you
and
I
know
they're
representatives
from
Children's
and
toast
and
Harvard
Medical
School
in
School
of
Public
Health
here.
So
truly,
thank
you
for
your
patience
and
we
think
that
that
the
the
the
pain
and
aggravation
was
worth
it.
In
the
end,
so
the
Newmark
team
is
also
here.
They've,
been
part
of
helping
us
bring
the
great
tenants
here
and
Antonio
Burton
who
has
helped
us
on
the
visioning
and
also
bringing
timeout
market
to
Boston.
A
So
just
one
last
remark
before
I
close,
so
we
planted
over
a
hundred
trees
in
over
4,000
plants
out
in
this
park
and
and
that's
interesting,
but
there's
one
special
tree
out
there
that
I
wanted
to
call
out
and
again
we're
not
outside.
So
we
can't
take
a
look
at
it,
but
at
the
corner
of
Park
Drive
in
Brookline,
Ave,
there's
there's
a
tree
there
there's
an
existing
tree
that
stood
there
and
the
original
plans
called
for
us
to
cut
the
tree
down
and
build
the
park.
A
The
new
park
around
it
and
boy
did
I
get
an
earful
from
my
friend
Freddy.
So
what
I
was
going
to
say
that
Freddy
tried
to
convince
me,
but
she
actually
took
me
by
the
ear
and
dragged
me
out
there
and
that
how
can
you
cut
down
this
special
tree
and
indeed
we
redesigned
the
park
to
save
the
catalpa
tree?
A
A
So,
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
today.
As
a
token
of
our
appreciation
and
and
something
to
remind
you
of
the
event
today,
we
have
some
greenery
succulent
plants
in
the
rear
that
are
set
up.
Please
help
yourself
and
take
one
home
and
remind
you
of
this
event
today,
and
we
will
just
have
a
ceremonial
ribbon-cutting
here
and
any
questions
we'll
be
around
happy
to
walk
folks
around.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
this
morning.