After 20 years as mayor, Thomas Menino’s name is on official signs and notices all over Mission Hill and the rest of Boston. But new Mayor Martin Walsh has indicated he has no plans to update the signs anytime soon.
Festooned on traffic light boxes, neighborhood welcome signs, illuminated maps, murals, trash barrels and most of all, City Hall, Menino’s name is ubiquitous all over the city.
In Mission Hill alone, his name is found Hubway bicycle parking, park signs and notices, and most prominently, on the “Welcome to Mission Hill” sign displayed at Brigham Circle.
The potential change has been discussed in the Boston Herald and in “The Atlantic Cities,” where Walsh said that, beyond updating two signs in City Hall, putting his name on the rest on the city’s 1,800-plus 1signs would not be a priority.
“As we replace [the signs] down the road, we will put my name on them,” Walsh told the Herald last month.
The “Welcome to Mission Hill” sign in Brigham Circle at Tremont Street and Huntington Avenue still bears the name of Mayor Thomas Menino. (Gazette Photo by Rebeca Oliveira)