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Article: IS KEVIN WHITE'S STATUE TALL ENOUGH?
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 28, 2005
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ONE WONDERS WHAT the old Kevin White might have said to the recent
news that Tom Menino, his successor as mayor of Boston, had
commissioned a 10-foot bronze statue of White to stand at Faneuil
Hall.
You can picture White, the man who originated the concept of the
imperial mayor, turning to one of his sleek aides, arching an
eyebrow, and saying, "What, only 10 feet tall? I always knew Menino
had no vision."
This was a man who, despite the grand manner in which he governed
as mayor, still had enough of a sense of humor to laugh at himself.
One laugh came during a ceremony in 1981 when White presided over the
unveiling of two statues one standing, one sitting of legendary
Mayor James Michael ...