You won't be able to see the trash from the top of the 80-story skyscraper

The Outraged Liberal goes shopping in Downtown Crossing and starts to wonder about Tom Menino:

... Dark storefronts on the second-to-last Saturday before Christmas?

Trash on the sidewalks and uneven rutted streets are the norm through Allston-Brighton, the Back Bay and Downtown. But Tom Menino is focusing is attention on a new City Hall and a monument to his reign.

What happened to the Urban Mechanic? ...

Also, he cracks a joke about the new Liberty Hotel (a.k.a the Charles Street jail), one that you'll probably be hearing for roughly the next 20 years.