The GBCVB is changing its name to Meet Boston and has come up with a new slogan for the Hub: Boston Never Gets Old (not to be confused with the city's own All Inclusive Boston campaign, let alone Meet Boston Blackie, a 1941 movie involving a murder in, um, Coney Island).
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Sail Boston said it will scale back the Tall Ships event [Boston Globe], in an apparent compromise with Menino.
As discussed yesterday [UH], Sail Boston previously implied they would proceed with the full event despite missing a City deadline to demonstrate that they could cover public safety costs. The City estimated these costs at $2 million.
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Rich flies back to Chicago with fond memories of our Hub (except for the pedestrian crossings, which he found as dangerous as any in Brazil or Costa Rica):
