![”I miss hitting every event, ribbon cutting, new homeowner dinner,” Menino said as he announced he will not seek reelection in Faneuil Hall.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(11).r.jpg)
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”I miss hitting every event, ribbon cutting, new homeowner dinner,” Menino said as he announced he will not seek reelection in Faneuil Hall.
![“Over the past few months, I have been weighing my own place in Boston’s bright future,” Menino said.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech.r.jpg)
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“Over the past few months, I have been weighing my own place in Boston’s bright future,” Menino said.
![Menino was hospitalized for eight weeks late last year, and said his health was holding him back from his frequent visits to neighborhoods.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(8).r.jpg)
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Menino was hospitalized for eight weeks late last year, and said his health was holding him back from his frequent visits to neighborhoods.
![Mayor Thomas M. Menino with his wife, Angela, to his right.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(7).r.jpg)
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino with his wife, Angela, to his right.
![Audience members reacted to Menino’s announcement that he will not run.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(9).r.jpg)
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Audience members reacted to Menino’s announcement that he will not run.
![Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, and US Representatives Michael E. Capuano and Stephen Lynch applauded Menino.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(12).r.jpg)
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Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, and US Representatives Michael E. Capuano and Stephen Lynch applauded Menino.
![Menino said he “will be very proud if I have changed our city in some ways that last.”](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(10).r.jpg)
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Menino said he “will be very proud if I have changed our city in some ways that last.”
![“Boston’s neighborhoods are thriving as they never have,” Menino said.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(13).r.jpg)
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“Boston’s neighborhoods are thriving as they never have,” Menino said.
![Menino left his Hyde Park home Thursday morning.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(4).r.jpg)
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Menino left his Hyde Park home Thursday morning.
![Mayor Thomas M. Menino spoke to reporters before leaving his Hyde Park home.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28meninospeech%20(1).r.jpg)
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino spoke to reporters before leaving his Hyde Park home.