With development not slowing down at all over here in Beijing, as it is back home in Boston and the rest of the US (the Chinese recently announced an almost $600 billion stimulus package that will focus on further infrastructure development), it was interesting to see this piece in last Saturday’s Globe about the last great period of vast infrastructure construction back home and who was the driving force behind it.
Probably best known as the inspiration for “The Last Hurrah” and the Bosstones’ tune “The Rascal King,” much has been said about his life and career. It was one that exhibited the absolute best and worst of public life. But what is less known was his unquenchable thirst to make Boston a better, more livable, city.
Agree or disagree with some of the things that he did or said, “in the end, they knew his name…”
