2020 was an incredibly challenging important year. See it through the lens of the City of Boston’s Photography team.
Mayor Walsh delivers the State of the City address at Symphony Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — January 7, 2020)
Mayor Walsh joins the Kennedy family and Governor Charlie Baker at Jake Kennedy’s surprise birthday party at the Seaport Hotel. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — January 18, 2020)
Mayor Walsh attends a press conference at City Hall regarding preparedness efforts in response to the coronavirus. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — January 27, 2020)
Mayor Walsh joined several hundred volunteers for the annual Homeless Census. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — January 29, 2020)
Mayor Walsh speaks to the press announcing the postponement of the Boston Marathon. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — March 13, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Cassellius announced the district-wide closure of all Boston Public Schools for students, effective on Tuesday, March 17. At this time, schools are expected to reopen on Monday, April 27, following April vacation. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — March 13, 2020)
Rob Consolvo helps members of the Boston Teachers Union load Chromebooks into their cars for distribution to Boston students in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — March 20, 2020)
Volunteers including Jessica Rodriguez in Hyde Park, distributed literature regarding the COVID-10 outbreak to homes in Boston on Saturday. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — March 21, 2020)
Workers prepare the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for use as a field hospital. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — April 5, 2020)
Mayor Walsh puts on a mask following his press conference at City Hall asking that everyone wear a mask outside of their home. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — April 5, 2020)
Scenes from around the City of Boston during the Covid-19 Pandemic. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — April 7, 2020)
Mayor Walsh records the reading of a children’s book in his office. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — April 10, 2020)
Mayor Walsh participates in an online interfaith prayer service at Boston City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — April 15, 2020)
Frank Loconte, left, and Bill Leva, from the Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment help mount speakers on trucks for neighborhood coronavirus announcements. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — April 17, 2020)
Mayor Walsh shows how to make a mask out of a t-shirt. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — April 20, 2020)
Scenes from around the City of Boston during the Covid-19 Pandemic. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — April 22, 2020)
A Boston City Hall Municipal Officer conducts the COVID-19 screening for individuals to enter the building. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — May 1, 2020)
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and other volunteers from the City of Boston work to fill “care kits” for distribution at targeted locations in the Boston neighborhoods hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — May 20, 2020)
Under the cover of darkness a small group of volunteers from the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund planted 1000 flags, each six feet apart on the land normally home to 37,000 flags to honor the fallen since the Revolutionary War. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — May 25, 2020)
Protesters march the streets in memory of George Floyd. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — June 2, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and other city officials and employees take part in an eight minute and 46 second “moment of silence” in memory of George Floyd outside Boston City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — June 4, 2020)
Scenes from the City of Boston’s first Mobile Testing Center in Roxbury. The testing site, open to anyone regardless of symptons, is a partnership between Boston Public Health and East Boston Community Health. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — June 11, 2020)
Volunteers paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Washington St. from Palmer Street to Eustis Street in Roxbury. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — July 5, 2020)
Mayor Walsh visits his mother Mary Walsh on his way back to City Hall following an event he attended near his childhood home. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — July 15, 2020)
Mayor Walsh visits with seniors and delivers remarks at the kick off for the Parks/Age Strong Drive-in movies at the BCEC. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — July 15, 2020)
BCYF’s Mirabella Pool in the North End opens for the season. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — July 22, 2020)
Mayor Walsh throws the opening pitch at the 2020 Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — July 24, 2020)
The Boston Elections Department mails out ballots in the Haymarket room at City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — August 21, 2020)
Mayor Walsh attends the Roxbury Community College Census Sign Up. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — September 11, 2020)
Mayor Walsh joins General McChrystal, other elected officials, and veterans for the 39th annual rededication ceremony in honor of fallen South Boston Vietnam veterans. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — September 13, 2020)
Aimee Schurmann and John Correia from the “Fenway Group” put a new wrap on the voting box at City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — September 17, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius check-in with teacher Mary “Caroline” Smith as she was teaching an on-line class at Charlestown High School. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — October 1, 2020)
Mayor Walsh receives his annual flu shot during the City Hall Flu Clinic. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — October 9, 2020)
Melissa Leason hands out “I Got the Test” stickers after testing people for COVID-19 at the Whittier Street Health Center pop-up testing site in the parking lot of the Jubilee Christian Church. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — November 5, 2020)
Mayor Walsh, joined by members of the Police Accountability Take Force, spoke to the media after an Executive Order signing establishing a civilian review board for the Boston Police Department. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Jeremiah Robinson — November 12, 2020)
Mayor Walsh joins other elected officials to host a media availability regarding the Presidential Election at Boston City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon— November 17, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and BPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius stop by Staples Connects to thank Staples for their generous donation. Through a partnership between Staples and the City of Boston, every BPS student will receive a Staples store card with a value of $50. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — November 20, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and Representative Nick Collins bring in a load of turkeys as they help out with the Thanksgiving food distribution at the BPHC Pantry in Mattapan. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox — November 21, 2020)
Mayor Walsh visits the Pine Street Inn and helps carve out some turkeys for Thanksgiving. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon- November 26, 2020)
Mayor Walsh visits with Joanne Chang at Flour Bakery Beacon Hill to pick up a take out lunch and some pastries. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — December 2, 2020)
Mayor Walsh and Governor Charlie Baker join Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour for the Annual Boston Common Tree Lighting “Holiday Lights” celebration to light the Official City of Boston holiday tree on the Boston Common. (Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon — December 3, 2020)
