In 1995, as a gesture of welcome to the community upon the museum’s 125th anniversary, Rogers reopened the Huntington Avenue doors, the original front entrance, closed in 1991 for financial reasons. In the Director’s Report that year, Rogers referred to the reopening as “a deeply symbolic gesture, signifying the Museum’s commitment to the educational and social development of the many and varied communities of Boston and beyond,” a promise that Rogers manifested throughout the following two decades. Rogers subsequently worked with Mayor Thomas Menino to rename Huntington Avenue the “Avenue of the Arts,” further strengthening the MFA’s link with the City. In the mid-aughts, Rogers also orchestrated the restoration and reopening of the museum’s other historic entrance, the MFA’s State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance overlooking the Back Bay Fens, closed for 30 years.