2009 World Series Parade Thread

[Mattingly]

Starts on Friday at 11am going up the Canyon of Heroes (from the foot of Broadway in lower Manhattan by Bowling Green to City Hall, near the Brooklyn Bridge).

Who's going to be there?

[White Knight]

I will be there. With a high of 48 degrees, we'll have to dress warm though.

[The Korean]

I am. I know that. It cant hurt to miss one day of school, right?

[RationalNYYfan]

Man, do I wanna go - get pictures though!

[TonyStarks]

I'm also leaning towards going.

[Mattingly]

Man, do I wanna go - get pictures though!

You can post your own pix. There will also be countless local and national news and sports media there, so think of www.nydailynews.com, www.nytimes.com, www.courant.com, www.nj.com, www.northjersey.com, www.1010wins.com, www.wcbs880.com, then www.espn.com, www.foxnews.com, www.mlb.com, www.cnn.com, etc.

Please use public transportation to get to the Canyon of Heroes, and by all means, arrive *EARLY* (by 9am at least). If driving, please car pool and park your car well outside of lower Manhattan (there are various park-and-ride options available).

Directions there using public transportation are as follows:

From Staten Island:

Take the Ferry to Manhattan, walk north past Whitehall St to Bowling Green (the Bankruptcy Court and Indian Museum are also there). If driving, please go through Brooklyn then Manhattan, taking the Manhattan Bridge (the Brooklyn Bridge will either be closed or overcrowded). Or via NJ (Bayonne then Jersey City, taking the Lincoln Tunnel (the floats use the Holland Tunnel). Park and take the M6 bus to City Hall (which is at Chambers St & Broadway). If taking an express bus, please see the Manhattan instructions.

From Brooklyn:

Take the northbound N or R train to Whitehall St, walk north to Bowling Green. Or take the #2 or 3 trains to Wall St, or the #4 or 5 trains to Bowling Green. If taking an express bus, please see the Manhattan directions.

From Queens:

Take the southbound N or R to Whitehall St, or see the Brooklyn directions to take the trains south to Wall St or Bowling Green. If taking an express bus to Manhattan, please see the Manhattan directions.

From the Bronx:

Take the southbound #2 or 3 to Wall St, or the #4 or 5 to Bowling Green. If taking an express bus to Manhattan, please see the Manhattan diretions.

From Manhattan:

Take the #2 or 3 to Fulton St or Wall St, the #4 or 5 to Wall St or Bowling Green, or the N or R to Whitehall St, or the A or C to Broadway-Nassau (Fulton St). You can also take the M6 bus, whic runs down Broadway, or the M20 bus, which runs down 7th Ave. Also, www.mta.info has further travel details.

From Long Island:

Take the LIRR to Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn (a multi-line train station), switch to any of the trains in the Brooklyn directions (all are found in the Atlantic Ave-Pacific St Station).

From Westchester and upstate New York:

Please see the Connecticut directions for Metro-North. If taking a commuter bus, please see the Manhattan directions, then take the train from where you are left off.

From New Jersey:

Take the PATH to the WTC Station (this is a different train from the 33rd St Herald Sq train), walk south along Church St, then to Broadway. Or take the NJ Transit train to 33rd St-NYC Penn Station (not to be confused with Newark Penn Station). Take the southbound #2 or 3 to Wall St or the N or R to Whitehall St (go 1 block east to 6th Ave to get the N or R), or instead go 1 block west and take the A or C to Broadway-Nassau (Fulton St). If taking an express bus to the 42 St Port Authority (Times Sq), see the directions for outside the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area. If taking an express bus to the George Washington Heights Port Authority Bus Terminal, please take the A to Broadway-Nassau (Fulton St). If driving, try the Lincoln Tunnel, since the floats come from Hoboken through the Holland Tunnel.

From Connecticut:

Take the Metro-North to Grand Central Terminal. Take the southbound #4 or 5 to Fulton St or Bowling Green.

From outside the NY/NJ/CT area:

Take the interstate, express or commuter bus to the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd St & 8th Ave. Take the southbound A or C trains to Broadway-Nassau (Fulton St). Walk over 1 block east to 7th Ave, take the #2 or 3 to Wall St, or the N or R to Whitehall St.

[RationalNYYfan]

Thanks for that but I'm in Canada. I should've said "Man do I want to go, but I can't"

[BamaYankee]

Be sure to do a

ANN-dee PET-it

cheer for me when you see Andy Pettitte.

[Maxlugar]

Seeing as I work on Wall St. I will have to go. Last time I almost got killed by an entire load of printer paper thrown out a window. It go boom about 8 ft in front of me.

[EasilyFound]

I will be there. With a high of 48 degrees, we'll have to dress warm though.

Or drink heavily.

Enjoy.

[ShortStop]

I so wish i could bail out of work to go to the parade

[YankeeDJW]

I wish. But I went to Game 6 of the ALCS, and one day of driving 10 hours is enough for this month. I'm just too busy.

[Mattingly]

Seeing as I work on Wall St. I will have to go. Last time I almost got killed by an entire load of printer paper thrown out a window. It go boom about 8 ft in front of me.

There were several unshredded client information papers that were tossed from buildings in the 2000 parade. Social security numbers, adresses, etc.

On the positive side, I remember the last few parades, there were always people tossing tons of confetti outside of buildings. I have no idea how or why people got the courage to stand on a ledge and toss that stuff, but they never slipped, thankfully.

I also remember people tossing rolls of toilet paper from one side of Broadway to the next. Seemed weird, but it was fun. Happens when tons of people are there but no players in front of us.

There was some Little League team from Toms River, NJ in the 1998 parade, since they'd beaten some Japanese team in the LLWS. We also had marching bands, humongous clydesdales (those thick horses looked like they were on stilts), Radio City Rockettes, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio in 1996, and whatever other type of fanfare that can be cooked up.

Free tickets to the City Hall thing at the end of the parade were given out, with the winners getting either a phone call or an email. There, NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg will give the boys their keys to the city. You suppose he has a spare key anywhere?

Somewhere between 1-3 million are expected. With "only" 1.5 million people living in all of Manhattan, I wonder how that many can be crammed or sardined into a space that's 1 thin block wide, and only about 3/4 mile long. Hmmmmmm.

Enjoy!

[Mattingly]

So far, the place has no porta potties in sight. How have people been here since 5am?

Still 90 minutes before the floats roll out and the place is flooded in a sea of blue (both Yankee fans and the NYPD).

[Mattingly]

At the Burger King at Liberty & Church, the order takers are wearing Yankee gear. Wow!

[Maxlugar]

Man, the A-Hole factor is through the roof out there.

[The Korean]

Where were you guys in the parade? I was at Bowling Green near Staten Island Ferry.

[Mattingly]

Man, the A-Hole factor is through the roof out there.

Look, we're here to enjoy the parade, the win, everything about the Yankees. If you don't like what we do here, then please feel free to go elsewhere. Would you like your bags packed for you? Please let me know and I'll arrange a drive to the airport.

[Mattingly]

NY Times: Yankee Fans Celebrate Their Newest Champions



NY1: Pinstripe Fever Takes Over City

NY Daily News: New York City celebrates Yankees World Series victory with Canyon of Heroes parade



NY Post: Yankees feted with parade; get keys to the city



Newark Star-Ledger: Frenzied NY Yankees fans line the Canyon of Heroes to celebrate the 27-time World Series champions (includes video and photo gallery at bottom)



Bergen Record: Live Blog: A parade to celebrate 27

[IMG]http://media.northjersey.com/images/411*230/110609_YanksParade.jpg[/IMG]

WCBS 880: New York Yankees Celebrating World Series Victory with Parade in Canyon of Heroes

Boston Globe: Yankees get keys to NYC for World Series win



SI: New York City fetes Yankees with ticker-tape parade


Read more: New York City fetes Yankees with ticker-tape parade

[TonyStarks]

How the heck did Jay Z get up there?! LOL

[RationalNYYfan]

How the heck did Jay Z get up there?! LOL

And what was the deal with that whole diamond-shaped hand signal? Some sorta gang sign that I'm unaware of?

[locke40]

And what was the deal with that whole diamond-shaped hand signal? Some sorta gang sign that I'm unaware of?

It's calling "throwing up the Roc." It has a double-meaning, essentially. Jay-Z's record label is Rockafella Records, and diamonds are sometimes referred to as "Rocks." So, there you go.

[Maxlugar]

Look, we're here to enjoy the parade, the win, everything about the Yankees. If you don't like what we do here, then please feel free to go elsewhere. Would you like your bags packed for you? Please let me know and I'll arrange a drive to the airport.

If you weren't out there acting like an A-Hole then you have nothing to worry about and my comments would not have been directed to you, no? Fact is, I've been to all the parades since '96 and the Rangers and Giants and I've never seen the amount of A-hole's as this time. It's a personal observation not an indictment on everyone there. I love enjoying the parade, the win and everything Yankees. It's the A-holes I can do without. It was like St. Paddy's day times 10 around my work.

[johnnypapa]

Thanks for the pics Mattingly. Wow it looks like it was a huge crowd. Anyone know if the parade will be repeated on tv?

[TonyStarks]

And what was the deal with that whole diamond-shaped hand signal? Some sorta gang sign that I'm unaware of?

Haha...no. It's not a "gang sign". It's the sign of the Roc familia (Rocafella), that's his crew, record label and clothing brand]. It's essentially throwing your diamonds in the sky.

It's the Roc!!