[johnlohanmclee]

Photos of The Tartan Day Parade.
http://www.tartanweek.com/

[HonestSean]

I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV. Is there a Christmas Parade in NYC? I will be in New York City for a Parade. What is Puerto Rican Day Parade like? I need know to how many parades are in NYC. I live in Los Angeles,CA. also know as L.A. And I have been to a parade in NYC not even 1 time.

[xanaxist]

I think the biggest parades are:

West Indian Day Parade
Thankgiving Day Parade
Gay Pride Parade
St. Patrick's Day
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Columbus Day Parade
Halloween Parade

[tpdirorg]

I think the biggest parades are:

West Indian Day Parade
Thankgiving Day Parade
Gay Pride Parade
St. Patrick's Day
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Columbus Day Parade
Halloween Parade

Actually, they had that question on last night on Cash Cab.

The answers were, I believe:

Thanksgiving
Memorial Day
Labor Day
St. Patrics
Puerto Rican Pride
Isralei (pride?).
Columbus Day.

I was surprised that the Isralei parade was bigger than the GPP, unless, of course, the GPP or Haloween parade are not considered "official".

[weluvjessicaalba]

The Israeli parade is small and short.

The Gay Pride Parade starts at 9 or 10 in the morning and the last marchers don't reach the finish point until well after 5:00PM. It attracts millions to the city.

The Halloween Parade is huge as it runs up Sixth Ave - so it is long and wide. The crowds are four or five deep.

[hygtfrdes]

Then write the Discovery Channel and ask them why it was not in the answers to the Red Light Challange!

[Onervemurce]

lots 'o pics here!

west indian
http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/inde...c,17232.0.html

easter bonnet
http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/inde...c,18916.0.html

[RSAccountssy]

awesome pics!! Is that Allan Cummings in the kilt? I Love him! You were so close to the action

[osteoftex]

not a parade, but here is a thread i did recently on one of my very favorite events in the city -- the brooklyn botanic garden cherry blossom festival:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/inde...c,19085.0.html

[LarryG1978]

February 22, 2010, 5:21 pm

Police Announce Parade Crackdown

By ANDY NEWMAN

Ramin Talaie for The New York Times
The West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn is one of the city’s biggest, and longest.

Everyone may love a parade, but the New York Police Department would like them a bit smaller, if you please. The department notified parade organizers throughout the city on Monday that starting April 1, their processions must cover 25 percent less distance and may no longer exceed five hours in duration.

The department said the scaled-down celebrations would require $3.1 million less worth of police presence than the current ones do, and will help the department avoid cuts in what it termed “essential police services,” including “conventional crime suppression, counter-terrorism and investigations generally.” All parades in the city must receive permits from the police, which specify the route and the length of the event.

It was not immediately clear which of the many dozens of annually occurring parades would be affected by the new five-hour time limit. The West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn runs for a minimum of seven hours on Labor Day, organizers said, and the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan is a similarly all-day affair. The new rule will not affect this year’s St.

Patrick’s Day parade, which steps off March 17 with Grand Marshal and (Police Commissioner) Raymond W. Kelly at the fore.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ade-crackdown/

Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

[Msrwbdas]

I was surprised how many people on the NYT blog support it. Wanna bet the 5 hour rule continues after the budget defiits end. The crackdown on fun continues..

[Sheefeadalfuh]

Both positive and negative, it hampers crosstown traffic and commerce.

The problem with having TOO MANY nationalities is just that, when everyone has something to celebrate, it gets hard to satisfy all w/o hampering many.

IOf the parades were held less centrally, like (ironcally) IN Central Park, or on 11th avenue or something else that did not slice the city in half, maybe that would help things.

The whole ruse of it costing too much money to hold one is a bit silly. Valid in that you do not need to pay oodles of cash to get Manhattan shut down for 8 hours (well, hampered maybe), but blaming the restriction in fun to not having the cash to police the event?

Maybe these events, when they go beyond the set limits should be obligated to pay for the extras? How could you do this w/o being discriminatory though?

[rozneesitcn]

Screw traffic.

[TRASIAOREXOLA]

Then the city does not function.

As much as many would like to ban cars from the city as a whole, they are needed to make it function in the way it has developed.

Reductions in traffic flow are always expected, but the closing of a major thoroughfare cutting the city in two is rather difficult for those that still conduct buisness on that day.

Or do you want NYC to close on Sundays?

[PrareeLor]

Figure out amount of traffic interruption during parades vs total traffic flow; then tell me again that "the city does not function."

[Bxbhtjnr]

No.

You said, and I will quote you "Screw Traffic"

You "Screw" traffic, and the city does not function. Do not state something that is that unquantifiable and then ask for quantization of the response to it Zipster! You hang people out to dry on that all the time!

Back on topic, you find a way that works to allow the celebrations to proceed, but not interrupt the 80% of the cities residents and workers that may have no interest in "National Armenian Wombat Day".

You do not punish those that want to celebrate, but you TRY not to inconvenience everyone else, especially in, as I have said, a community that is so diverse you have MANY more celebrated holidays than in your typical (nearly) culturally homogeneous municipality.

[Zpxbawtz]

No.

You said, and I will quote you "Screw Traffic"

Obviously, "screw traffic" in the context of this thread means "screw traffic during parades."

you find a way that works to allow the celebrations to proceed, but not interrupt the 80% of the cities residents You berate me for stating something unquantifiable, and then come up with the above.

and workers that may have no interest in "National Armenian Wombat Day". Hyperbole

You do not punish those that want to celebrate, but you TRY not to inconvenience everyone else, especially in, as I have said, a community that is so diverse you have MANY more celebrated holidays than in your typical (nearly) culturally homogeneous municipality. For a moment, I thought I was in the Smoking Ban thread.

Lighten up.

[fujitsusi]

Or maybe ... Light Up

[sbrthrds]

Obviously, "screw traffic" in the context of this thread means "screw traffic during parades."

Does not matter what you are screwing Zip. I have rarely heard an intelligent discussion proceed from a quip like that. You know you were being trite....

You berate me for stating something unquantifiable, and then come up with the above. 79% then? I never said that 80% WAS effected. I said make sure it would not be. Please do not force me to split grammatical hairs.

Next thing you know we will be arguing typos! :P

Hyperbole Does not matter. I really have little interest in Puerto Rican Pride day, Gay Pride, St. Paddy's and some other events, especially when I am going to a family event in Queens and have to cross town.

Am I saying they should not be held? Hell no. I am just saying that a celebration should not be held at the expense of others, if possible.

And my Hyperbole was not a Straw Man, it was a deliberately exaggerated illustrative example. Calling it names does not refute it.

For a moment, I thought I was in the Smoking Ban thread. OMG you mean I have a similar attitude towards different things?

Lighten up. My name is not Francis.

BTW, you still have not addressed the actual issue or come up with a solution. What other steps could be taken to allow people to enjoy their own celebrations WITHOUT their observance being a burden or hinderance on others? This is not a MAJOR issue, such as the budget, but it is still something that people have to deal with and however they handle it will effect how people feel about other issues that may have more weight on the operation of the city as a whole.

[trowUrillioth]

I thought everyone was supposed to love a parade?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpr682j5DA