Thanksgiving array bliss off in NYC amidst bound security, Thousands of humans were amidst by bound aegis Thursday as they lined the streets for the anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Charlie Brown led the signature ample inflatable balloons as the array kicked off with the spraying of armament and a august ribbon-cutting. Costumed characters circuitous with revelers and crowds animated as clowns on bicycles rode by accustomed bundles of balloons.
Spectators, some 10 deep, lined the array route, which starts on Manhattan's Upper West Side and makes its way down to Macy's flagship abundance on 34th Street.
1929: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day array has been a admired New York City attitude back 1924. Santa Claus's accession at the end of the array clearly heralds the alpha of the Christmas season. We yield a attending actuality at the array from the 1920s admitting 1980.
(Pictured) A 35-foot-long (10.66 m) angle airship (R) and 60-foot-long (18.28 m) tiger airship yield allotment during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Charlie Brown airship was one of three new behemothic appearance inflatables in this year's array and abutting abiding favorites including Thomas the Tank Engine, Hello Kitty and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Among the celebrities accepted to appear were Tony Bennett, Aloe Blacc, Sarah McLachlan and Olympic gold medalists Laurie Hernandez, Claressa Shields and Michelle Carter.
But attendees aswell saw some black sights, like the added than 80 sanitation trucks abounding with beach placed at intersections and added places as barriers adjoin any affectionate of attack. While the trucks accept been acclimated like this afore — a lot of afresh to assure Trump Tower — the New York Badge Department said they would play a bigger role at this year's array in the deathwatch of the burden barter advance in Nice, France, that dead added than 80 humans and a contempo announcement in an English-language Islamic State accumulation annual that alleged the array "an accomplished target."
There was a abundant badge attendance at the parade, including bomb-sniffing dogs and admiral in compatible with advance weapons and carriageable radiation detectors. Admiral in plainclothes were a part of the crowds of people.
Authorities said there was no acceptance of any aboveboard blackmail and apprenticed assemblage to appear out for the parade.
One arresting being who wasn't in New York City is President-elect Donald Trump, who is spending the anniversary at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Charlie Brown led the signature ample inflatable balloons as the array kicked off with the spraying of armament and a august ribbon-cutting. Costumed characters circuitous with revelers and crowds animated as clowns on bicycles rode by accustomed bundles of balloons.
1929: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day array has been a admired New York City attitude back 1924. Santa Claus's accession at the end of the array clearly heralds the alpha of the Christmas season. We yield a attending actuality at the array from the 1920s admitting 1980.
(Pictured) A 35-foot-long (10.66 m) angle airship (R) and 60-foot-long (18.28 m) tiger airship yield allotment during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Charlie Brown airship was one of three new behemothic appearance inflatables in this year's array and abutting abiding favorites including Thomas the Tank Engine, Hello Kitty and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Among the celebrities accepted to appear were Tony Bennett, Aloe Blacc, Sarah McLachlan and Olympic gold medalists Laurie Hernandez, Claressa Shields and Michelle Carter.
But attendees aswell saw some black sights, like the added than 80 sanitation trucks abounding with beach placed at intersections and added places as barriers adjoin any affectionate of attack. While the trucks accept been acclimated like this afore — a lot of afresh to assure Trump Tower — the New York Badge Department said they would play a bigger role at this year's array in the deathwatch of the burden barter advance in Nice, France, that dead added than 80 humans and a contempo announcement in an English-language Islamic State accumulation annual that alleged the array "an accomplished target."
There was a abundant badge attendance at the parade, including bomb-sniffing dogs and admiral in compatible with advance weapons and carriageable radiation detectors. Admiral in plainclothes were a part of the crowds of people.
Authorities said there was no acceptance of any aboveboard blackmail and apprenticed assemblage to appear out for the parade.
One arresting being who wasn't in New York City is President-elect Donald Trump, who is spending the anniversary at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
