Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2010

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was known as the Macy’s Christmas Parade. But then, leave it to a department store to get an early jump on the holiday season. Thursday marks the 84th edition of the popular procession, and some 3.5 million people will line the streets of the city to catch of glimpse of the bands, the balloons and, if he’s not too busy tweeting angry things to Matt Lauer, Kanye West. We checked in with Bob Grippo, author of “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” for a geographical tour of the march’s storied history. This is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’s New York.
The parade began here before making its way down to 34th Street. In subse-quent years it was shortened, moving the start to 110th Street, and ultimately to 77th Street in 1946, where it still kicks off today.
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