#6376
Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:49am
Liotte - NYC ticker tape parades are the stuff of legend! Lindberg, Apollo 11 (which I was at!) and so many others.
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#6377
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:00am
The last one in Chicago was the Bears in 1985. It was frigid cold. I was a freshman in college and in class that day. 
#6378
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:10am
Liotte, check it out:
http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees99/
http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees/2000/
http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees99/
http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees/2000/
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
#6379
Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:29am
So painful that this parade is not for the Cubs!
#6380
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:01pm
Ah, see, I didn't move to NY until 2001, so that's why I didn't know about those. I lived in Peoria IL before that, and then in Carmel CA, where there are NO ticker tape parades :)
#6381
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:07pm
Liotte - I hope they have a big one while you're there - they are something special to be a part of!
#6382
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:09pm
Me too! And I really hope it is for the 2006 World Series Champions, the Yankees!
#6383
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:10pm
I'd love to experience one sometime...
Lovely day in the great Pacific Northwest; a little overcast but sunny still, chilly.
Lovely day in the great Pacific Northwest; a little overcast but sunny still, chilly.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#6384
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:13pm
It was very cool. I didn't actually go. Seeing it on t.v. was good enough for me. One of the newscasts did a special with the place in Bayonne or Jersey City, forget which, that was designing all the floats for the players to ride on, explaining everything and how they'd be up working through the night. You also saw the flatbeds ferrying the floats over to NY.
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
#6385
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:16pm
Good morning DD - busy weekend for you.
I think it is just busses here today.
I think it is just busses here today.
#6386
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:18pm
Liotte - here you go:
A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a triumphal effect by the snowstorm-like flurry.
The term originated in New York City after a spontaneous celebration held on October 29, 1886 during the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and is still most closely associated with New York City. The term ticker-tape referred originally to the use of the paper output of ticker tape machines, which were remotely-driven devices used in brokerages to provide updated stock market quotes. Nowadays, the paper product are largely waste office paper that has been cut using conventional shredders.
In New York City, ticker-tape parades are not annual events but are reserved for special occasions. Soon after the first such parade in 1886, city officials realized the utility of such events and began to hold them on triumphal occasions, at first only for extraordinary events, such as the return of Theodore Roosevelt from his safari in Africa.
Up through the 1950s, they were commonly given to any visiting head of state, but in the 1960s, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, they became increasingly rare. They are generally reserved now for space exploration triumphs, military honors and sports championships. The last ticker-tape parade was when the New York Yankees won the World Series in 2000. The section of lower Broadway through the Financial District that serves as the parade route for these events is colloquially called the "Canyon of Heroes". Lower Broadway in New York City has plaques in the sidewalk at regular intervals to celebrate each of the city's ticker-tape parades.
A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a triumphal effect by the snowstorm-like flurry.
The term originated in New York City after a spontaneous celebration held on October 29, 1886 during the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and is still most closely associated with New York City. The term ticker-tape referred originally to the use of the paper output of ticker tape machines, which were remotely-driven devices used in brokerages to provide updated stock market quotes. Nowadays, the paper product are largely waste office paper that has been cut using conventional shredders.
In New York City, ticker-tape parades are not annual events but are reserved for special occasions. Soon after the first such parade in 1886, city officials realized the utility of such events and began to hold them on triumphal occasions, at first only for extraordinary events, such as the return of Theodore Roosevelt from his safari in Africa.
Up through the 1950s, they were commonly given to any visiting head of state, but in the 1960s, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, they became increasingly rare. They are generally reserved now for space exploration triumphs, military honors and sports championships. The last ticker-tape parade was when the New York Yankees won the World Series in 2000. The section of lower Broadway through the Financial District that serves as the parade route for these events is colloquially called the "Canyon of Heroes". Lower Broadway in New York City has plaques in the sidewalk at regular intervals to celebrate each of the city's ticker-tape parades.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#6387
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:19pm
The one for the Apollo 11 astronauts was truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Unbelievably exciting, emotional and thrilling.
#6388
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:21pm
Look for me on the news! I will be the one wearing a BWW t-shirt and a majito in hand.
#6389
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:23pm
Now THAT'S class!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#6390
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:27pm
You are making me relive game six of the NLCS a few years ago!
I have my confetti ready. Our building is old enough to have windows that open.
I have my confetti ready. Our building is old enough to have windows that open.
#6391
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:28pm
Did you get a Bi-Soxual t-shirt? I hear they're selling like hotcakes.
(what ARE hotcakes, anyway?)
(what ARE hotcakes, anyway?)
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#6392
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:31pm
Gasp! Addy! Hotcakes are another word for pancakes; at least where I come from! I have no idea why they are the benchmark for sales volume, though...
I have no idea why they are the benchmark for sales volume, though...
#6393
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:34pm
Thanks Addy! Sounds like fun. Enjoy brdlwyr!
#6394
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:36pm
I guess hot cakes sell better than cold cakes?
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#6395
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:40pm
There you go... That's what I love about BWW: between the bunch of us we've got all the answers.
I think that deserves a drink. Is it too early?
I think that deserves a drink. Is it too early?
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#6396
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:41pm
Do not tempt me Addy! I do not really eat hotcakes I would rather have eggs and bacon.
Libby indicted. Go Pat!
Libby indicted. Go Pat!
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#6397
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:56pm
Bloody Mary?
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#6398
Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:57pm
Or Mimosa more your style?
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#6399
Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:05pm
I'll take a mimosa.
I'm off to work, have a good day all! (and Shira, when you eventually come back online, CALL ME about tonight!)
I'm off to work, have a good day all! (and Shira, when you eventually come back online, CALL ME about tonight!)
#6400
Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:06pm
I'll take a mimosa. Perfect.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
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