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We ended up on the West Side Highway on 57th Street where the road has an incline. This was as far North as you could go to get a view. We had been herded like cattle up 10th or 11th Avenue all the way from 52nd St.
The frustrated crowd was turning into an angry mob. They were only letting a few people in at a time down the numbered streets toward the highway which borders the Hudson River.
Being barricaded off is annoying and cops shaking their fingers and yelling at everyone to stay on the sidewalk is a bit much when the sidewalk is too full to walk on.
Crowd control is frustrating for all concerned I imagine.
The barges had been stationed, according to the graphic in the newspaper, from 20th St. to 50th St. I was certain they had underestimated the crowd and we weren't going to be able to see anything, a scenario I've been in before, however I was pleasantly surprised. They must have spread the barges out accordingly.
We had pretty much a front row seat and we were having a pastrami sandwich in a diner on 8th Avenue at 8PM. Considering the show was to start at 9:20 PM, we did pretty well.
People had been camped out since early in the day.
  The fireworks were very nice and new, even ones that exploded into boxes, squares, and drums with the illusion of drumsticks batting them, and smiley faces. It was a pretty long show too, it had to have gone on for nearly an hour!
 I made a video of what I thought was the 'grand finale' and it ended up being 21 minutes long. Way too long to put on Youtube. If I ever figure out how to cut it down to 4 or 5 minutes I'll put it up, but... Time to fiddle with pics and video is scarce...
Hope you are enjoying your holiday weekend!
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| | Posted 7/5/2009 11:14 AM - 22 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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