Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual in New York City taking place, traditional festive parade at Thanksgiving. The study conducted by the department store Macy's event attracts 250,000 spectators and is broadcast on television.

History

The parade was held for the first time on Thanksgiving in 1924 under the name Macy's Christmas Day Parade, but received the following year the current name. In the early years took part in live animals, from 1927 these were replaced by balloon figures of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Because of the Second World War, the parade fell out during the years 1942-1944. After the Parade in the Hollywood film The Miracle of Manhattan was immortalized in 1947, NBC began the following year with the annual broadcast of the event on television.

Distance

Initially started the parade at the corner of 145th Street and Convent Avenue and led to 34th Street at Herald Square. With the resumption of the parade after the World War II break a new route has been set. Since then, the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West starting point of the parade. After it goes south along Central Park, the parade turns into Broadway at Columbus Circle. About the Times Square and past the Macy's building, the route runs to 34th Street, where the route turns towards 7th Avenue. Where the parade ends.