The 2005 New York City Halloween Parade



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November 01, 2005

So since nobody else talks about this photo I'll do it: This is a quite interesting photograph. You see a lot in the frame. First there is this guy on the cross who only has one foot, I wonder what this means, what it is about. And then there are all the other reflections of the people, the ribbon and the buildings. Interesting to see what's going on. Or to guess... :-) Cool picture.

Missy

November 01, 2005

after a while it's always the same with parades, they're usually super-crowded and accessibility isn't great either, since the parades itself get barricaded. I have had my best experiences right before the parades start - during the preparation phase. Speaking of which, I might hit the Veterans Day parade before it starts on Nov. 11

Markus Hartel
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November 01, 2005

I am sorry that the parade was something of a drag for you. It is a mess moving through that crowd of uncreative costumes and people using it as an excuse to be irritating. I did enjoy wandering through the Unior Square subway stop at 1am looking at the dregs of th parade drag themselves home. I guess the finges of these events can be more interesting than the actual spectacle.

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The 2005 New York City Halloween Parade Click image to enlarge Honestly I am not able to write a good report about this years New York City Halloween Parade. I went down to the parades line up on Spring Street after work and started to walk around a little bit, snapping a couple if images. I believe that this parade was by far the most crowded one I've seen since I came to New York six months ago. All these crazy people with their - I have to say mostly boring costumes. Of course there have been fancy costumes as well but the majority was dressed up in the well known costumes. The costume I liked best of the ones I saw was a guy going as a family portrait. He had this huge picture frame with a family portrait showing a father, two boys and a mother. The mothers face was cut out and this guy put his head with a wig through that hole and was walking around like this. Pretty fancy isn't it? In contrast to that my costume was so lame! I went as a photographer... I don't want to malign the Halloween parade, the mood was very good, people enjoyed theirselfs and had fun. Personally I had enough after about two hours of walking around. The big parades have lost their initial charm for me I guess. I am not the biggest fan of those large events with thousands and thousands of people sticking together. Due to my departure in 12 days I have many things on my mind and much work waiting for me. I left and walked up to 23rd street where I catched the bus. On my way up I ran into a guy with a very special costume: "Man, this dude did a great job with his costume! He totally looks like Bruce Gilden." Well it was Bruce Gilden together with his wife coming out of a restaurant. We stopped, his wife and me smoked a cigarette together, we talked a little bit and then they picked their daughter up from a Halloween party. You can see some more photographs of New York streets on All Hallows Eve over on rion's site. Posted by Martin Fuchs on October 31, 2005 11:58 PM
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