People here in New York must really love to either be in -- or just view -- a parade, since it seems that we have one nearly every other day. Whether you are a pedestrian or a driver this presents logistical problems if you are trying to navigate from one point to another during one of these events.
The other day, me and a group of relatives were trying to just sight see around Manhattan, when as we come out of the subway we are met with this huge amount of people, and barricades, blocking our way to even cross the street. Oh great...I thought, now what? Whose turn is it now to celebrate themselves?
We had to go over and ask a policeman how in the world could we get across to such and such place. Well, as per his directions, we had to make this three blocks detour, to get to our destination. But the "fun" did not end there..oh no...we had to endure having our bags searched and us interrogated, and this just for trying to cross the street!
This scene was repeated all along the parade route, which really made it quite an inconvenience to just enjoy our journey. I don't mean to sound disrespectful, or like a grumpy old gnome, but enough is enough! Instead of closing off this or that street for this or that parade, why don't we just designate one avenue, say the world-famous 5th Avenue, for about ten blocks down, then you can parade your group, cause, or what-have-you, and be done with it!
