Thursday, July 8, 2010

Macy's July 4th Fireworks!!!

After our day at Governors Island we went back to the apartment for a little rest in the nice air conditioned cool before heading to Manhattan to watch Macy's July 4th fireworks along the river.

Last year Tom and I went to go and see the fireworks but our view was a wee bit blocked by a building and some trees, so we wanted to find a better spot this year...

We went up to 42nd Street and walked over to the river, as we got closer to the river we noticed more and more people walking the same way and as we reached the river we could see big crowds had already gathered. Most of the side roads had been blocked off by the police and they seemed to be telling people to move further up, so at 47nd St. we were told to go to 51st, then at 51st they told us to go the 57th... so we kept walking up until we found a decent spot (and until we couldn't be bothered to walk anymore as it was 9pm and it was still over 30 degrees!).

As the fireworks started everyone serged forward towards the barriers to try and get a good view - luckily we managed to find ourselves a spot where we could see on of the six displays (they have 6 simultanious firework displays going off up the river so as many people can see as possible, they were setting off over 1000 rockets a minute I think!).

Here are some little videos of the fireworks...




They were amazing and everyone seemed to be enjoying them, lots of Ooooos and Aaaaahs, the ones that looked like smiley faces and planets were very popular, there were some HUGE ones too and the finale was spectacular. I didn't catch the whole finale, but here's the last burst...




1 comment:

  1. The videos are great. I've never seen fireworks that look like planets before. The sound effects add to the atmosphere! Can't imagine what they must cost?!
    Thanks for sharing them with us. X

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