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Canyon of Heroes

Canyon of Heroes on lower Broadway in New York City, during a ticker-tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts, August 1969
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Canyon of Heroes on lower Broadway in New York City, during a ticker-tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts, August 1969

The Canyon of Heroes is a colloquialism used in New York City to refer to a section of lower Broadway that is the historic location of the city's ticker-tape parades.

The traditional route of the parade is northward from Bowling Green to City Hall Park . The route is lined with tall office buildings along both sides for most of its route, affording a view of the parade for many thousands of office workers as well as the snowstorm-like jettison of shredded paper products onto the parade itself.

The sidewalks along the Canyon of Heroes have black granite strips embedded within them listing honorees of past ticker-tape parades.

See: List of ticker-tape parades in New York City

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