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

The Canyon of Heroes is a colloquialism referring to a section of New York City's lower Broadway and the Financial District 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.

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Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. While New York has several other Broadways, in the context of the city it frequently refers to the Manhattan avenue which also runs into the Bronx and Westchester County.
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The Financial District is used to refer to:

Financial District, Manhattan in New York City, New York
Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts
The Financial District (San Francisco) in California
Miami Financial District in Miami, Florida

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ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a triumphal effect by the snowstorm-like flurry.
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Bowling Green is a small public park in Lower Manhattan at the foot of Broadway next to the site of the original Dutch fort of New Amsterdam. It is the oldest existing public park in New York City and the location of the Charging Bull bronze sculpture.
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The following is a list of ticker-tape parades in New York City. Such parades are traditionally held in the "Canyon of Heroes".

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1886
October 29 - Statue of Liberty dedication (impromptu).

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