The Giants Super Bowl 2012 swept through New York City Tuesday morning, and the International Business Times was on the scene, camera in hand at Broadway and Wall Street, to catch all the fun.
As with previous New York ticker-tape parades, Tuesday's parade route started at Battery Place and Washington Street in Lower Manhattan's Financial District, then made its way along the Canyon of Heroes to City Hall Plaza, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg planned to give the New York Giants the keys to the city.
Big Blue gave us a game to remember, and on Tuesday we're going to give them a parade to remember, Bloomberg said in a statement.
And at 3:00 p.m. the Giants will appear at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J,. for a second celebration, to be attended by Gov. Chris Christie.
The Canyon of Heroes has been the site of numerous parades since the 1940s. Though most of the fetes were in the honor of sports teams, the Canyon of Heroes also hosted a major event on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, 1945, marking the end of World War II on V-J Day.
The most recent parade through the Canyon of Heroes was on Nov. 6, 2009, for the New York Yankeeswho had just won their 27th World Series title.
The Giants beat the New England Patriots during Sunday's Super Bowl by a score of 21-17. The Giants previously beat the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl.
Here's a slideshow of exclusive IBTimes photos of the New York Giants Super Bowl 2012 parade in New York City.
Vendors hocked New York Giants gear all throughout Manhattan's Financial District before and after the parade.IBTimes.comThe sky was filled with paper at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street Tuesday morning.IBTimes.comA crowd of Giants fans wearing the teams' red, white and blue wait for the next parade float to roll by Tuesday morning.IBTimes.comA Giants float rolls past Trinity Church.IBTimes.comA variety of marching bands, music ensembles and flag twirlers marched in between the series of floats carrying Giants players and personnel.IBTimes.comGiants co-owner John Mara (l.) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy high as he and co-owner Steven Tisch (r.) ride though the Financial District on a Giants float.IBTimes.comA double-decker tourist bus packed with Giants fans rolls through the Canyon of Heroes.IBTimes.comNew York City Comptroller John Liu rode through the Canyon of Heroes in style.IBTimes.comA member of the Trinity Church clergy blessed the crowd before the start of Tuesday's ticker-tape parade.IBTimes.comThe sky was filled with hundreds of tons of shredded (and not so shredded) paper, as well and thousands of rolls of toilet paper as the Giants' procession rolled by.IBTimes.comThe crowd shared a camaraderie in the final moments before the parade began.IBTimes.comA Giants fan perches several feet above the fray at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan.IBTimes.comAs the start of the parade approached, thousands of people packed onto side-streets off of Broadway in the Financial District.IBTimes.comA float of Giants players passed by Trinity Church.IBTimes.comHundreds of Giants fans packed the sidewalks along Broadway and nearby side-streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Big Blue players.IBTimes.comGiants players (l. to r.) Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs and D.J. Ware join the Giants' offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride on a float in Tuesday's ticker-tape parade.IBTimes.comGiants Head Coach Tom Coughlin (l.) and defensive end Justin Tuck greet the crowd as they pass by the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street during Tuesday's ticker-tape parade in Manhattan.IBTimes.com
