Photos: What a difference a year makes along Pasadena’s Rose Float route - Long Beach Press Telegram

poloong.blogspot.com

Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena is without floats, bands, horses and large crowds on New Years Day after the Tournament of Roses canceled the 2021 Rose Parade due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

What a difference a year can make.

On Jan. 1, 2020, the streets of Pasadena were packed with colorful floats, brassy marching bands and throngs of parade viewers.

No Rose Parade starting at 8 am at Orange Grove Blvd. and looking down an empty Colorado Blvd in Pasadena on Friday, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

But on Jan. 1, 2021, with the Rose Parade cancelled by the enduring pandemic, it was a very different scene.

Parade organizers shifted their energy to a two-hour TV special and invested their hopes in the parade’s return in a year in a region cleared of coronavirus.

• A couple walk past the Tournament House on Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena on Friday, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

• No bowl game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Friday, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

• Two security guards stand outside the Tournament House on Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena on Friday, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

• Sound

  The gallery will resume inseconds

• A bicyclist rides along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• A pedestrian walks along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena is without floats, bands, horses and large crowds on New Years Day after the Tournament of Roses canceled the 2021 Rose Parade due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

In the meantime, the streets were quiet.

A few fans planted their lawn chairs along the parade route, securing what would  have been a great view of the parade.

Some came to get a glimpse of the Donate Life sculpture on the lawn of the Tournament House.

• Evelyn Perez of Glendale waves to people as she stands at the corner of Orange Grove Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to celebrate what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• Saying he had to be there, parade or no parade, Pasadena resident, Dereck Andrade, sits at the corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena on Friday, January 1, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

• Robert McKendrick, 60, and Curtis McKendrick, 26, of Temple City, march along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to hold their own parade on what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• Sound

  The gallery will resume inseconds

• Robert McKendrick, 60, and Curtis McKendrick, 26, of Temple City, march along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to hold their own parade on what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• Cindy Rowe, left, and Peter Paccone, of Playa del Rey sit where usually large bleachers would be set up for the Rose Parade to celebrate what would’ve been the 2021 Rose Parade on Friday, Jan. 21, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

• A memorial for COVID-19 victims was displayed by Health Care for All in front of the Tournament of Roses house in Pasadena on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. The annual parade was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

A handful of float builders rolled flower-filled wagons along the route. A car caravan honored victims of the pandemic. And a couple of folks even strode along in their own mini-march.

Most shared the same sentiment: Hopes that the coronavirus outbreak is just a memory this time next year, allowing the parade to return.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

"along" - Google News
January 02, 2021 at 02:02AM
https://ift.tt/2MpWDo1

Photos: What a difference a year makes along Pasadena’s Rose Float route - Long Beach Press Telegram
"along" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2z4LAdj
https://ift.tt/35rGyU8

Bagikan Berita Ini