#23 Macy's : the Man, the Store, the Parade

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2008

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Did you know that the man whose name adorns one of the most successful department stores in the world was a sailor turned failed businessman? Or why Macy's Department Store ALMOST takes up an entire city block? Or how many clowns have been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade? The Bowery Boys let you in on those answers and lots of other fun facts about one of New York City's premier retailers. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	This is episode 23 of The Bowry Boys, the story of Macy's and the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
0:06.0	Hey, it's The Bowry Boys!
0:07.5	Hey!
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0:23.5	Hello there and welcome to The Bowry Boys.
0:26.0	My name is Greg Young.
0:27.0	And I'm Tom Myers.
0:28.5	Thanks once again for tuning in to another exciting episode of our podcast.
0:33.5	Would you believe episode 23?
0:36.0	I know, all the way up to 23 already and you know we're almost at the end of the year.
0:40.5	We're getting started, yeah.
0:41.5	Very excited to do this one this week.
0:43.5	It's the story of Macy's department store.
0:46.0	Also of Harold Square, it's present location and of the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
0:50.5	So we have a lot of information to get down to business with.
0:55.0	I have to say we're both excited.
0:57.0	Yeah, of course.
0:58.0	I mean, it's a parade.
0:59.5	And we've never done a store either.
1:01.5	A shopping.
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