Spreading her light and liberty throughout the parade route! Hey there, sailors!
By the way, everyone we were standing around was nice. Maybe they were all tourists, but everyone kind of let everyone be.

I love the grittier look for urban photography. I cropped again to straighten and increased the contrast and clarity. Doing that makes the picture dark so I had to increase the shadows. Here’s the original:
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