Wednesday morning update at 10:16 AM:
The crowds lining the parade route are already estimated to be around 200,000.
- All the BART trains coming into the City are packed.
- The Muni Metro system is running at beyond capacity.
- Most city-owned parking garages are already completely full.
- At most places along the parade route people are standing 15 to 20-deep in some places, 10-deep in almost all places.
- The entire civic center plaza area is packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
- All major downtown streets are clogged and traffic is crawling at best and completely blocked in other areas.
If you are not already downtown, you are not going to be able to get close enough to see much of the Giants. You can be among the crowd, but you won't see much. Some estimates are putting the crowd at 200,000. I can't verify that, but it looks like a lot more people than we usually see for SF Pride, and that's BIG! One thing is absolutely clear: the crowd is growing fast and in big waves of people. How big will this thing get?
Your best bet now is to watch it on KRON-4 TV or CBS-5.
Also: today is an air inversion day. There is a lot of smog over the East Bay today. This may be a rough day for people with asthma or COPD. Keep that in mind. The air over San Francisco is a little better and the air out by Golden Gate Park and the beach is just about ideal. The high today in San Francisco is expected to be around 72 degrees, maybe a little higher downtown where the crowd is.
Here is the original story. Check out the links.
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The Giants' welcome-home victory parade will start at 11 AM. Wednesday at and then head southbound on Montgomery to Market Street.
From there the parade will travel west on Market Street to Civic Center Plaza.
Mayor Gavin Newsom will present the team with the official Key to the City on the steps of City Hall. Be ready for some surprise guests at the podium on the City Hall steps.
The parade will follow the route taken by the Giants when they first came to San Francisco from New York in 1958.
Transit: Take BART or Muni Metro to Civic Center Station. You can also take the19-Polk, 27-Bryant or the 5-Fulton direct to Civic Center. Be sure you read the this Special Transit Bulletin for the latest updated information. Routes can and indeed may change overnight.
Parking: Civic Center Garage is your closest option to the City Hall presentation, but they may have the garage entrances blocked. No way to predict what the Traffic and Parking people will do.The Fifth and Mission Garage is a good option for watching the parade mid-route. Here is a complete list of all city-owned public parking garages.
And remember: wear orange on Wednesday and come downtown to welcome home our own San Francisco Giants.
Or you can ... visit the official Giants Dugout Stores at ATT Park (flagship store) or at Valley Fair, Serramonte, Embarcadero, Stanford, Stonestown. Hours of operation, address and phone numbers for each store will be found at this Giants Dugout Store Directory.
Hey! Twitter ppl: Follow the Giants online @
More inside scoop stuff: San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera writes an online newspaper (during his own time - not paid City time) and he has a lot of inside info on the welcome-back victory parade and party. Read it all at The sf-officials Daily
Can't make it to downtown SF? The parade will be broadcast live on CBS-5. They may also stream the broadcast on their website.
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