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Decades ago, the balloon inflation on the night before Thanksgiving was a special ritual for Upper West Siders to enjoy in their quiet neighborhood

If you need some help this year, or would like to donate a turkey, here are some local options.

Readers sent in some great photos from Wednesday night's balloon inflation for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

It's that very special time of year again on the Upper West Side, so get your warm clothes on, make sure the kids have gone to the bathroom (because we're not stopping for bathroom breaks, sweetie!), and

There's nothing like getting towed to ruin Thanksgiving, so check out the restrictions for balloon inflation on Wednesday and the Thanksgiving Day parade

The 1,000 Turkey Challenge is back and the West Side Campaign Against Hunger needs your help to get those turkeys onto the Thanksgiving plates of needy people.

On Wednesday from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m., Macy's will inflate the Thanksgiving balloons that will coast down Central Park on Thursday. The map for the

The Macy's parade balloon inflation and Thanksgiving parade will close off several Upper West Side blocks on Wednesday and Thursday, so don't park your cars in the following places. The following is from the 20th precinct:

By Maria Gorshin The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Balloon Inflation wasn’t always an event that drew tens of thousands of visitors

The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is one of the neighborhood's signature events, but Thursday's forecast calls for high winds that

November 23, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 53 Degrees.

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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade starts on Thursday at 9 a.m., and it's one of the biggest annual events in the neighborhood. But the fun/insanity really starts the day before, when people come to watch the balloons getting inflated. Balloon Inflation The balloon inflation occurs in the late afternoon and ...

November 25, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 59 Degrees.

I took these photos on 70th street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Click to enlarge.

Thanksgiving officially happens on Thursday, but it's really a three-day affair -- or six days if you eat turkey leftovers for as long as I do. Here's a day-by-day guide to celebrating on the Upper West Side: Wednesday: Watching Macy's Thanksgiving balloons getting blown up is a spectator sport. The ...

Thanksgiving is special on the Upper West Side, if only because the first scene of Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters is set in an Upper West Side apartment on Thanksgiving (depicted above). Oh, and there's also your family, turkey and the parade that starts on 77th Street and winds ...