It was a championship parade for the ages as hundreds of thousands of the Celtics faithful descended in and around downtown Boston for the championship parade celebrating the franchise’s 18th title banner. Families and groups of friends crowded around TD Garden, along Cambridge Street, next to the Common and down Boylston Street to see the newly-minted NBA champs in full party mode, as close as they could possibly get. The Larry O’Brien trophy made an appearance, of course.
Jayson Tatum took off his shirt to a roaring crowd. A fake Jaylen Brown posed for pictures. There were plenty of duck boats.
And a few duck borgs. Here’s how it went down from the camera phones and notepads of five Globe reporters along the route. Fans struggle to find a place on the T at Copley station pic.
twitter.com/R15G0Mgv2K — Helena Getahun-Hawkins The cleanup begins. Around an hour after duck boats rolled past the Common on Boylston, Boston Public Works vehicles have taken their place.
Advertisement Some openings along the gated streets have emerged, and fans are on their way out. The owner of a sushi spot on Boylston swept confetti off the landing to his restaurant. Trash cans filled to the brim after the parade pic.
twitter.com/n4lQMKiLGR — Maddie Khaw As the parade winded down, Brandon Moy, 28, crouched down to collect white and green confetti from the ground. “I like to collect a lot of Celtics things so [I’ll] put it in a frame or something,” he said.
Moy, who was born in Boston,.