“Only in New York,” said writer Andrew Adam Newman, one of the judges for the East Village’s 26th Annual Halloween Dog Parade, “do you find Broadway set designers making costumes for dogs.”
TV personality Giuliana Ransic presided over the festivities as hundreds of four-legged superstars made their way across the viewing stage. Alien canines, furry pink ladies, hairy rock stars, superheroes with tails and super-villains with overbites filled Tompkins Square Park with creativity, despite the rain.
“Some of the dogs might not be so happy,” Newman conceded, “but the owners clearly love them.” As did the folks in the overflow crowd, who spent hours oohing, aahing and filling their phones with snapshots.
— Bob Krasner
