It was a city-wide effort to efficiently clean up the aftermath of the Seahawks’ enormous turnout for their Super Bowl parade in downtown Seattle.
Seattle Police had estimated that upwards of 1 million people were going to pack into the sidewalks and streets along 4th Avenue to catch a view of the parade route, which began near Lumen Field and ran up to Denny Way.
KOMO News is still working to learn a more updated figure for the total number of people who were believed to have turned out. The crowds formed as early as 6 a.m. on Wednesday, with 12s lined shoulder to shoulder. Some climbed onto building balconies, others into the sturdy branches of trees, and even onto the roof of a 7/11 at the end of the parade route…