Today the downtown strip was flooded with pedestrians.Today the streets were filled with bargains.
Today the sidwalk sale hit downtown Lawrence.
The annual event that is held on Massachusetts street for one day each summer was met this time around with cooler-than-usual July temperatures and plenty of red-hot bargains.
Sale items ranged from shirts and shorts to artwork to food...and shoes. Lots and lots of shoes.
Keeping an eye over everything in front of the Sunflower Bike Shop (which also featured a fair amount of sale-priced shoes in its sidealk display) was this employee (pictured above) on his umbrella-shaded lofty perch that protected him from the sun above and the crowds below.
This enthusiastic bullhorn-equipped Sunflower worker spent the day announcing deals to the crowd below that ranged from fifty percent off of winter parkas (the hot-selling item on this luke-warm summer day) to unbeatable prices on silk underwear (everybody needs a pair).
The best shopping happened early, though, as the sale official opened at 5 a.m. Thursday morning.
Here a few early-birds look to get their worms at bargain prices in front of the Francis Sporting Goods store not long after 5 a.m., before other shoppers arrive en masse. With five blocks full of deals and sidewalks packed with folding table displays, clothes racks, and (oh, yeah) people, it was hard to not find something you needed (or something you didn't even know you needed) for a reasonable price.
Those that looked hard enough - or woke up early enough - probably found enough deals to last them quite a while.
At least until next July.
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