{"id":2387,"date":"2016-06-15T16:41:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2016-06-15T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:42:15","slug":"city-celebrates-penguins-stanley-cup-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2016\/06\/15\/city-celebrates-penguins-stanley-cup-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"City celebrates Penguins’ Stanley Cup Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Team
Team captain Sidney Crosby gave us the picture we’ve wanted all season when he hoisted the Stanley Cup on the Boulevard of the Allies. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans jammed Stanwix Street at the Boulevard of the Allies. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Evgeni
Evgeni Malkin and family members held the cup as it moved along Grant Street. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Boulevard of the Allies was packed in a way we’ve never seen before. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kris
Kris Letang has a moment with his son Alexander. (Gracey Evans\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A
A mass of fans shooting cell phone pictures of the cup on the boulevard. (Darrell Sapp\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Penguins
Penguins Conor Sheary and Tom Kuhnhackl on Grant Street. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans cheer from the InterPark parking garage on the boulevard as Kris Letang raises the cup. (Haley Nelson\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans were excited to see the cup. (Haley Nelson\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"After
After hoisting the cup, Kris Letang carried it off his vehicle …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"...
… and carried to team captain Sidney Crosby. (Photos by Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Of
Of course, the parking garage was spilling over with fans. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Evgeni
Evgeni Malkin acknowledges fans. (Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We saw Penguins towels and headgear everywhere.(Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette}<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One
One fan tried to multi-task, taking a selfie while greeting Pen Nick Bonino. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans cheered on the boulevard. (Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans watched from Downtown office buildings. (Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Of
Of course, Sidney Crosby kissed the cup several times. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Goalie
Goalie Matthew Murray was a happy man on Grant Street. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beau
Beau Bennett greeted the crowd. (Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"These
These fans had a great view from a rooftop on the boulevard. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"When
When fans saw the cup, they went crazy. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here's
Here’s another view of Sidney on the boulevard. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"There
There must be thousands of cell phone pictures of the event. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Demond
Demond Jordan of Unadilla, Ga., and Arielle Tabor of Inglewood, Ca. had front row seats. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"More
More fans on the boulevard. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We loved this gesture — Sidney Crosby brought the cup to fans standing along the boulevard. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fans
Fans were thrilled to touch the cup after Sidney Crosby walked it past for them to touch. (Rebecca Droke\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We can’t help ourselves — here’s one last picture of Sid and the cup. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Steve
After the parade, many of us felt like five-year-old Jovie Azzdina of Murrysville. We were exhausted. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,15,11,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[24,23],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/PenParade_029.jpg?fit=2000%2C1129&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387\/revisions\/2420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}