Cute critters take Downtown Crossing for the tenth year in a row
Over 150 costumed canines paraded down Washington Street at Saturday’s Doggone Pet Parade hosted by the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District.
Costume Winners:
- Best Costume: Ghostbusters
- Prize: A night at the Ritz Carlton
- Scariest Costumes: Jaws
- A night at the Godfrey Hotel
- Cutest Costume: Vote Mr. Murphy
- A night at the Hotel AKA
- Best Dog and Child Duo: Husky Sled
- Four tickets to WNDR Museum, Six AMC tickets
- Best Human and Dog Duo: BNN Network
- A night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
The costumes were ranked by a panel of local judges: Chulan Huang from the City Office of Neighborhood Services, Chryssaldo Thomas, the General Manager of Hyatt Regency Boston and BID Board Member, David Ertischek, the parade’s founder in 2014, City Councilor At-Large Henry Santana, BID President Michael Nichols and Carly Ciarletta, Raising Cane’s Area Leader of Marketing.
Santana jokingly commented that judging the contest was one of the “toughest decisions” he made in his ten months in office.
This article was produced for HorizonMass, the independent, student-driven, news outlet of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, and is syndicated by BINJ’s MassWire news service.
