World Series victory parade draws massive crowds

(Graphic by Jacqueline Lin / The DePaulia)On Friday morning, fans dressed in “Cubby Blue” stretched along the Chicago Cubs Parade route starting at Wrigley Field, following Lake Shore Drive south to Grant Park.

They eagerly awaited the arrival of the team that finally won the World Series championship after a 108-year drought.

New Cubs fans held by their parents joined elderly fans dressed in vintage gear from a bygone era came to witness the historic parade. The parade was the city of Chicago’s largest yet, drawing over five million people, according to city officials. Just outside the Loop in Grant Park, where the parade made its final stop, fans piled into Michigan Avenue and the parks to…