Local residents lined up and clamored to shake his hand, or pose for pictures, or get an autograph.
Tourists and long-time residents alike would invariably line the sidewalks to watch the small parade of eccentric characters.
The protesters walked about 10 abreast, and residents lined both sides of the street three deep.
After the 2008 city hall shooting in Kirkwood, Missouri, residents lined the streets with luminarias to honor the victims of the shooting.
An estimated three hundred thousand residents and visitors to Atlanta lined the streets for up to seven miles to watch a procession of limousines bring the stars from the airport.
After several tense days of expecting a threatened rebel attack, residents lined the streets, eager for news.
On a rainy day, students and residents lined up early - high school students in jeans, college students in parkas, workers and retirees in business suits.
Two thousand residents lined the streets to view the parade and nearly 5,000 attended the dedication of what was described by the press as the state's finest suburban field.
Several hundred local residents lined the streets along his hotel.
A few protesters and residents lined the main street of Clausen, in southwest Germany, to watch them leave.