While we can't actually see the river from our house (well we can during the winter, if we get up on the third floor, lean out the window, and pray for a vision) but it turns out that we actually do have a pretty good view. From our bedroom window and from the third floor window, we can see about 3/4 of the fireworks display (the bottom half is cut off by a 3 family house in the distance.) This is the first time we've been in our house during a fireworks display. We are at the bottom of a gently rising hill, so our view is really better than expected! And we can definitely hear them, along with the myriads of illegal fireworks being shot off by our friendly neighbors.....