A rider dressed as a gingerbread man throws a football into the crowd on St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Students from several different elementary schools paraded through the River Garden housing development as part of the annual St. Alphonsus parade on Friday afternoon, February 17.
Members of the Lafayette Academy’s dance team and band march down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school paradeFriday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Members of Saint Rita’s color guard lead the way for the dance team and band march down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Students from McMillan’s First Steps Academy, dressed as Mario and Luigi, pass out beads as they march down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
The fighting beavers from McMillan’s First Steps Academy march down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
First graders from St. Leo the Great, dressed as doctors in scrubs, throw beads to onlookers as the march down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Students dressed as checkerboards throw beads into the audience on St. Andrews street in the River Garden housing development during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
St. Peter Claver Knights dance down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
St. Peter Claver Knights dance down St. Andrew street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Riders on the captain’s float throw beads to the audience on St. Andrews street during the St. Alphonsus school parade on Friday, February 17, 2017. (Zach Brien, UptownMessenger.com)
Why are we using the term River Garden “housing development”? Isn’t it simply “River Garden”? Shouldn’t it be simply, “River Garden,” same way we say “Irish Channel,” Garden District,” “Warehouse District”?
Because River Gardens is actually a planned housing development and the other examples are neighborhoods that developed over time?