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In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats
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Just because the Mardi Gras parades are canceled, it hasn t stopped people s creativity. The Little Shop of 2020 Horrors house float is in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans.
Phoebe Jones / WWNO
When Crissy Whalin and her 12-year-old son, Zephyr Cooke, settled in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers Point in 2020, the last thing they expected was a front-row seat to the city s Mardi Gras comeback.
Their neighborhood has emerged as a house float hotbed in recent weeks. There are more than 140 decorated homes within walking distance and thousands more a short drive away.