Recent parades have expanded their outreach (and ability to handle crowds) by extending the route into the Uptown neighborhood, beginning at the corner of Broadway and Montrose. For many years, the parade was held only in Lake View East, a neighborhood enclave of the Lakeview community area. The first parade was organized on Saturday, June 27, 1970, as a march from Washington Square Park ('Bughouse Square') to the Water Tower, but then many of the participants spontaneously marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J.
