Interstate Highways

Highway development was, at least, a mixed bag even for white residents of the city. In 1950, for example, “Families living in the path of the Lakeland Freeway . . . faced their eventual displacement with misgivings and worry . . . Plans for building garages, planting lawns, adding driveways and other finishing touches to their new homes are halted.”[1] Others, however, saw opportunity. They intended to “buy a bigger house next time,” or, “would buy it back and move it to another lot.”[2]