An interesting photo depicting no development west of W. 16th Avenue except for the Adler-built lake and some homes around it plus Milam Elementary School on the corner of W. 16th Avenue and W. 60th Street. All of the giant shade old trees south of the new lake between the Palmetto and W. 16th Avenue were bulldozed to create a totally shadeless environment for new housing.

When we moved to W. 9th Lane in June 1957, DuPuis Elementary and Palm Springs Junior High were in the last stages of construction, homes on W. 10th Avenue and west of 10th Avenue were being built, and there was absolutely nothing west of W. 12th Avenue except farms and ranches. W. 12th Avenue was a dirt road north of the Little River Canal (W. 53rd Street), with huge dips and potholes, and barely two lanes wide. There was nothing north of W. 68th Street and there were no homes around Lakes Laurence West and East.