A photograph of the map shows that the Plaza Midwood area was taking its modern shape. Much development had yet to occur beyond Morningside and Masonic drives. Notice Independence Boulevard runs through the Chantilly neighborhood to the south.
Plaza-Midwood wasn't the only neighborhood threatened by proposed roads. The adjacent areas of Chantilly and Elizabeth, directly attached to PM before the construction of Independence Boulevard, were endangered by a rerouting of that highway. …