Wilson's family began to sell large tracts of land in the early 1950s to developers who built dozens of new homes and apartment buildings on Arlington Ave (now 43rd street), St. Georges Ave. and Coldspring Lane. Kimberleigh Road was created in 1953 as part of the development. These homes were bought by a variety of upwardly mobile African-American families including those of steelworkers from the Sparrows Point Shipyard, postal workers, teachers and Morgan State College administrators. In 1954 my parents purchased three rowhouse homes on The Alameda for their parents and our family.
