1963 Map of Cooper City SW

About this map

Pembroke Pines and the residential development of Rolling Oak Acres sit at the edge of a highly engineered landscape, where the expansion of Broward County meets the massive water control systems of the Everglades Wildlife Management Area. This survey documents a critical period of transition as suburbia moves westward, bounded by an intricate network of infrastructure including Levee No 68A, Levee No 37, and Levee No 33. The geography is defined by the rigid management of water, featuring Conservation Area No 3A and Conservation Area No 3, where the landscape is designed for periodic impoundment. Vital transit and drainage corridors such as the South New River Canal and Griffin Road anchor the settled portions of the map, illustrating the human effort to reclaim and maintain habitable land in this low-lying region.