[3][4][2]: 7  When the ground of the railway track sank between Pembina Highway and Cambridge Street, the builders had to refix it with cement, rocks, and gravel.

The tracks were removed, the ground was redone, the street expanded to include a service road and renamed Grant Avenue.

[5] In 1949, the children of Rooster Town saw their first opportunity to receive an education, with the construction of Rockwood School in the northeast corner of the settlement.

[2]: 7 In the late 1960s, construction for the Grant Park Shopping Centre complex was complete; it originally featured a Woolco, Gambles, Safeway, and Dominion stores.

Also around the same time that the shopping centre and pool were being constructed, various mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings were being built.