 While Otterbein was successfully taken by the government, residents of Federal Hill and Fell's Point organized a very powerful grassroots coalition that succeeded in re-routing the interstate to a more southern route and saving all three neighborhoods.This effort was led in part by Highlandtown resident Barbara Mikulski, who used her success and prominence in this fight to launch her political career.The changed path of Interstate 95 left the government in possession of hundreds of badly-deteriorated rowhouses in Otterbein.