A Second Act For L.A.’s Trousdale Estates

As if Southern California didn’t already have an unfair monopoly on Mid Century Modern day architecture, enter Trousdale Estates, the Beverly Hills enclave that’s house to a slew of well-known names, and we’re not talking actors. Made in the 1950s as a gated neighborhood for the wealthy and renowned, Trousdale Estates has noticed its share of marquee names come and go, but the homes in the tony development—the “forgotten gems” by Mid-Century architects A. Quincy Jones, Harold W. Levitt and Wallace Neff, among others—are finally being recognized as the neighborhood’s true stars. Here, snapshots of the sun-drenched patios, flat roofs, glass walls and, yes, swimming pools, that keep slavish admirers of Mid Century architecture California dreaming.

Images: New York Times