Original Mutual Housing Association Home Plans. These are the original MHA home plans given to homebuyers to help them with their model decision. The artist sketches give a good indication of what the original vision for Crestwood Hills would have looked like if fully realized. A few of the models in the catalog were eliminated. [...]

LOVING THE HIGHLIFE Cooperative housing pioneer to landmark honors — Crestwood Hills savors its affection for modernism From the pages of CA-Modern magazine By Dave Weinstein Few neighborhoods have gotten underway with grander plans than Crestwood Hills. Imagine a place where hardworking musicians, teachers, and writers can live together, close to the city yet surrounded [...]

— by Tom Freeman & Wendy-Sue Rosen Courtesy of: The Upper Mandeville Canyon Property Owners’ Association uppermandeville.org 1961 Bel Air – Brentwood Fire (photos via: lafire.com) The risk of wildfire in Mandeville Canyon is a reality. Fire Officials are particularly concerned given the drought conditions over the past year. We have just completed one of [...]

Over the past decade 16 Homes in Crestwood Hills have been declared Historic-Cultural Monuments.

MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION, 1947-1950 Cory Buckner, Architect Hamma House construction After the war, in 1946, four musicians formed the Cooperative Housing Group. The housing shortage for returning servicemen and the excitement of creating a model community through cooperative methods was forefront in the minds of the original founders. After being discharged from the Army, Ray [...]