God Save Tudor Houses, Antique Tables, and Billiards

"Based on the Radburn plan, a community idea that drew inspiration from the Garden City movement of the late 19th century, it was a revolution in urban planning.
"Instead of endless, undifferentiated sprawl, these new communities would sit in companionable clusters, separated by greenbelts.
"There would be shared parks, centrally located schools and shopping. As each garden city reached capacity, the thinking went, a new one would spring up next door."

In the Los Angeles Times, Veronique de Turenne visits the Village Green housing development in Baldwin Hills.