Check out the photography exhibit at the Huntington Musuem (www.huntington.org).
More specifically, see the photos of Lakewood Plaza when it was built in the early 1950's: http://mediabank.huntington.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Maynard%20L.%20Parker%20Negatives%2C%20Photographs%20and%20Other%20Material&-loadframes
I live in Lakewood Plaza and although my house has been modified, I see many houses that still very close to the original designs.
