Where the mid-century houses are

Six neighborhoods we know street by street: what the houses look like, why people love them, and what to check before you buy.

Los Angeles

Hillside streets around the reservoir, with more post-and-beam houses per block than almost anywhere in Los Angeles.

The streets that climb toward Griffith Park, from flat bungalow blocks to hillside houses with the whole city out the window.

A hill of winding streets between Highland Park and Cypress Park, where a modest budget still buys a view.

Palm Springs at the foot of the mountain: wide streets, tall palms and some of the most photographed roofs in the desert.

A south Palm Springs tract from the late 1950s, named for the pair of palms planted in front of each house.

North Palm Springs, where mid-century tract houses still sell for less than anywhere else in town.