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El Rancho Vista Estates

El Rancho Vista Estates Palm Springs

When you enter El Rancho Vista Estates, it’s like entering a time capsule. With nearly 115 midcentury homes faithfully restored to their architectural glory. El Rancho Vista Estates is the epitome of Mid Century Modern Palm Springs. The community offers dramatic desert living in a Mid-Century Modern setting like no other neighborhood in Palm Springs! Mid Century Modern architecture is one of the things that make Palm Springs so alluring. With a variety of rooflines including gable, butterfly, and flat throughout the curved streets, this neighborhood is a perfect example of Mid Century Modern Palm Springs. So, if you are looking for an area that promises the good life and fun in the sun, El Rancho Vista Estates might be the neighborhood in Palm Springs you are looking for. With this in mind, we offer some insight on the architecture, history, and community that makes this wonderful neighborhood a place anyone would want to call home.

In 1960, Roy Fey one of Palm Springs’ most prolific developers and builders established the tract that would become El Rancho Vista Estates…

El Rancho Vista Estates

Palm Springs is a collection of distinct neighborhoods, each with their own character and architectural story…

El Rancho Vista Estates Neighborhood History

In the emerging post-war housing market, there was a ton of potential for Southern California’s Modernist architecture. In fact, for developers like Roy Fey, his ability to see potential in not only Modernist architecture. But also in the Alexander Construction Company is how El Rancho Vista Estates came to be. It’s why he is said to be, one of Palm Springs most prolific developers. By engaging the local architecture firm Wexler & Harrison to design homes in El Rancho Vista Estates. His new development in this Palm Springs neighborhood came to life.

Mid Century Modern Neighborhood El Rancho Vista Estates

Mid Century Modern Look

With the success of Fey’s initial release of the 75 homes built for his new development, he decided to expand. Over the next few years, Fey further expanded the neighborhood with 40 more homes. Interestingly, some of the homes were standard style ranch homes. With open plan layouts that include flat roofs and butterfly roofs to down-turned eaves, the neighborhood is now filled with classic mid-century architectural elements. Elements such as decorative concrete blocks and floor to ceiling glass walls, to mountain views that enhance indoor/outdoor living.

This neighborhood epitomizes the meaning of Mid Century Modern Palm Springs…

Palm Springs Neighborhood El Rancho Vista Estates

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs

For die-hard fans of midcentury modern architecture, this neighborhood feels like coming home. In fact, the neighborhood has such a dynamic architectural cadence; it will transport you to an earlier time. So, for any fans of Mid Century Modern Palm Springs architecture, a walk through this neighborhood is a must. With some of the most well preserved Mid Century Modern homes in Palm Springs, El Rancho Vista Estates is Mid Century Modern Palm Springs.  

El Rancho Vista Estates maintains an intimate feeling of community…

El Rancho Vista Estates Lifestyle

Given the low density and the fact that there is only one through street branching into eight cul-de-sacs, El Rancho Vista Estates maintains an intimate feeling of community. In fact, it is common to run into friends walking their dogs, working in their yards, or playing bocce ball in the adjacent Gateway Park. From artists and designers, to musicians and architects, and everything in between. El Rancho Vista Estates is comprised of an eclectic group of tight-knit people who share common interests. So, if you are looking for a true sense of community set in an area that offers midcentury modern architectural cohesion, El Rancho Vista Estates may be the right neighborhood for you!

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Architecture, Best Neighborhoods in Palm Springs, Best Palm Springs Neighborhoods, Donald Wexler, Midcentury, Neighborhood

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