they all were admirers of frank lloyd wright as was joseph eichler himself. california began its growth post-world war ii, 1950's. there were subdivisions of all types of houses, some people build the houses they had been building prior to the war, but then the midcentury modern inses, whether it was clear the bay area, southern california had a lot of them, palm springs, the whole town was on was rebuilt in the 1950's and early 1960's area fortunately for preservationists, those houses didn't change or the buildings were not torn down because the town sort of became economically stagnant. they weren't replaced. this was a style developed in the 50's -- 1950's and 1960's and developed legs. it is still very popular especially with the younger homeowners in these houses. they are to feel -- they appeal to the younger people more than the grandparents. >> we are on parry avenue. it is an unincorporated area surrounded by menlo park. this was known as perry lane. this was one of a few houses, maybe the last one left on perry lane, an enclave of stanford -- gradu

architectsre young who admired frank lloyd wright's style of building. he had a team of them. it was not just one or two. it was a group of them. were admirers of franklin right as was joseph eichler himself -- frank lloyd wright, as was joseph eichler himself. there were subdivisions of all types of houses. some people build the houses they were building prior to the war. the mid century modern houses, whether it is here in the bay area, southern california had a lot of them. palm springs, the whole town was almost rebuilt in the 1950's and 1960's. housesservationists, the did not change. they were not torn down because the town became economically stagnant. that was style developed in the 1950's and 1960's. it is still around. it is still very popular, especially with the younger homeowners. they are interested in these houses because they appeal to their style of living much more than the houses that their grandparents were living in. we continue our look at palo alto as we hear about its contributions to rock 'n' roll and pop culture. >> we are on. avenue. it is an -- we ar

sized track homes in the wright, --nk lloyd of frank lloyd wright, and eventually built over 10,000omes in california, including 2700, 2800 of them in palo alto. this is one of those tracks. these homes were developed to reflect the lifestyle of what california and maybe much of the country thought it would be like following world war ii. glass, the plenty of backyards -- you can see them here from the street -- can't see them here from the street -- the backyards have glass that open up into the backyard. the transition between inside and outside is sort of minimized. the 1950's were a tough time in the united states for minorities all over the country. in california, we equally experienced these problems. housing, quite often developers or real estate agents would shun or divert the attention of minority buyers away from their homes. joseph eichler refused to play this game. and he wanted and was willing to sell his homes to anybody who had the appropriate funds. and so a lot of young employees at hewlett-packard and other companies in the stanford industrial park who were minorit

they were all admirers of frank lloyd wright, as was joseph eichler himself. california really began its in thepost-world war ii 1950's. there were subdivisions of all types of houses. they hadt the houses been building prior to the war. ,he midcentury modern houses southern california have a lot of them. palm springs. the whole town was almost rebuilt in the 1950's and 1960's preservationists, those buildings did not change. they were not replaced with other things. this was the style that was developed in the 1950's and early 1960's and has legs. it's still around. it's very popular, especially with the younger homeowners. they appeal to their style of living much more than the houses their grandparents may have lived in. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to palo alto, california to learn more about its riches tree. to learn more about palo alto and other stops on arch tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> next, a tall cohosted by the harry truman presidential every a museu