The neighborhood forms an excellent collection of houses displaying the defining characteristics of the International and Usonian styles of architecture.  Developer, designer and builder Edward Hawkins, a local pioneer in modern residential development and construction, was primarily responsible for the overall design of the neighborhood and most of the individual houses.  Architects Eugene Sternberg, a regional master of mid 20th century modern architecture, and Joseph Dion, a prominent local modernist architect, also designed houses in the district.