Crestwood Hills: The Chronicle of a Modern Utopia by Cory Buckner is the fascinating story of people and midÂcentury modern architecture, merging and prevailing to create a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Their Crestwood Hills is like no other place in the vast metropolisÂÂits history is the result of the singular optimism that defined Southern California in the postÂWorld War II era. A handful of the region's optimists banded together to form a cooperative intent on building a utopian community. And they did.