Little boxes on the hillside

January 27, 2009 / Where suburbanism got its start.

Loving Weeds, I wanted to know more about that opening song. Telstar Logistics obliges with an article about, and a photo shoot of, the suburb that inspired Malvina Reynolds’ “Little Boxes.”

[house in Westlake photographed by Telstar Logistics]
Westlake neighbourhood, Daly City, CA. (But dude, El Caminos ain’t ticky tacky.)

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