Take a trip back in time with us on February 20th, 2027!

El Rancho Vista Estates is your passport to 1960s Palm Springs, a beautifully preserved time capsule neighborhood east of the airport, where Modernist architecture, colorful doors, desert landscaping and decorative breeze blocks transport visitors to sunny California of yesteryear.

Built between 1960–1964, El Rancho Vista Estates was developed by Roy Fey, one of Palm Springs' most prolific developers who introduced its first climate-adaptive models in two distinct build phases: the Bermuda, the Capri and the Casa Blanca, designed by celebrated Modernist architects Donald Wexler and Richard Harrison, as their first and only single-family home tract subdivision.

On our immersive, highly photogenic tour, guests step inside up to eight homes, several open for the first time, including stops at the Ratner Residence, ERVE’s First Class 1 Historic Resource, and a stop at the former home of first residents, fitness icon Jack LaLanne and his wife Elaine.

Info boards weave history into every stop, showcasing archival imagery, illustrations from the original sales brochure by Disney Imagineer Harper Goff, key moments and residents, and a forward-looking preservation narrative that highlights where our community is headed—most notably, the efforts toward historic district designation. El Rancho Vista Estates is one of only nine neighborhoods eligible for Historic District status, which we are actively exploring.

Today, our neighborhood remains remarkably intact - a rare, preserved pocket of Midcentury Modern Palm Springs, with many homes showing original details like block fireplaces, original Shadowal decorative bricks and patios.

Come see why we are still, in Roy Fey's own words, "The Good Palm Springs Life."