In 1953, his heirs sold everything but the family home and the 10 acres on which it sat to developers; the Neff Estate remains a city-owned park and museum. On the remaining 2,000-plus acres, a planned city arose, one of the first in the country. Instead of catering to the wealthy, as had been McNally’s plan a half-century earlier, La Mirada was built to house the burgeoning postwar middle class.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times