[1] Inspired by the garden city movement, Wright designed all three of the subdivisions to face inward toward their common grounds and away from the noise and congestion of Wydown Boulevard and the streetcar line which formerly ran along it.

The subdivisions share common characteristics such as limited access from surrounding thoroughfares, curving interior drives, up to 3-acre (12,000 m2) lot sizes, and large, traditionally-designed houses.

; the entrances both have matching tile-roofed red granite pavilions that served as waiting areas for the streetcar that formerly ran along Wydown Blvd.

The 23-acre (93,000 m2) tract encompassing Forest Ridge has only 6 homes and rises to a central plateau with the lots planned around a large circular private park.

Multiple residences were designed by Wright himself, along with architects including Howard Van Doren Shaw, Jamieson and Spearl, and Maritz & Young.