Devour the Desert
A Palm Springs Food & Culture Journal
Goodbye Norma Jean, Hello 1,037 Marilyns: Palm Springs Throws a World Record Birthday Party
On the weekend of what would have been her 100th birthday, Palm Springs did what Palm Springs does best: it transformed nostalgia into spectacle, glamour into community and history into something delightfully fun.
Atomic Dreams & Coffee Shops: John Lautner, Googie Architecture and the Palm Springs State of Mind
By the 1950s and 60s, Palm Springs had become an unlikely playground for architectural experimentation. Hollywood stars escaped Los Angeles for weekends in the desert, bringing money, glamour, and a taste for the futuristic. Architects arrived eager to test radical ideas under endless blue skies.
The Local Architecture | Glass & Steel: A History of Palm Springs Modernism
Palm Springs is a time capsule of Mid-Century Modern architecture, the greatest concentration of this style in the world.