The Rise and Fall of America's Most Glamorous Desert City: Palm Springs, California

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  · 2 months ago

  Thanks for the history. In 1946 I went to a grammar school named after Nelly Coffman. At Christmas a stagecoach arrived with Santa Claus and he gave out presents. It turned out to be Bing Crosby who was staying at the Desert Inn. I grew up watching the town gradually grow, thanks to the movie actors.

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  @ACELARSONZZ · 2 months ago

  I live in Palm Springs it's getting more popular.

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  @AlaskanGlitch · 1 month ago

  We use to visit Palm Springs regularly during the 1960s.  What I remember most were picking the fresh grapefruit and dates in the morning for breakfast.  I have nothing but fond memories of the place.

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  @heynowls · 2 months ago

  Used to do movie star house tours in Palm Springs. <br>Now, I just love living in Palm Springs &amp; riding my bike.

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  @vapo6852 · 2 months ago

  I grew up in Redlands, back when &nbsp;it was all orange groves. The whole valley and desert were still very much tied to the old ways of life, long before the urban sprawl really took hold. My mother always had a special place in her heart for the old Hollywood days of her younger years. Palm Springs at that time still appealed to many of the old Hollywood stars who had become fond of the area. We started going to Palm Springs every Easter in the early ‘70’s. There was a really lovely older bungalow style hotel named “Howard’s Manor” that we went to year after year. It was there that my mom and Dorothy Malone became good friends, and my sister &amp; I became friends with Ms. Malone’s daughters, Mimi and Diane. Nobody was spending time being starstruck, or stalking stars or anything like that. Back in those days, we walked around the whole town barefoot, and it was just like being in an extended big family springtime ranch. It was casual, comfortable, and such a wonderfully charmed time in our lives. I miss it terribly. Nothing in that area really still holds the great charm and grandeur of so many beautiful, historic old homes and local businesses. I was briefly in Redlands in 2013, and I absolutely hated it. I couldn’t even recognize it any longer. It was just hot, overdeveloped, and lacking character. Maybe I’m just too old now, but I think it’s sad that so many really incredible places get destroyed or change so much that they no longer have any remnant of some of their magical “previous lives.” 😢💔

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  @ButOneThingIsNeedful · 1 month ago

  Mid-century modern architecture has become my personal favorite style. Not every single example, but so much of it. To me it manages to have a feel both classical and forward-looking.

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  @bubbabooboo2512 · 2 months ago

  The tram up Mt. San Jacinto is the best!

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  @patrickahaus6570 · 2 months ago

  I remember the Desert Hospital bell tower catching on fire and burned. That is a beautiful re-build of that tower.

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  @B_Estes_Undegöetz · 1 month ago

  Favorite place I ever lived. &nbsp;It was hot af there in the summer but the mountains and desert and endless weird history of the place was terrific. &nbsp;Always felt small but big. &nbsp;A little secret that few wanted to live in all year round due to the relentless heat of summer that kept you indoors during the middle of the day. &nbsp;Lived there for five terrific years. Loved it there.

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  @chrisreed6051 · 2 months ago

  I miss the days when the Angels would train there during the spring. You could take an ice chest full of beer and sit out in the right field bleachers and enjoy the eighty degree afternoons in the sun. I’ve ridden the tram several times, and I always recommend it to people who’ve never been.

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  @sonyagraske376 · 1 month ago

  This had me ZONED IN at full capacity the entire 39 minutes. Facinating from beginning to end. Well done.

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  @bombaybeach208 · 2 months ago

  The absolute greatest time for architecture.

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